2008 Peter J. Solomon Company.

Every investment banking firm has its own culture that embodies its values and the way it approaches its business and client relationships. Peter J. Solomon Company was founded on the belief that senior corporate management and entrepreneurs deserve advice free from worries about their advisors’ motives and conflicts.

Peter J. Solomon Company culture is entrepreneurial encouraging creative thinking and responsibility.

Today the Firm is best known for the insights it has gained from representing retail distribution and consumer-related companies. PJSC is also widely recognized for its knowledge and experience working with family-owned or controlled businesses where sensitivity to inter-generational and intra-family issues is critical to formulating and achieving financial goals. This recognition stems in large part from the Firm’s expertise in reconciling qualitative and quantitative factors within the context of enhancing enterprise value.

THE INVESTMENT BANK THAT LISTENS

A successful investment banking relationship requires that the investment banker understand the values and aspirations of the client. These values and goals are usually not apparent immediately, nor is the client always certain at the outset of a project how to weigh and value the components of a successful outcome.

Peter J. Solomon Company listens carefully to clients and works with them to articulate their key objectives. Once we understand their goals, we use quantitative analysis and informed experience to determine the course of action most likely to attain their goals.

AN INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR CORPORATE BOARDS

Peter J. Solomon Company’s Special Committee & Fairness Opinion Practice is dedicated to advising Special Committees and Boards of Directors on a wide range of transactions. We have delivered more than 50 fairness opinions to public company Boards of Directors. We have advised companies on decisions as diverse as stock-for-stock mergers, strategic asset divestitures, joint ventures, cross-border acquisitions, management-led buyouts, leveraged recapitalizations and financial restructurings.

I believe in Peter J. Solomon positive perspective of life and business, where you have to Let the Losers Lose and The greater good, then, will be served.

Peter’s Company has the right foundations of Honesty Independence, Experience, Focus, Sensitivity and Knowledge.

I love companies like yours Peter, because you enjoy helping others by bringing them extraordinary results and have fun while doing it.

My Best Wishes to all of your creative and highly motivated Team.

Peter J. Solomon Company
520 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022

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Hacienda La Esmeralda
Hacienda La Esmeralda gourmet “geisha” coffee.
Located on the slopes of Mount Barú in Western Panama, Hacienda La Esmeralda produces premium Central American export coffee. Award winning Coffee Esmeralda.
Esmeralda Special

Esmeralda Special, is a rare award-winning coffee that has set three online coffee auction records, once when it sold for $21 dollars a pound on June 29th, 2004, again on May 30, 2006 when it sold for $50.25 a pound and now for $130 a pound. Other achievements are

1st Place Specialty Coffee Association of America Roasters Guild Cupping Pavilion (2007, 2006, 2005)
2nd Place Coffee of The Year (2008)
1st Place “Best of Panama” (2007, 2006, 2005, 2004)
1st Place Rainforest Alliance Cupping for Quality (2008, 2007, 2006, 2004)

Coffee quality is a product of altitude and processing. One of the truisms of coffee growers is that the bean is at its finest the moment the ripe cherry is picked from the tree. The only thing the grower can do from then on is to diminish the quality - he can in no way improve on it.
This means that as growers our responsibility is to pick only the ripest most perfect fruits and process them as perfectly as possible to bring out the full taste that nature put into them.
At Esmeralda they start by carefully instructing those who hand pick the fruit, to only pick the completely ripe, red fruits. They are paid a premium for this. Every night, as the coffee is received in the ‘beneficio’ (their processing plant), each harvester’s production for the day is weighed and inspected for defects or green beans.

At Esmeralda they strive for absolute consistency and excellence in preparation, to produce a coffee of medium plus acidity, a sweet and clean cup with a touch of citrus flavor. They devote enormous time to the details and fine touches that have always distinguished Esmeralda Estate coffee from ‘just another coffee’.

GEISHA COFFEE

Some call it geisha, others gesha…for forty years , before this varietal became famous, it has been called geisha in Boquete, Panama.
Hacienda La Esmeralda and Esmeralda Jaramillo are located in the Province of Chiriquí, in the south-west region of Panama.

Panama’s Hacienda La Esmeralda gourmet “geisha” coffee, which has broken world price records in online coffee auctions, is now so sought after that the farm is planning its own Internet auction this year.

