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The region’s growing influence as a high-end tourist destination has been reaffirmed after the Middle East Hospitality Awards (MEHA) announced hotels from four different countries as their Luxury Hotel of the Year finalists for 2017. Resorts in Oman, Kuwait, Morocco, and the UAE have been pitted against one another for …

If you have eaten at XYZ in Manset, Southwest Harbor, chances are excellent that you were on vacation when you did. After all, the restaurant, run since 1994 by co-owners Janet Strong and Bob Hoyt, is open only a few months each year, from June until Labor Day, then on …

By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 20:26 BST, 15 August 2017 | Updated: 23:17 BST, 15 August 2017 e-mail 167 View comments She was dumped by her boyfriend of four years, Patrick Meagher, just this weekend. And by Tuesday Vanderpump Rules star Stassi Schroeder was showing the radio presenter what …

 Added on August 19, 2017  Ryan McDonald  Hermosa Beach , newsletter PLAN Hermosa set for vote The Hermosa Beach City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday evening on whether to adopt its revised General Plan and Local Coastal Program. The documents, known together as PLAN Hermosa, have been in …

 Added on August 19, 2017  Ryan McDonald  Hermosa Beach , newsletter PLAN Hermosa set for vote The Hermosa Beach City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday evening on whether to adopt its revised General Plan and Local Coastal Program. The documents, known together as PLAN Hermosa, have been in …

x Embed x Share CLOSE If you’re looking for the quintessential laid-back beach vacation, look no farther than North Carolina’s Crystal Coast, a string of barrier islands just south and west of the Outer Banks. Wochit Buy Photo A shell rests on the beach of Emerald Isle, a barrier island …

Heidi Sorrem and her husband Corey Sorrem took a trip to the Valentin Imperial Riviera Maya resort in September 2016 to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary in Mexico.Photos by Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The young woman behind the desk at the police station in Playa del Carmen toggled between her cell phone and computer, Snap Chatting …

Lush green valleys and rugged mountains, sheer cliffs and wild, frothing, slate-grey seas. Bagpipes, baroque cathedrals and the smell of grilled seafood. The architectural grace of Santiago de Compostela and the industrial churn of Vigo. Galicia, the north-west corner of Spain, is a diverse region, but amid the variety there …

Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The young woman behind the desk at the police station in Playa del Carmen toggled between her cellphone and computer, Snap Chatting with friends and scrolling through Facebook, as she asked the young man from Boston whether he had ever enjoyed sex. How that …

Mexican scientists said Wednesday they have discovered the fossilized remains of a previously unknown species of giant sloth that lived 10,000 years ago and died at the bottom of a sinkhole. The Pleistocene-era remains were found in 2010, but were so deep inside the water-filled sinkhole that researchers were only …