MEXICO/USA: MEXICAN HOLIDAY RESORT BILLS ITSELF AS WORLD'S FIRST FOR OBESE PEOPLE.

Record ID: 958845

  • Title: MEXICO/USA: MEXICAN HOLIDAY RESORT BILLS ITSELF AS WORLD'S FIRST FOR OBESE PEOPLE.
  • Date: 4th October 2003
  • Summary: (W8) CANCUN, MEXICO (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. EXTERIOR OF "FREEDOM PARADISE" HOTEL 2. GENERAL VIEW OF RESORT GROUNDS (W8) CANCUN, MEXICO (RECENT) (VNR - ACCESS ALL) 3. WOMAN SUNNING HERSELF ON EXTRA-WIDE LOUNGE CHAIR (W8)CANCUN, MEXICO (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 4. GENERAL VIEW OF BEACH 5. PLUS-SIZE GUEST, ADRIANA RUIZ-SIERRA, WALKING TO POOL 6. PEOPLE SITTING AT POOL 7. VARIOUS OF RUIZ-SIERRA GETTING READY TO SWIM 8. VARIOUS OF RUIZ-SIERRA IN POOL 9. HOTEL GUESTS INSIDE POOL 10. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) RUIZ-SIERRA SAYING: "I feel really good here, I have freedom here. I swim and people do not stare. You can lay down in the hammocks or sit in the chairs that are wider and more comfortable." 11. VARIOUS OF PAINTING BY COLOMBIAN ARTIST FERNANDO BOTERO HANGING OFF LOBBY OF HOTEL 12. DINING ROOM WITH BOTH REGULAR SIZE AND EXTRA-WIDE CHAIRS 13. EXTRA-WIDE LOUNGE CHAIRS 14. VARIOUS EXTRA-WIDE SWING ALONGSIDE REGULAR SIZE SWINGS 15. IGUANA WALKING NEAR POOL 16. EXTERIOR OF HOTEL GIFT SHOP 17. VARIOUS OF PLUS-SIZE CLOTHING SOLD AT HOTEL GIFT SHOP 18. EXTRA-WIDE DOORS TO HOTEL ROOMS 19. MAN OPENING LARGER DOOR, NEXT TO REGULAR SIZE DOOR 20. LARGE BED INSIDE ROOM 21. SHOWER EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY RAILING AND BENCH 22. (SOUNDBITE) (English) COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR FOR FREEDOM PARADISE VACATION CLUB, JURRIAAN KLINK, SAYING: "We noticed that society seems to focus on diet and doctors talk about the health benefits of losing weight, but we feel that people tend to forget about mental health, which is just as important. Everyone has the right to go on a holiday, enjoy their vacations, get rid of stress, and here they can walk on the beach and feel free and comfortable, that's why we call it Freedom Paradise." 23. GENERAL VIEW OF POOL AND BEACH (W8) CANCUN, MEXICO (RECENT) (VNR - ACCESS ALL) 24. VARIOUS OF PLUS-SIZE GUESTS ENJOYING RESORT FACILITIES (W8) CANCUN, MEXICO (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 25. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FREEDOM PARADISE VACATION CLUB, JULIO CESAR RINCON, SAYING: "We discovered that some of the worst discrimination in the world is against larger people, not necessarily because of race or nationality. We observed that they are people who feel uncomfortable. They may go to a restaurant and there is a laugh from a child or stares and they feel uncomfortable." (W8)CANCUN, MEXICO (RECENT) (VNR - ACCESS ALL) 26. VARIOUS OF PLUS-SIZE GUESTS ENJOYING RESORT FACILITIES (W8)NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 27. JACK MYERS, PUBLISHER OF THE JACK MYERS REPORT ON MARKETING, WALKING THROUGH HALL 28. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MYERS SAYING: "In the travel sector, in the automotive sector, in restaurant sector I think it does make sense to target overweight people as a category. The travel sector resort that appeals to overweight people is you are going to be around people like you - who you will feel comfortable wearing a bathing suit around, I think that makes sense." (W8)CANCUN, MEXICO (RECENT) (VNR - ACCESS ALL) 29. VARIOUS OF HOTEL FACILITIES Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: CANCUN, MEXICO/ NEW YORK, NEW YORK; USA
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  • Country: USA
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