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Five major resorts in the Dominican Republic have closed in the wake of Hurricane Fiona.

Hyatt’s flagship Dominican Republic resorts, the Hyatt Ziva and Zilara Cap Cana, both managed by Playa Hotels and Resorts, are closing “for a period of time,” the company said.

Also closing are Playa’s Hilton La Romana Family, Hilton La Romana Adult and the Sanctuary Cap Cana resort.

The closures will “expedite necessary clean-up and repair work as a result of Hurricane Fiona,” Playa said in a statement.

The move came after “through evaluations of the state of the Playa Hotels and Resorts properties affected by Hurricane Fiona in the Dominican Republic.”

The resorts are expected to reopen “during the fourth quarter of 2022,” the company said.

The reopening dates include Nov. 1 for the Hilton La Romana Family; Nov. 15 for the

Looking for a scenic and inviting place to relax between leaf-peeping outings? A recent list named two Vermont resorts among the best in the US

Trips to Discover compiled the list “13 Best Resorts to Visit if You Love Fall Foliage,” and a Stowe and Barnard resort made the cut. Colorado and New York were the only other states to have multiple resorts making the list that covered accommodations from New Hampshire to Wyoming.

The criteria were hotels that “offer a luxury stay with picture-perfect fall foliage views,” according to the article from Sept. 23.

More:Fall foliage update: Yellows starting to show in northeastern Vermont

Topnotch Resort in Stowe was featured for its views, hiking opportunities, fitness and spa.

“In the autumn, enjoy hiking hillside trails with spectacular vistas of the landscape blanketed with fiery reds, golden yellows and vivid orange hues and then hitting the resort’s 35,000-square-foot

A family fleeing Hurricane Ian in Florida suffered a terrible tragedy on Thursday after their child fell over a balcony to his death.

Authorities found the young child dead after they responded to an emergency at the Sterling Reef resort building, according to local outlet WJHG 7.

Police officers and Emergency Medical Service personnel in Panama City Beach were informed that the young boy, 11, had fallen from the 19th floor of the resort building on Front Beach Road.

“To protect the privacy of those involved, we’re unable to provide any information as this is an ongoing investigation,” a spokesperson for the resort told Fox News Digital.

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The Sterling Reef resort in Panama City Beach, Florida, is seen in this undated Google Street View image.
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“Our deepest sympathies are with the family,” they added.

(CNN) — As the lowest-lying nation in the world — with much of it sitting just a few feet above sea level — the nearly 1,200 Indian Ocean islands scattered across the Maldives’ sun-soaked atolls are famed not just for their magazine-cover- ready beaches and bungalows, but for their increasing vulnerability to rising sea levels.

Station Casinos cleared a hurdle in its quest to build a new resort in North Las Vegas, as the company shakes up its real estate portfolio.

The North Las Vegas Planning Commission last week approved Station’s plans for a 67-acre hotel-casino at the northwest corner of Losee Road and the 215 Beltway in a hearing that featured pushback against a company that is also tearing down hotels in Southern Nevada.

Station’s newest project would be built in two phases and calls for a total of 600 hotel rooms and more than 75,700 square feet of casino space. It would also feature restaurants, a movie theater, banquet facilities and other amenities, city records show.

The proposed development would provide more than 1,100 construction jobs and, at full buildout, up to 840 permanent full-time jobs, Station representative Rebecca Miltenberger, an attorney with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, told the commission.

The proposal is

To the editors: I am among the outraged by your article, “Surfing in the California desert? Developer’s plan sparks outrage over water use, drought.”

Apparently politicians beholden to developers will continue to allow projects like this to proceed until the rest of Southern California looks like the Coachella Valley, a desert with endless golf courses and water-intensive developments. The almighty dollar will continue to rule.

The surf pool in La Quinta is only the most egregious component of this proposed monstrosity. Do we need to be able to surf in the desert, when the state already has some of the best surfing in the world? I hope the developers will have overplayed their hand and someone with the power to stop these kinds of things will finally

WAKEFIELD, MI— Snowriver Mountain Resort, formerly known as Big Snow, has permanently pulled trail permits on their property.

They recently purchased Blackjack and Indianhead Mountains in Gogebic County.

The change means Snowmobile Trail 2 through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will no longer connect Gogebic County from east to west.

Snowmobilers will have to take a large detour through Vilas County, WI.

The towns of Bessemer and Ironwood Michigan would no longer be accessible from the east via UP snowmobile trails.

Several Wisconsin towns would also be impacted by the closure.

Snowriver Mountains responded to public outcry via Facebook Wednesday:

“There has been a great amount of commentary and discussion on the meeting that took place over the snowmobile trail through the resort.

The management of Snowriver Mountain Resort, formerly known as Big Snow, appreciates the feedback we’ve received from snowmobilers over the past few days, and we recognize the huge economic

It’s not too early to start planning where you’re going to carve your way through fluffy, powdery snow this winter and a new report from Money shows which resorts around the world people are most interested in skiing at. Bansko, Bulgaria ranked first place on the list, but the second most desirable resort is right here in the US: Aspen!

Nobody will be surprised that Colorado’s famous, glitzy mountain landed so high up on the list. Last year, Aspen also took silver in the Savills Ski Resilience Indexdue to the quality and reliability of snowload as well as resilience to contend with climate change challenges (Zermatt in Switzerland took gold).

Other US resorts did well on this list, with Lake Tahoe taking eighth place, Vail taking 16th and Jackson Hole at 27.

Now, if you’re interested in where US residents are looking to ski and board, the list alters