Archive for April, 2007
Blog: Residence La Palmyre leaseback investment in Charente Maritime
Property in Charente Maritime the jewel in crowing region of Poitou Charentes where the promise of long hot summer days by the coast have made it a popular second home destination for Parisiens, Brits, and Irish alike. With winter chills a distant memory, the property market in Charente Maritime has received notable interest from Parisien buyers in recent weeks. Chic fashionable resorts have attracted French films stars such as Juliette Binoche, Jean Reno and Gerard Depardieu, who among the celebrities said to have bought property here.
Residence La Palmyre offers the perfect ...
Blog: Air Asia X takes off September 2008
£40 UK flights to Malaysia are finally set to be reality from September 2008, when low-cost asian airline Air Asia X delayed its cheap flights service due to problems sourcing the right aircraft.
Now with an order for 15 aircraft, owner of low-cost Asian airline AirAsia Tony Fernandes told the Telegraph “We are looking at operating Malaysia-UK services by September 2008 at the latest, and the first quarter of 2008 at the earliest,”.
The long-haul arm of Air Asia, Malaysia’s low-cost fares airline, Air Asia X takes it’s inspiration from easyJet.
With cheap flights and a quick turnaround time it is hoped that air asia x ...
View more »Blog: New TGV Est Train Halves Travel Time to East France
From June 10th the new TGV Est Européen high-speed line slashes journey times to the east of France cutting French journey times by as much as half. The new train line will link Paris Gare de l’Est to 33 towns and cities throughout the east of France to the west of Germany as well as to destinations in Switzerland and Luxembourg. Crossing France east to west becomes much easier eliminating the need to change at Paris.
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Blog: Welcome Nicola Christie Nubricks guest blogger!
Nubricks is delighted to welcome author, Nicola Christie, as our new guest blogger. Like us, Nicola is fascinated by overseas property and is an experienced freelance writer whose work is commissioned by and published in a variety of print and online publications.
Currently relocating back to the UK after 8 years of living abroad in Hong Kong and North Cyprus, Nicola works as a consultant for developers and agents, advising them on selecting and marketing properties in emerging growth areas. She also specialises in identifying key trends and investor movement in emerging overseas property markets and from next week we ...
View more »Blog: Macau attracts foreign investment through gaming
Macau’s gross gaming revenues total 18 billion patacas in first quarter
● Macau is a small special administrative region in China well-known as offshore financial centre / tax-haven
● Biggest attraction is gambling industry and 25 casinos, vistors from mainland China, tourists from Hong Kong and Taipei (Taiwan).
● Most popular game baccarat generates 2/3 of gaming gross receipts.
● Macau highest-volume gambling centre in the world overtaking Las Vegas in 2006, gross revenues of 55.88 billion patacas posted and total of 21.9 million tourists.
● Gaming revenues rose 8.6 percent in the first quarter of 2007 whilst visitors to Macau rose 21.4% to 6.3 million.
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