Tourism and hospitality constitute one of the largest industries in the United States today, generating an impressive $118 billion in tax revenue nationwide and $1.1 billion in Washington state alone. In the city of Spokane, the industry accounts for more

Oakbrook, Ill.-based McDonald's Corp. has rolled out mobile, to-go ordering beta testing at 51 restaurants across the Inland Northwest. Mark Ray Jr., owner of North Idaho Food Services Inc., which operates five McDonald's restaurants in Post Falls an

Lee Carney, principal and general manager at Turning Leaf Townhomes extended-stay lodging on Spokane's North Side, says the facility is now fully operational after two years of room-by-room rehabilitation of the former Solar World Estates complex. Turn

Cost Less Carpet store manager Wayne Gladden says the 2-year-old Spokane Valley store has moved to a building the company purchased at 115 N. Sullivan, giving it seven times more space than its previous Spokane Valley location, at 15310 E. Marietta. 'I

Firehouse Subs, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based restaurant chain, plans to open a restaurant in the Northgate Center retail complex, at 7808 N. Division, says Natasha Wojcik, a company spokeswoman. The 2,100-square-foot restaurant, to be located at the southe

Two sporting goods store chains are planning to open outlets within a mile of each other in Spokane Valley. One of them, Midvale, Utah-based Sportsman's Warehouse, has leased 32,400 square feet of retail space at the former Sports Authority site, near