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Get Blog Posts As EmailsIsla Palenque Project Encourages Preservation of Aquatic Life CHICAGO, Aug. 25, 2010 — It’s the height of sea turtle nesting season! These giant, air-breathing reptiles fascinate nature-lovers everywhere, and their nesting season is a time to celebrate them and to reflect on their struggle to survive. Lasting from April through October, nesting is when endangered [...]
Press Release – Sea Turtles Find Nesting Haven in Panama
August 25th, 2010 by TimPanama = Happy
July 21st, 2010 by FrancesWhen we chose Isla Palenque for the site of our island resort community, one of the many reasons was that Panama’s laid back lifestyle creates an ideal atmosphere in which to live, retire or vacation. Now that experience has been quantified by Gallup. Gallup polled thousands of people in 155 countries from 2005 to 2009. [...]
Press Release – U.S. Second Home Sales Increase; Panama’s Lifestyle and Economic Benefits Attract Vacation Home Buyers
July 16th, 2010 by TimSmart buyers are looking beyond the usual suspects CHICAGO, July 16, 2010 — While some sectors of the economy struggle to regain solid footing, the Vacation Home market is enjoying healthy numbers. The National Association of Realtors‘ (NAR) 2010 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey, covering existing- and new-home transactions in the U.S in 2009, [...]
Kiplinger’s Two Cents on Retiring to Panama
June 29th, 2010 by FrancesPosted on yesterday’s Washington Post website, and written by associate editor of Kiplinger’s personal finance section Laura Cohn, is yet another article extolling the financial benefits of retiring to Panama. That puts the Post and Kiplinger’s in good company with Business Week, The New York Times, SmartMoney, TheStreet, Forbes, and many others. Why all the [...]
Press Release- A Growing Trend: Americans Living Abroad
June 2nd, 2010 by TimFrom the restless to the retired, the financially savvy are seeking better living situations, and finding them in Panama CHICAGO, June 2, 2010 — While it’s easy to get frustrated with the economic climate in the U.S., some industrious individuals are finding a better way of life. A recent article in the New York Times [...]
Press Release: First Site Expedition to Isla Palenque Development June 2-5, 2010 Features ‘Meet the Designers’ On-Island Event
May 13th, 2010 by TimVisitors will view the future development site and learn specifics about its ecologically sensitive design CHICAGO, May 13, 2010 — The first chance for potential homeowners to explore the future site of The Resort at Isla Palenque is just weeks away. The four-day expedition is set for Wednesday, June 2 through Saturday, June 5, 2010. [...]
Press Release – Beyond Green: Taking the Long View Toward a Truly Sustainable Resort
April 19th, 2010 by FrancesCHICAGO, April 19, 2010 — Many luxury resorts and hotels are currently touting their green initiatives: recycling, laundering towels less often, or using compact fluorescent bulbs. While these are important efforts, some are embracing a concept bigger than green: sustainability. Alex Pettitt, host of TV’s “Mainstream Green,” contends that sustainability must be ingrained in a [...]
Have You Met the Swinging Thurston?
April 2nd, 2010 by TimWe have one popular monkey. Our little tree-dwelling howler monkey mascot, Thurston Howler III, received some press attention the other day! As a result, Thurston went from 88 to 125 friends over the course of two days! Read about Thurston on Green Lodging News and be sure to add him on Facebook. He’ll be sure [...]
Press Release – Amble Resorts Signs West Paces Hotel Group to Manage World-Class Panama Resort Project: Isla Palenque
March 15th, 2010 by FrancesCHICAGO, March 9, 2010 — Burgeoning resort development company Amble Resorts has contracted the hospitality experts West Paces Hotel Group to manage Amble’s sophisticated, environmentally sensitive debut resort community, The Resort at Isla Palenque. The collaboration is noteworthy for its marriage of Amble’s unique, visionary ideas with West Paces’ experience and well-known service standards. Amble, [...]
Examiner Feature on Isla Palenque
February 23rd, 2010 by FrancesWe’re getting a lot of attention lately…and we love it! The Chicago Examiner interviewed me about our project recently. You can read their nice, substantive article here. My thanks to travel writer Dennis D. Jacobs for finding us!