When it came to entertainment, Lawrence Welk believed in giving the audience what it wanted. As for making money, the legendary bandleader believed in two things: entertainment and real estate. That ...

For decades, a 4-foot-tall illuminated crystal Champagne glass stood in the lobby of the Welk Resorts Theatre in Escondido. Today that oversize TV prop from “The Lawrence Welk Show” is gone — a victim ...

In 1964, legendary bandleader and entrepreneur Lawrence Welk went for a drive in northern San Diego county, planning to invest in a grove of orange trees. Instead he bought a small hotel and a ...

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SAN MARCOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Welk Resort Group, Inc. announced today that it closed a $129.6 million dollar securitization backed by notes receivable from vacation owners. Welk Resorts ...

Grandma only let me watch two TV shows in her upstairs lair. Not her stories; those soap operas were far too risque for a tyke such as I. No, these two mid-1960s programs were so radically different ...

Locally owned Welk Hospitality Group has entered into an agreement to sell the Welk portfolio of vacation resorts, programs and property management contracts to Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. for ...