Sentence examples for weekend resort from inspiring English sources

Today it is a holiday and weekend resort for Athenians, and the ancient pottery trade is still carried on.

Lake Naivasha serves as a weekend resort for residents of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to the southeast.

Once owned by Jacob Langeloth, an industrialist and philanthropist, the property — named Valeria, for his wife — was developed in 1921 as a weekend resort for working-class New York City residents.

Black bass and several species of Tilapia, both of which were introduced, form the basis of the commercial fishery of Lake Naivasha; the lake is also a popular weekend resort for Nairobi residents, many of whom are attracted by the sport fishing.

The area was developed as a seaside weekend resort, and included parks, hotels, summer homes, and a bathhouse and open air pavilion built on a pier over the water.

Temples are becoming weekend resorts, and monks who have gotten a taste of the good life want to perpetuate it".

Every weekend the resort is packed with IT executives, bankers and media glitterati.

Some men have enough panache to sport them in town; others will set them aside for weekend or resort wear.

MARK SCOTT WAR AT WYNN Over the weekend, Wynn Resorts' board moved to force out Kazuo Okada, the Japanese pachinko machine magnate who owned a 19.66 percent stake in the company.

Their courtship of doctors is intensive and expensive, and their largess runs the gamut, from trinkets like prescription pads and pens, to staff lunches at hospitals and medical offices and offers of free weekends at resorts.

He also focused on the cost-cutting corporate culture of Tyco, asking Mr. McGee if it made sense for Tyco to sponsor boat races, offer employees or their families scholarships and treat sales representatives to weekends at resorts.