GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) – Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort and Spa is making a fast recovery from the severe damage left behind from the wildfires on November 28 last year.

The resort lost 652 units and 70 buildings to last week’s fire. Many of the amenities, including the Wild Bear Falls Indoor Water Park, Marketplace, fitness center, swimming pool, original check ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) – Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort and Spa is making a fast recovery from the severe damage left behind from the wildfires on November 28 last year.

A new interactive map shows the areas inside the perimeter of the Chimney Tops 2 Fire in Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The fire forced more than 14,000 people to evacuate ...

Fire erupts on both sides of Highway 441 between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tenn., Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. (Jessica Tezak/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP) By Associated Press ...

A new resort, dubbed Margaritaville, will go up soon on the site of the former Best Western Twin Islands at 539 Parkway in Gatlinburg. Demolition on the closed Best Western has already begun ...

Developers aim to have the resort operational by spring 2018. Developers in another ongoing Gatlinburg tourism project pushed a spring 2017 start date back due to the wildfires.