Lodging and Real Estate

Airbnb.com announced today that its West Virginia host community earned a combined $10 million in supplemental income while welcoming approximately 90,000 guests in 2018. “This comes as West Virginians increasingly embrace the home-sharing platform as an opportunity to earn supplemental income and make ends meet,” according to Ben Breit, a spokesman for Airbnb Midwest Affairs. … Read more

In search of a cozy cabin? The New River Gorge has become an increasingly popular winter retreat for travelers in search of cabin lodging, natural beauty, and plenty of great food. Off-season rates combined with world-renowned hiking trails, rock-climbing areas, and restaurants are attracting more vacationers every year, says Heather Johnson of River Expeditions, an … Read more

A new extended-stay hotel being built in the Teays Valley between Huntington and Charleston is a harbinger of increasing travel growth along the interstate corridor there, according to its owners and travel-industry officials. To open along Interstate 64 in summer 2019, the 74-room dual-brand facility will include Sleep Inn-style rooms for short-term guests and MainStay … Read more

The online lodging marketplace Airbnb today released a report revealing its most “wish-listed” listings for home-sharing markets in West Virginia. The company’s online “wish-list” function allows users to save listings that they most desire to visit when planning trips to West Virginia. The wish-listed listings in the Mountain State are among the most remarkable on Airbnb’s … Read more

Steve and Annette Marchetti’s donation of a highland cabin in the Greenbrier Valley has boosted flood recovery in the region and attracted a new steward of its scenic beauty. The Marchetti’s gift of more than $100,000 in proceeds from the sale helped fund the creation of two new homes for families dispossessed by 2016 floods … Read more

A botanist and landscape architect has invested her knowledge in a farmhouse retreat near the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia, an ecosystem she values among the world’s most precious. Accommodations at Pamela Bailey’s Five Springs Farm invite guests to immerse themselves in a peaceful environment in which light and air are plentiful and … Read more

With its lineup of customizable two-, three-, and four-night “Explore the Gorge” packages, featuring action-packed and more-relaxed options, it’s never been easier arrange a getaway at Adventures on the Gorge. Available through Labor Day 2017, the multi-night packages combine lodging and meals with adventure activities such as rafting, zip-lining, kayaking, rock climbing, paintball competitions, and … Read more

Commercial real estate sales volume prices at the end of 2016 were up 34 percent over similar sales in 2014, according to the study. Residential real estate sales volume prices increased 18 percent over the same period. About 10,000 properties of all types were sold across the region in 2016, an increase of eight percent … Read more

Adventures on the Gorge has been numbered among the top six adventure resorts in the country in a U.S. News & World Report story. On the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia, the resort near Fayetteville, West Virginia, offers an array of adventures including whitewater rafting on two rivers and aerial adventures including two … Read more

Adventures on the Gorge will unveil thirteen new mid-range guest cabins on the New River Gorge by Memorial Day weekend, according to Dave Harvigsen, CEO for the outdoor-adventure resort company. Seven cabins with two units and six cabins with one-bedroom suites are now being finished at the resort’s Mill Creek campus high above the New … Read more