10.31.05
Posted in Luxury, Celebrity at 9:54 pm by Luxury Larry
November’s issue of Travel + Leisure has an interview with Pierce Brosnan. He recently visited Mexico City while filming his new movie, Matador.
You spend a lot of time in Hawaii. What drew you to the islands? It’s like Ireland with the heat on. I love the culture, the landscape, the blue, blue water. […]
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10.27.05
Posted in Luxury, Caribbean, Hotels at 7:30 pm by Luxury Larry
The Independent has an article about the Poseidon resort in the Bahamas, planned to start construction in February, 2006.
The jewel in Mr Jones’ underwater crown will be the resort’s two-room, $20,000-a-night penthouse suite, which will be “hung” over the side of the aquatic shelf. It will be accessible only by submarine. The new resort differs […]
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Posted in Yachts, Cruises at 2:33 pm by Luxury Larry
Forbes recently released an article featuring the most expensive cruises around the world.
… in 2004, nearly 11 million travelers around the world took a cruise, according to the Virginia-based International Council of Cruise Lines. Last year, the cruise industry generated $30 billion dollars–an increase of 18% over 2003. There are more cruise lines, […]
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10.20.05
Posted in Private Islands at 4:02 pm by Luxury Larry
A recent article in Fortune lists some attractive islands for sale. All you need is a few million.
Magic Island, Bora Bora
Price: $18 million
Just ten minutes by boat from the runway of the Bora Bora airport, this parcel includes two motus just 50 feet apart, separated by a placid lagoon of turquoise water. […]
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Posted in Cruises, Celebrity at 3:49 pm by Luxury Larry
According to the Miami Herald (registration required) Richard Branson is set to take on the cruise industry, and just purchased a new home in Miami.
‘Miami is obviously the center of cruises and Virgin has been looking at cruise ships. And we would do it very differently than any cruise ship traveling today,” he said during […]
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Posted in Yachts, Caribbean at 3:41 pm by Luxury Larry
Businesswire Reports:
Footloose Sailing Charters announced during the recent US Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland an expansion into the Windward Islands of the Caribbean with the planned opening of a base in St. Lucia in January of 2006. This new base will be located in Marigot Bay and will open up the Windward Islands from St. […]
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10.07.05
Posted in Caribbean, Resorts, Real Estate at 6:54 pm by Luxury Larry
In the Virgin Islands, Scrub Island is a 230-acre private island located just five minutes by ferryboat from Beef Island Airport adjacent to Marina Cay. This island will soon be resort, and the Virgin Islands Daily News Reports about the groundbreaking.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the $60 million Scrub Island resort development will be held […]
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