Kimberly Pierceall Kim grew up in tourist-haven Palm Springs back when then-Mayor Sonny Bono stopped raucous Spring Break revelers and launched the annual film festival. She also remembers when the Aerial Tramway’s cars didn’t spin. Reporting for The Press-Enterprise business section since February 2005, she regularly covers tourism-related news.
Indian Wells has lost a second luxury hotel brand that had plans to build a resort near the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Today, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts announced it will be the luxury brand for a new resort to sit…