Nice and recognizable article from Dutch magazine J/M Ouders (Parents, our apoligies now it’s in Dutch): Leuk en herkenbaar artikel van J/M Ouders: J/M onderzoek: Ouders hebben faalangst Bijna alle ouders (88 procent) vinden het ouderschap vermoeiend en ervaren het als stressvol. Ze hebben regelmatig het gevoel het niet goed te doen. Een derde denkt […]

The word “boutique” in business implies small, specialized and unique — precisely the concept big hotel companies are adopting as they veer away from their time-tested, but formulaic lodging models. Nearly every top hotel company from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc (HOT.N) to Hyatt Hotels Corp (H.N) to InterContinental Hotels Group Plc (IHG.L) has […]

Friday has been planned for a short trip to Saint Lucia. We are supposed to meet the best engineer of the Caribbean (and an accomplished General Manager). At least that is how my friend Joerg has introduced Carl from The Landings to us. BUT we didn’t fly. Good lessons in Caribbean patience seemed to be […]

What an exiting day today. A full agenda, meeting very interesting people of the beautiful island of Antigua. We’ve started with a delegation of the Antigua & Barbuda Investment Authority. Very nice people and very positive reactions, off course, on our plans. Than a visit at the CEO of the Tourism Authority, plenty of creative […]

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Antigua is on our list for the pilot resort of Mamayoyo. And next week we’ve planned to visit three possible sites on the south coast of Antigua. These sites have been investigated during last months but we have to do some additional land measurements. And we have 3 days full of appointments. We’ll meet our […]

Today we’ve had another most exiting meetings about financials of the feasibility study. Our cost calculating expert Marinus Willemsen has done his job…  According to Marinus our budget should to be at least twice as big as expected. At least that is what he has calculated so far. Since Mamayoyo resorts should be intimate and […]

(sorry… it’s in French From Capital.fr) Depuis qu’il est monté en gamme, le Club est devenu cher pour ses clients traditionnels mais manque encore de confort pour les touristes habitués aux hôtels de luxe. Un vrai dilemme. «Venez tester le Club Med», invite toujours son patron, Henri Giscard d’Estaing, quand il rencontre un journaliste. Fin […]