BREAKING NEWS

Dude Rancher to be featured in national TV show
Story and photo courtesy of Billings Gazette

         

A Travel Channel show is featuring the Dude Rancher Lodge in Billings in a show about hotels and motels that need some help remodeling or restructuring.

Two camera crews and 10 people working for a show called “Hotel Impossible” are visiting Billings for four days of shooting beginning May 9 with hotel expert Anthony Melchiorri.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

• YCLA  Meeting – May 23, 12:30, Northern Hotel (moved to 4th Wednesday in May due to Special Olympics.) Cost of lunch will be $8.00
  
  

YCLA NEWS

• Brochure Rack in Williston – We are in the process of finalizing placement of a brochure rack in a Target Logistics man camp in Williston.  To place a brochure in the rack you must be a member of YCLA, have 200 brochures available initially, and the cost is $100 per year for placement, payable to the YCLA.  The expense is to cover cost of the rack and ongoing placement of brochures.  If you would like a slot, contact Shelli as soon as possible.  There will be limited spaces available.

• Openings on TBID Board – Attn:  All YCLA Hoteliers.  Two current members’ terms expire the end of June.  The positions that are opening up include our smallest hotel size category and the mid-size.  YCLA has made recommendations to the mayor in the past, but it is up to him to appoint members and he is not required to be cognizant of hotel size when making the appointments.

  To apply, fill out a city application which can be found on the city website.  In addition, if you are not the owner of the hotel, you will need a letter from ownership indicating that you have their permission to represent the property on the board.  All application materials must be sent to Mayor Tom Hanel at City Hall no later than June 8, 2012.  In addition, please copy Steve Wahrlich (Chairperson of the TBID Board of Directors) on all materials sent to the mayor. 

  Call Shelli or Steve if you have any questions.

• YCLA Election of Officers – Are you interested in serving the YCLA in an executive role?  New elections will take place this June.  

• Special Olympics State Games – 961 athletes with over 500 coaches and staff are due in for Special Olympics State Games, Billings, May 16, 17, 18

YCLA NEW MEMBER

• Billings 365 is coming on board this month as a member of YCLA

BAKKEN BUSINESS

While it’s difficult to say exactly how long the Bakken oil boom will last, it’s likely to be at least ten to fifteen years before production decreases meaningfully. While the USGS estimated in 2007 that the Bakken formation contained up to 4.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil, industry estimates are as high as 24 billion. While that’s a huge disparity, the USGS is taking the higher potential seriously enough to re-assess the formation after only four years, which is highly unusual.

Recent increases in production have doubled North Dakota’s oil output in the last two years to over 500,000 barrels per day in February. Estimates of future production indicate that it will probably peak at between one and 1.5 million barrels per day some time in the next few years.

Excerpt from Bakken Oil. April 24, 2012  To read the full story
http://www.bakkenoil.org/bakken-oil-boom-brings-crime-local-communities