But the Lagen Island Resort, where I fetch up after a 40-minute boat cruise, is not that sort of place.
His anti-golf course campaign has been bad news for Fil-Estate Land, the developer of a 117-hectare course on the pristine island resort of Boracay.
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Peter Island Resort is one of those places out of time.
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Or you could travel to Sablayan independently and head out to the reef with Pandan Island Resort, which for years was the region's only dive operator.
There is a charm that comes with such intimacy, but it also places limits on the infrastructure a private island resort can provide, from boats to staff to technology.
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Vincent private island resort in the Grenadines.
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Ever since Sir Richard Branson opened his Necker Island resort in the British Virgin Islands in the early 80s, private islands have been the sexiest vacation choices for the really rich, and they have proliferated around the globe.
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On Perhentian Besar - the larger of the two islands - the main hub of activity ('activity' consisting primarily of lounging on the beach, swimming and watching fishing boats roll by) is a quarter-mile stretch of beach between Abdhul's Chalets and Tuna Bay Island Resort.
Chief Philippine government negotiator Robert Aventajado said he was confident that all of the remaining hostages, including four Europeans from among the original 21 kidnapped at the Malaysian island resort of Sipadan in late April and a Filipino man, would be released after payment of additional "development aid" by Tripoli.
The story of Sea Island and its grand hotel, The Cloister, began at the end of one financial golden age the private island resort opened in 1928 and nearly came to grief at the end of another, as its family owners, crippled by the disasters of 2008, filed for bankruptcy protection in 2010.
In keeping with its island resort style, it offers a wide variety of half-day excursions that are best in class, with its private boats available for charters to explore other islands such as Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Burano and Murano, in a style and freedom much better than the commercial tours.
The Atlantis Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas donates meals from its 21 restaurants and 19 bars to Hands for Hunger, a local humanitarian organisation that supports poor local families, while the Pret a Manger sandwich shop chain donated more than 2.5 million food products to UK charities for the homeless in 2012.
Captain Jeff Stevens--an affable, dry-witted Brit who's sailed these waters for 16 years--spent three years handcrafting this traditional-style boat, using native woods from the Grenadines and working with master shipwrights from the island of Carriacou. (The name Jambalaya is an anagram of their initials.) Since 2002 he's lived on board and taken guests of the private island resort Petit St.
The Rinjani Scops owl was first identified in 2003 and has since been spotted only on Lombok island, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the popular resort island of Bali.
She plans to go to South Korea and spend time on a resort island there.
The finish line is a cutesy resort island in the straits between Lakes Huron and Michigan.
For one thing, many of Sea Island's resort guests and residents simply weren't familiar with spa culture.
East of Phuket, 86 people were killed in Phangnga, and north of the resort island, in Ranong, 23 people were killed.
Koh Phangan is a resort island neighbouring Koh Samui and it draws thousands of backpackers to its famous full moon parties.
Notwithstanding the terrorist blast in Bali that hurt air traffic to the resort island, Asia remains the world's fastest-growing air traffic market.
Indonesia has been battling terrorists since the 2002 bombings on the resort island of Bali that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists.
The finish line is a cutesy resort island (no cars, just bikes and horse-drawn carriages) in the straits between Lakes Huron and Michigan.
Koh Phangan is a resort island, neighbouring Koh Samui, which draws thousands of backpackers to its famous full moon parties on Haad Rin.
Thai police said the injured man, Mr. Moradi, entered Thailand through the southern resort island of Phuket and arrived at Bangkok International Airport.
Officials in Bangkok said 117 people are reported dead on the resort island of Phuket, and another 60 people on the island of Phi Phi.
At the 121-acre construction site on Sentosa--the resort island linked to the Singapore mainland by a short causeway--more than 1, 000 workers toil away on around-the-clock shifts.
The sometimes contentious issue is among several up for discussion during a weekend gathering of the Council of Great Lakes Governors on this Lake Huron resort island.
His comment during a Council of Great Lakes Governors panel discussion on this Lake Huron resort island drew applause from government officials, environmental advocates and others in attendance.
Levinson, a retired FBI agent, was working as a private investigator on a cigarette smuggling case when he traveled to the Iranian resort island Kish in March 2007.
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