No longer simply places to worship, they have become part resort, part mall, part extended family and part town square.
In December on St. John's, which is in the United States Virgin Islands, four ecologically sustainable luxury accommodations specifically designed to accommodate disabled guests opened at the Concordia Eco-Tents resort, part of Maho Bay Camps, (800) 392-9004, www.maho.org.
Rimini, Riccione and Cattolica, with miles of sandy beaches, bars, nightclubs and 1970s hotels, are the quintessential Italian holiday resort, part Costa Brava, part Ibiza, and not to everyone's taste, particularly in the summer holiday season.
The brunt of the winter blasts has hit Colorado, where Snowmass resort, part of Aspen, received more than 100 inches by Nov. 18, more than 10 times as much as at the same time last year.
The "resort" part of LVSSR's name is as misleading as the rest, since this is a small ski hill with just four lifts serving 11 intermediate trails and a vertical drop of only 860ft (unless you are prepared to hike up from the of the lifts).
The Greenleaf resort, part of the Singapore-based YTL group, where I stayed, was revamped in late 2010 by Alexandra Champalimaud, a New York-based interior designer, with a fashionable lobby bar featuring cowhide armchairs and murals by a local artist, Emi Shiratori.
Elsewhere, he owns a string of upscale golf courses and resorts, part of a prime office building in San Francisco, and half of a hotel in Las Vegas.
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, part of Wyndham International, has named Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners in New York to handle its account, with billings estimated at $35 million.
Prior to arriving in this Red Sea resort -- part of the lands Israel seized in the 1967 war and returned to Egypt in 1982 -- Mr. Bush spent much of his day seeking support from European leaders for his Mideast plan.
My parents, owners of a backpacker resort, are part of this new Zimbabwe.
The resort is part of the Kiunga Marine National Reserve and home to sea tortoises and dugongs, a manateelike creature.
