Attracted by the climate, favorable tax policy and laid-back lifestyle, home buyers and investors are flocking here from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Europe and the United States.
The skyline increasingly resembles a mini-Sao Paulo, a dense forest of steel and concrete towers that includes dozens of new high-rise condominiums and apartment buildings. (Not enough of the buildings [...]
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Panama City: A boomtown with growing pains
Posted by Matt in June 19th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Americas, Apartment Buildings, Boomtown, Climate, Colombia, Concrete Towers, Construction Boom, Dense Forest, Dozens, Ecuador, Everything Under The Sun, Favorable Tax, Growing Pains, Home Buyers, Hotels, Investors, Laid Back, Lifestyle, Panama, Panama City, Retirement, Rise Condominiums, Sao Paulo, Skyline, Venezuela
Analysis: China’s nuclear secret exposed
Posted by Matt in May 1st, 2008 | no comment
Published in China, Beaches, China, Expatriates, Hainan, Hainen Island, Hotels, International Relations, Miss World, New Hawaii, Sanya, Southern Tip, Strategists, Tropical Island
China bills the tropical island of Hainan as a new Hawaii. Its sparkling beaches are lined by hotels patronised by western expatriates, Russian package tours and China’s new middle classes.
Sanya, the town on its southern tip, is best known for hosting Miss World in recent years. But right next door, China’s forward-looking naval strategists are [...]
Dubai: Desert Metropolis Reinvents Itself as Art Center
Posted by Matt in March 25th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Dubai, Middle East, Art Buyers, Art Center, Cocktail, Cultures, Desert, Dubai, Gallery Art, Global Village, Hotels, International Art, Land Rovers, Magill, Map Art, Metropolis, Photo Art, Photo Gallery, Private Equity Firms, Thirty Years
Thirty years ago, Dubai wasn’t on the international art map. Today, Art Dubai 2008 serves up a cocktail of private equity firms and expensive art, where Land Rovers and seven-star hotels swaddle international art buyers in a simulated Arabian paradise. By R. Jay Magill, Jr. in Dubai more…
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