"Our transformation from a top-up to a full shopping destination is well underway.
Sunshine Village and Lake Louise are both big time, full blown destination resorts on par with the well-known names of Colorado.
Many civic leaders, craving the economic development they believe could come with a full-fledged "destination" university, would like to see that growth continue.
"We think it's a great location for not only gaming activity, but for a full-scale destination resort, which is what we'd be looking to do," said Scott Butera, chief executive of Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Early in his first term, advised by a roundtable of industry and education leaders, including a former chairman of General Motors, he began molding Oakland into a full-service destination.
Today there are more than 1,600, according to Bernard Burt, an industry consultant and a founding director of the spa association, ranging from day spas to resorts and cruise ships with spa amenities to full-blown destination spas.
The resort, Revel's first, symbolizes Atlantic City's latest hopes of transforming itself, Las Vegas-like, from a down-at-the-heels haven for day-tripping gamblers to a full-fledged destination for dining, shopping, spas and other nongambling amenities.
Pretty soon Tasks is going to need its own full-fledged destination site.
Today, Glue is branching out from just a plug-in to being a full-fledged destination site with a social product recommendation stream from your friends.
