The Furnace Creek Resort in Death Valley National Park will begin an ambitious $50-million makeover next year that will bring new luxury casitas to the Inn and a new town hall and square to the Ranch.

This is the first of two posts on the Inn at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park. Every hotel in a warm clime claims to be an oasis away from home. And when you get there you realize that they ...

IT ISN'T ALL THAT OFTEN... that guests at a hotel get to peek at what goes on behind the scenes, in terms of how the property is run. Oh, a manager might let some visitors see the kitchen, or maybe a ...