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Word: resorts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority asked commuters to carpool, stagger work hours and rely on the buses only as a last resort because they could not accommodate the full load...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eastern Urges Pilots to Cross Picket Lines | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

...labor leader I have found it important to be consistent in a cause. And I have never found it necessary to resort to using fourletter words in public speeches or interviews...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crassness of Lee | 3/1/1989 | See Source »

...other resorts offer tropical splendors and offbeat birds. The Hyatt hunch is that today's travelers are in desperate search of an Experience, a made-to-order memory, and are willing to pay $265 a night for the average room to $2,500 for a presidential suite in order to find it. From that belief was born their Fantasy Resort, which promises to change the way many superluxe hotels do business. After much campfire brainstorming, the Waikoloa staff came up with a menu of activities, priced them fantastically and still cannot always keep up with demand. Though roughly half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Wait'll We Tell the Folks Back Home | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

Perhaps the most popular fantasy of all involves a visit with the resort's most distinguished guests: eight Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphins, in residence under the care of marine-mammal veterinarians Rae Stone and Jay Sweeney. Rather than ricocheting around a concrete pool, the dolphins frolic in a protected saltwater lagoon. "Everything about this place is fake, except for the dolphins," observes a guest wryly, as she wanders by. The Dolphin Quest program offers a model environment for research and study, as well as a unique aquatic encounter for the guests. "These animals can humble anyone," says trainer Christian Harris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Wait'll We Tell the Folks Back Home | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...invented a solution: Vacations by Design. Upon arrival, guests check off all the activities and restaurants they want to try, and the Aloha Services staff will make all the reservations and print up a schedule. "And you know what?" says manager Cowell. "This will be happening in most resort hotels in the future. It's going to end up being a standard service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Wait'll We Tell the Folks Back Home | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

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