The 60-acre North Beach Plantation (800.615.3598) recently opened in North Myrtle Beach. It features 750 oceanfront condo-hotel rooms, along with upscale boutique shopping, fine dining and the Cinzia Spa and Wellness Center.
Embassy Suites at Kingston Plantation (843.449.0006) recently completed renovations that included upgrades to its 255 guest rooms, meeting and conference rooms, lobby and two restaurants: Fisheye Grill and Omaha Steakhouse. Exterior improvements included painting and landscaping. The 145-acre Kingston Plantation collection offers more than 1,100 guest rooms.
Live Oak at Springmaid Beach (843.315.7100) recently upgraded its 238 guest rooms with flat-screen TVs, custom paint, artwork and new shower and bath amenities. The resort features a 35,000-square-foot conference center.
Radical Ropes Adventure Park (843.626.7444) recently opened as a unique team-building experience in two extreme activities: a five-acre zip-line course set 50 feet high in the forest and a traditional high ropes course.
Wonderworks Science Center, a hands-on science attraction, is slated to open in spring 2011. The venue will be located at Broadway at the Beach and will include attractions such as an upside-down building, a volcano, a lighthouse, a NASA space shuttle and fighter jet experience, and an Egyptian pyramid. With almost 40,000 square feet of space, Wonderworks will offer several private event options.
Spirit Airlines (800.772.7117) recently began daily nonstop flights between Myrtle Beach and Atlanta. The seasonal flights will end Nov. 10, 2010, and resume in spring 2011.
