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Make Time For A 'Couples Retreat' In Bora Bora
Critics and fans who caught the movie "Couples Retreat" over the weekend may not have been that impressed with the movie's jokes, but at least the setting made up for it. The premise of this comedy, starring Vince Vaughn, Kristin Davis, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell, is that four couples travel to the "Eden Resort" for a vacation and find out that the resort's couples therapy sessions aren't optional.
The Eden Resort in the movie is actually the very upscale St. Regis Bora Bora in real life. The production took over the entire resort last fall for the shoot, meaning the cast and crew had to live there for nearly 8 weeks; tough gig, huh?
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There's Trouble In Tahitian Paradise
President Obama is certainly concerned about the economic situation here at home, but his worries are mostly focused on houses, money, and stocks—not on filling hotels full of tourists. However, that is the worry of French Polynesia's President Oscar Temaru. He’s calling the current tourism situation in the island nation “catastrophic.”
President Temaru has told lawmakers that hotel occupancy has been dismal, with some days seeing only a 20 percent occupancy rate. Temaru is close to naming a new tourism minister, who is going to have a lot of work ahead of him as well as a lot of sleepless nights. Hey, at least you can get a good spot by the pool, right?
