Word: resorted
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Einstein then took Hans Albert off alone, as the boy wished, for a hiking excursion at a mountain resort overlooking Lake Lucerne. In a postcard to his cousin and future wife Elsa, Einstein described...
...about time. Real estate developers and casino companies are plowing billions of dollars into low-rent Atlantic City--known for day-tripping seniors, nickel slots and giveaway buffets--in an attempt to reinvent the resort town as a Las Vegas--style destination packed with shows, shops and celebrity chefs. The folks in Jersey see no reason why Vegas should have a lock on garish spectacle and conspicuous spending...
...control, attendance at the indoor water parks spikes during school vacations, so smart operators are courting business travelers on weekdays, says water-park-industry consultant Bill Haralson. "Some hotels make the mistake of assuming that if you add a water park, your worries are over," he says. The Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells, for example, runs a 125,000-sq.-ft. indoor water park (the U.S.'s largest) and almost as much meeting and convention space. The Reno Hilton will reopen in 2007, as the Grand Sierra Resort, with a similar dual strategy...
...expected to allow younger rivals to have the last word. Its $6 million response, the newly unveiled Peninsula Spa, sprawls across two floors and has been put together by ESPA, the pace-setting consultancy behind award-winning wellness facilities at the Bulgari Hotel in Milan, Barbados' Sandy Lane resort and many others...
...Campbell, Kentucky, who was vacationing at Disney with his parents and younger brother, would have been simply a tragic loss for a grieving family and friends. But this was the third time in little more than a year that a Disney guest has died after riding one of the resort's signature attractions, including Mission: SPACE. All three victims were found in autopsies to have suffered from either undiagnosed heart defects or pre-existing life-threatening conditions that could have been exacerbated by the stress of the ride. "It's happening too frequently and that's going to weigh...