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From Long Island to New Jersey to upstate New York, the past year has seen a miniboom in sophisticated new retreats opening in the resort communities surrounding New York City. While these escapes are packed during the summer high season, the arrival of autumn means lower prices, temperatures and crowd levels. Need to get out of Manhattan? Here are three of the hinterland's best beds...
...that last, not-leaving part that has spooked Disney's competitors and kicked off a miniboom in Southern California theme-park construction. Knott's Berry Farm, owned by Cedar Fair L.P., a publically traded, Ohio-based company that owns nine amusement parks across the country, has just spent nearly $70 million on a new luxury hotel, a 13-acre water park, Soak City U.S.A., and a thrill ride, Perilous Plunge, which it calls the tallest (115 ft.) and steepest (75[degree] angle) water ride of its kind. Knott's is located only seven miles down the freeway from Disneyland...
People like Amundson are responsible for a miniboom in language instruction in this small South American nation, where more than 60 schools, academies and tutoring firms have sprouted since 1995. With a total of 100 language schools, Ecuador rivals Costa Rica, Mexico and Guatemala as a Spanish-learning mecca, and government officials are hoping to turn language tourism into a significant generator of income. "It is exactly the kind of quality industry that our country so badly needs," explains Concepcion Barahona de Pozo, Ecuador's tourism undersecretary...
...much of a win-win situation 150 miles away in the town of Cordova, a tight-knit community on Prince William Sound of some 2,000 fishermen, artists and Eyak natives. "There may be a miniboom in Anchorage, but there is a major bust still going on in Cordova," says Torie Baker, a board member of the Cordova District Fishermen United. This year, for the second spring in a row, the town's 900 fishermen set out for herring and came / up empty; normally they would haul a catch worth somewhere around $10 million. Yes, a smattering of herring...
...moderately priced second collections, known in the trade as bridge lines and costing about half as much as top-of-line labels, still sell. Armani is betting that a whole chain of boutiques -- to be called A/X Armani Exchange -- can capture $60 million in sales next year from this miniboom in cheap chic. A/X units will open in department and specialty stores across the U.S. in March...