This week, the Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando plays host to the 109th annual Baseball Winter Meetings.

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Takahashi took more time out in 2011 when he had to have the bolt from that knee surgery removed, but he recovered the following year to win his first Grand Prix Final -- which was held in Sochi, the Russian resort city that will host next year's Winter Olympics.

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The Black Sea resort city of Sochi will host the Winter Olympic Games and the reinstated Russian Grand Prix in 2014, and Russia will host the FIFA World Cup in 2018, with many hotel chains around the country investing in anticipation.

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The company has ambitions for a golf course, a ski resort, a floating hotel and a host of other delights.

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Next year's summit will be held in a remote Rocky Mountain resort, said Canada, its organiser and host.

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The luxurious Ottoman-inspired resort will also broadcast aerial footage of the entire fireworks fiesta to its various bars and will host an after party in its Voda Bar.

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