The investments have sometimes drawn criticism for not returning as much as publicly traded investments, but the system's chief executive, David Bronner, says building resorts and golf courses also improves the standard of living in Alabama.
In the postwar years, a number of famous or wealthy early adopters started building resorts and second homes on the island, among them bellwether celebrities like the James Bond creator Ian Fleming, who wrote about Jamaica's finer qualities; the writer and actor Noël Coward, who was photographed at his Jamaica home for Life magazine; and Errol Flynn, the George Clooney of his day.
Dalian Yifang has closely collaborated with Wanda, building resorts at Changbai Mountain in northern China and Xishuangbanna rainforest in the south.
Humans are pushing sea turtles to the brink of extinction by entangling them in fishing gear, tossing plastic garbage into their habitats, and building resorts on prime nesting beaches, among other affronts.
While Cuba has been building resorts around the island, it has redoubled its focus on the capital, where hotels are fully booked year-round and demand is growing.
The Las Vegas-based company's dwindling cash flow is threatening $16 billion worth of developments in Macau, China, and Singapore, where Las Vegas Sands is building resorts to cater to wealthy Asian gamblers.
Yet the Democrats' new leader in the House, Nancy Pelosi of California, owns vineyards, office buildings, resort and golf properties and stocks with her husband that, combined, are valued at more than $20 million and are potentially worth more than $100 million.
The capital city of Castries is the northern region's anchor, home to government buildings, resorts, a popular cruise ship harbor and duty free shops (Pointe Seraphine and La Place Carinage).
It's also building a resort in Nova Scotia.
The audacity of building a resort in Gabon soon became clear to me.
