By bringing world-renowned celebrities to Acapulco, Slim hopes to project the better face of a place that once was the golden destination of the rich and famous.

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"The campaign must pay for travel to any destination where campaign activity takes place, regardless of what else happens at the destination, " Biersack said.

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It is his other German destination, Dresden, that seems out of place.

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Caribbean's most glamorous destination--stomping ground of European and American elites--the place retains an unspoiled, small-town charm pleasantly inconsistent with the tremendous wealth that exists there.

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Just 85 miles (136km) from her destination, Endurance was frozen in place stuck fast in a great chunk of ice.

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YouTube has moved away from its early days as a destination for user-generated content to professionally produced video that would not look out of place on television.

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Once a package and its destination are identified, the Worldport system routes it to the appropriate place, all while keeping track of where each item is at all times on the 33, 245 conveyors and 2.6 miles of tilt-tray sorters.

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Add in a guarantee of fast, attentive service in an empty, beautifully minimalist dining room, and the place becomes an anti-destination destination.

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