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It's that time of year, and more people than ever are planning holiday vacations to escape the cold, enjoy some relaxation and spend quality time with their loved ones. This year, we've pulled the top trending holiday destinations from a variety of sources, from Priceline data to what our travel advisor friends are booking the most for this winter travel season. Curious to see where people will be traveling the most? Flip through this slideshow to find out. Travel advisor insights were provided by: Jordan Bradshaw, Vice President – Northcutt Travel Agency; Jenn Earley, Owner & Travel Curator, Cultured Vacations; Jemica Archer, Luxury & International Travel Specialist at TruBlue Travels; and Miki Taylor, Founder & CEO at Taylor & Co. Travel.  Top Destinations for the 2021 Holiday Season - TravelPulse

SOUTH YARMOUTH — The Davenport Companies of South Yarmouth announced the sale of its Red Jacket Resorts, with five properties on Cape Cod and one in New Hampshire, to affiliates of EOS Investors LLC. The sale price was not disclosed in a release from Davenport on Tuesday. Sold on the Cape were the 44-room Blue Rock Golf Resort, 160-room Red Jacket Beach Resort, 112-room Blue Water Resort and 125-room Riviera Beach Resort, all in South Yarmouth, and 50-room Green Harbor Resort in West Yarmouth, according to the release. The Davenport family acquired the former Birchmont Inn in North Conway, New Hampshire, and began construction of the Red Jacket Mountain View Motor Inn in October 1970, the release said. The 40,000-square-foot Kahuna Laguna Waterpark was added in 2008 to what is now known as the 161-room Red Jacket Mountain View Resort. "Our team members who make up our family a...

The top local craft beer bars and what to drink, and eat, when you visit. Sarasota-Manatee has long been home to plenty of places to enjoy a cold beer in a great setting. And in recent years we've been lucky enough to welcome several standout craft beers and breweries, with even further expansion plans for Sarasota's Big Top and Calusa Brewing and Bradenton's Good Liquid Brewing Company all recently announced. But as the saying goes, variety is the spice of life. Sometimes along with your favorite Florida craft brews, you might want to try a sour from North Carolina or a Belgian-style beer actually from Belgium – or all three – without having to buy them at the liquor store and drink them at home, perhaps alone.  Luckily, the popularity of craft beer in recent years means there are now multiple Sarasota-Manatee bars specializing in the trendy adult beverage. Along with nu...

The prestigious French Academy in Rome in the Villa Medici, founded by Louis XIV in 1666, has been accused of "cancelling culture" after meeting with some of its residents who are calling for the removal of tapestries in the Grand Salon. Sent to Rome from France in 1726, the tapestries were inspired by a series of exotic paintings offered to the Sun King by the former Dutch governor of Brazil, portraying—in his own words—"the whole nation"; its flora and fauna, inhabitants, cities and fortresses. Due to their links with Europe's imperial past, the tapestries' presence in the villa has been called into question by some of the young artists of the French Academy. On 30 September, the villa organised a symposium with residents and historians to discuss the background of these panels and their meaning at the time of their creation and today. Now, more than 150 art historians and scholars have reacted to the news by signing a petition protesting against this ...

Police have released the identity of the woman killed in a shooting last week in Palm Springs. The shooting happened Monday, Oct. 25 at approximately 12:01 a.m. Police said a security guard found Dayana Hernandez, 38, of Desert Hot Springs with an apparent gunshot wound while seated inside white Fiat. The vehicle was parked on S. Cherokee Way, north of E. Palm Canyon Drive between the Parker Palm Springs and Oasis Resort. Hernandez's death was officially ruled a homicide the following day. Details remain limited as to the circumstances of the shooting. A description of a possible suspect(s) has not been released at this time. The Palm Springs Police Department is seeking information from anyone who witnessed or has information related to this incident. Those with information can contact Detective Ben Ryan at 760-323-8145. Anonymous information can be provided ...

Led by the  Sacramento Kings  Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council, the team  recently  gathered to discuss  The Four Agreements  by  d on Miguel Ruiz.    Since it was published in 1997, it has sold million s   of  copies in  the U.S. and globally.   As  the  organization  begins   another season   at  Golden 1 Center  with  games and events, we sat down with  d on Miguel Ruiz ,  Jr. ,   whose father authored the well-known book .    During the conversation,  Ruiz, Jr. ,   shared how he uses the Four Agreements in his own life and how it can be used to help  everyone...

