Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Red Lion to overhaul its website

  May 5, 2012 in Business on Page A8 Spokane’s Red Lion Hotels is revamping its website in hopes of getting more people to book visits there rather than at other online travel sites. Company Executive Vice President Harry … 2

• Earnings: Red Lion Hotels

  May 3, 2012 in Business on Page A8 For 05-03-2012

• Red Lion hires consultant, looks at possible company sale

  March 28, 2012 in Business Red Lion Hotels Corp. has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch to look for options to improve the company’s market value, including a possible sale of the company. 1

• Stakeholder wants Red Lion sale

  March 7, 2012 in Business on Page A10 Red Lion Hotels Corp.’s largest shareholder is urging the Spokane company’s directors to sell off more hotels or the entire company so that investors can earn better returns. Seattle-based Columbia …

• Red Lion Hotels purchases 10 properties it was leasing

  November 4, 2011 in Business on Page A8 Spokane-based Red Lion Hotels Corp. has purchased 10 hotels the company has been leasing from iStar Financial Inc., a New York real estate investment trust company. The purchase price was …

• At 64, Jon Eliassen still feeds and breeds success

  May 22, 2011 in Business on Page E1 People who know him say Jon Eliassen is the busiest retired person they know. After working for Washington Water Power, and then Avista Utilities, for 33 years, Eliassen retired in … 3

• Repairs to River Queen cruise boat will keep it moving

  April 8, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A5 Visitors to North Idaho almost were deprived of a popular tourist attraction this summer – a Mississippi sternwheeler replica that offers cruises on the Spokane River from June through September. …

• Red Lion Hotels picks Eliassen as CEO, president

  February 15, 2011 in Business on Page A8 Jon Eliassen, appointed interim president and chief executive officer of Red Lion Hotels Corp. in January 2010, has been given the job permanently. Eliassen, 63, has been a member of …

• Loss at Red Lion for quarter, year

  February 17, 2010 in Business on Page A8 Red Lion Hotels Corp. Tuesday reported losses for the fourth quarter and full-year 2009 as an industry-wide downturn took its toll. The Spokane-based chain of 45 hotels and its entertainment … 1

• Red Lion Hotels reports 2009 losses

  February 16, 2010 in Business Red Lion Hotels Corp. today reported losses for the fourth quarter and full-year 2009 as an industry-wide downturn took its toll. 1

• CEO is out at Red Lion Hotels

  January 15, 2010 in Business on Page A14 The directors of Red Lion Hotels Corp. have removed Anupam Narayan as chief executive officer, replacing him with board member and longtime Avista Corp. executive Jon Eliassen. In a statement …

• No reason given for Red Lion CEO’s ouster

  January 14, 2010 in Business The directors of Red Lion Hotels Corp. have removed Anupam Narayan as chief executive officer, replacing him with board member and long-time Avista Corp. executive Jon Eliassen. 4

• Investor’s Red Lion bid is worth $17.3 million

  July 1, 2008 in Business on Page A4 A Seattle investment company has offered $9.50 per share for Red Lion Hotels Corp. in a proposal that would take the Spokane hospitality company private. The bid, worth $173 million, …

• Hearing set on 15.5% rate hike

  September 25, 2007 in Business on Page A8 Avista’s Washington ratepayers may comment during a public hearing on the company’s proposal to raise electricity rates an average of 15.5 percent. For the typical homeowner, that’s an extra $10.07 …