Sun and sand, super-sized. (Trade Talk).Calling it a "size-friendly vacation club," Mexican investors have opened what they claim is the world's first resort for fat holiday-goers. "We have a huge market," says Freedom Paradise resort's Jurriann Klink. "The whole world is getting bigger and bigger. There's even a term for global obesity--globesity." Mexican investors spent US$10 million to adapt an existing Cancun hotel "to meet the special needs of the plus-size vacationer," says commercial director Klink. That means wide doorways; strong chairs without arm rests; swimming pools that require just a few steps to enter; king- and queen-sized beds; and extra-large bathrooms with grab bars and higher toilets. "I salute any organization that promotes size acceptance," says Frances White Frances White (born in Leeds on 1 November 1938) is a British actress, perhaps best known for her role as Miss Flood in the BBC sitcom May to December. She has also appeared in I, Claudius; Trevor's World of Sport; Crossroads; Dangerfield , who sits on the board of the California-based National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. The resort is marketing through fat-acceptance organizations to lure U.S. and European beach lovers, along with hefty Latin Americans This is a list of notable Latin American people. In alphabetical order within categories. Actors
travel brochure n → brochure f touristique travel brochure travel n bursting with bikini-clad beauties. Located on a secluded se·clud·ed adj. 1. Removed or remote from others; solitary. 2. Screened from view; sequestered. se·clud Cancun beach three kilometers from its nearest neighbor See point sampling. , Freedom Paradise charges $195 per person a night. |
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