The cherubs won't stop staring at me. There are a half-dozen or so of them, lumpy and gilded, hovering around my bed like hummingbirds at their feeders. They might look like chubby little babies, but their faces are squarely middle-aged and old-fashioned, each one looking like a different specific president from the 1800s. Despite their constant attention, they aren't threatening, or even upsetting; in fact, they bring a sort of life—still, distant, but life nonetheless—to the hushed blue tones of my hotel room. Considering this is the Just Heaven room, there could easily be far more cherubim and seraphim loitering around in here, making the relative few that do feature into the room's design an unexpected bit of restraint from a hotel known for maximalism. The Madonna Inn is a charming monument to mid-century kitsch, a wormhole straight back to the early 1960s, a time when the line between dignified and outlandish was perhaps too e...

Spanish hotel chain RIU has flatly denied claims that its staff profiled and battered a Jamaican man who was a guest at its Ocho Rios, St Ann, resort in October. In a statement issued to The Gleaner on Wednesday, RIU said that it rejects and denounces any type of aggression at its facilities. It said that in the incident, which occurred on October 28, the aggression was provoked by 29-year-old Raymond Henry against one of its employees while she performed her cleaning duties. Henry, his spouse, and young daughter vacationed for four days at the resort between October 25 and 28. RIU said that its security employees acted proportionately, in self-defence, to blunt the attack allegedly mounted by Henry. "We do not tolerate disrespect or harm to the integrity of any of our collaborators or clients," the hotel said. "Therefore, we are going to raise this case to where it is necessary, at the level of police and legal entities, to clarify the facts and defend th...

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Bahia Principe has officially reopened its third property in the Dominican Republic with the Bahia Principe Grand Punta Cana this month. It will join two other properties that have reopened, Bahia Principe Fantasia Punta Cana and adults-only Bahia Principe Luxury Ambar. The 756-room Bahia Principe Grand Punta Cana boasts two pools, six restaurants, four bars, a disco, a children's water park, Spa and more. In addition to on-site offerings, guests here have access to the brand's Las Olas Beach House located within the complex. As part of the brand's Grand category, guests can enjoy unlimited Wi-Fi, 1 hour per day complimentary kayaking or paddling, and a number of entertainment options fitted for travelers of all ages, including activities inspired by the local Dominican culture, such as dancing Bachata and Spanish lessons. "We remain committed to reactivating tourism and helping the local community in Punta Cana, especially past employees that had been part of ...

IF YOU FEEL out of place in your era, consider the possibility that you are from the future and have been sent back in time as punishment. That's what happens to Adriane Strohl, the smart, sweet, terrified heroine of Joyce Carol Oates's engrossing tale Hazards of Time Travel . The uncannily productive and ingenious Oates has written scores of novels, but this is billed as her first dystopian one. That is both true and misleading. The frame narrative here occurs in the NAS, or North American States — a grim Trumpian future dictatorship that shuns individuality and creativity and promotes mediocrity, conformity, sexism, racism, and violence. But we spend only 45 pages there before Adriane is thrust back — in punishment for her mildly provocative high-school valedictorian speech — to the autumn of 1959 where she is compelled to assume the identity of "Mary Ellen Enright" at a state college in Wisconsin. Like a clean, precise log-splitting ax swing, that simple premis...

There's no denying that Las Vegas is truly the casino capital of the world. A few recent trips to Sin City most certainly reconfirmed that notion for me, but over the years, I've been fortunate enough to visit plenty of other casino properties, many of which would fit right in if they were dropped right smack in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip. Below are 10 of my favorite non-Las Vegas casino resorts, ranging from Florida to Mississippi to Atlantic City to the Northeast and all the way across the pond to the U.K. The criteria was simple. Sure, I love to hit the table games, play some poker and plop down some sports wagers at a sportsbook, but the gambling part of the equation is not the end all, be all. When visiting a casino, I like to have plenty of other activities and amenities to enjoy, both on property and in the near vicinity. I'm confident these 10 casinos check all of those boxes and more, and we start in one of my favorite destinations in the U.S., the Mississ...

The folks at Pro Dive International have unveiled a whole host of new deals at this year's DEMA Show in Las Vegas. The booking window is between November 16th and December 10th, 2021 , and some of the deals include: Individual travelers: "Buy 5×2 tanks, get 1×2 FREE" Group Deals: Occidental & Allegro Cozumel For stays between August 21st and December 22nd, 2022, groups of five get a sixth person for free to dive and stay at the hotel. Allegro Playacar, Royal Hideaway, Occidental at Xcaret Destination For stays between August 21st and December 22nd, 2022, groups of seven get an eighth person for free to dive and stay at the hotel. A lot of the deals also include free Nitrox . Pro Dive is also offering 10% off their GoPro Instructor Development Courses : "We run a full 2-week instructor development program including 2 days of prep, including special workshops on complex skills, many specialties, one-on-one counseling during all our program...