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Here's How Bill Fontes is Leading the Rebranding of The Peabody to The Marriott
Bill Fontes

Here's How Bill Fontes is Leading the Rebranding of The Peabody to The Marriott

by Arkansas Business Staff
2 weeks ago

Bill Fontes took on the role of general manager of The Peabody Little Rock on Feb. 28, when BG Excelsior Ltd., an affiliate of Peabody Hotel Group of Memphis, sold the hotel to Fairwood Capital LLC of Memphis. The Peabody was reflagged as a Marriott last week.
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After Crystal Bridges, Bentonville Looks Toward Children's Museum

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The movement to provide more arts and entertainment options in northwest Arkansas continues to gain momentum, specifically in Bentonville. Home to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and a proposed Walton Arts Center campus, the city is also the planned location of a children's museum.
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Johnny Cash Home in Dyess Set for 2014 Opening

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Organizers haven't set a date yet but the restoration of the Johnny Cash home in Dyess is on track to open in 2014.
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$1M in State Funding Pledged for Marshals Museum

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Officials say the planned U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith will receive about $1 million from the state's surplus sometime after the start of the new fiscal year this summer.
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