In a bold step never before attempted by a single estate, the farm in the cool highlands above Panama’s western town of Boquete will put its entire crop up for bidding in a private auction, farm administrator Daniel Peterson said.

“We are going to auction all of the geisha together. This is the fairest form of exchange,” The farm’s coffee is popular with high-end roasters and connoisseurs drawn to its sweet jasmine flavors that win the rare beans high scores at cupping events.

The coffee had cultivated a reputation similar to fine wines grown in specific regions, and is now one of the world’s most expensive varieties.

Last year Hacienda’s small lot sold at an unprecedented $130 per pound at the “Best of Panama” online auction, where bids were taken at a maximum price of $99.99 per pound.

Peterson said the geisha coffee would likely be sold in roughly 120-kg lots, with the green coffee shipped in vacuum packs. Bidding could start at $5 per pound.

Buyers are both excited and wary of the experiment.

High-profile buyers say they prefer to negotiate directly instead of competing at an auction.

FARM EXPANSION

“It would be hard for us to buy all of our coffees at auction,” said David Pohl from northern California specialty roaster Equator Coffee, which purchased 60 kg of the Hacienda’s geisha coffee last year at just under $13 per pound.

Pohl said he strongly backed an idea by the farm’s owners to auction the lots according to the exact date the beans were picked, given the coffee’s fame.

The move by the farm shows how far online auctions have come since they were started in the late 1990s as a way to separate high-quality coffees from the conventional market.

It took time for the model to catch on but it has worked well for small producers like Panama, where the scarcity of the fine, high-altitude geisha beans helps boost prices.

The country produces under 180,000 60-kg bags of green washed arabica per year, less than 10 percent the volume grown by neighboring Costa Rica.

The geisha coffees come from a variety introduced to Panama in the 1960s but virtually abandoned early on due to low yields.

Growing demand from new specialty roasters is convincing farmers like Peterson to expand. The 14-hectare Hacienda farm will nearly double its planted area next year.

That would help ease buyers’ concerns that supplies are so low the coffee can only be used for special promotions instead of being offered to customers year-round.

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INTERSPORT - ((( I N T E R S P O R T )))

CORPORATE HOSPITALITY & WORLD CLASS EVENTS.
Intersport’s events division develops customized event marketing and corporate hospitality solutions.

Intersport lends its creativity, information resources and industry expertise to enhance and advance the business building efforts of their clients. With direct contact with the biggest events, athletes, and coaches, they create unmatched corporate hospitality and travel packages.

Intersport is recognized for its leadership, innovation, and client service in a variety of areas: fan and corporate hospitality; sports television programming; and digital media and event marketing. The growth of the company over a 22-year period (1985-2007) is directly related to a philosophy of maximum dedication to client service through the total execution of new ideas in sports.

Intersport’s competitive advantage is the combination of its full-scale, Emmy Award-winning production division and its renowned event marketing and corporate hospitality group. This unique blend of media and event marketing expertise allows Intersport clients to reach a mass audience through original TV and digital media, provide intimate consumer interaction through event marketing, and use corporate hospitality as the ultimate entertainment vehicle.

Intersport is constantly anticipating and responding to its clients’ needs, vision, and strategic goals.

DOUBLE EAGLE CLUB
CORPORATE HOSPITALITY
THE MASTERS

Augusta, Georgia plays home to the world’s greatest golf tournament, The Masters.
The Augusta National Golf Club easily evokes reverence among golf lovers worldwide.

Intersport can provide an opportunity to walk the hallowed grounds of Augusta National during that special week in April. The Double Eagle Club, named after Gene Sarazen’s historic shot on No.15 during the Masters in 1935, is the ultimate in Masters hospitality. Located directly next to the main entrance at Augusta National, this members-only club turns the toughest ticket in sports into an unsurpassed business-building stroll through the magnolias.

The Double Eagle Club was the first and is still the best and most intimate corporate experience at the Masters.

A members-only private facility located just 50 yards from the prestigious Augusta National Golf Club and an exclusive property of Intersport, the DEC is a full-service hospitality oasis catering to our clients during the coveted Masters tournament. Intersport’s corporate hospitality stretches far beyond the DEC at the Masters. In addition to golf’s most prestigious event, Intersport provides world-class hospitality at:

* Final Four * Ryder Cup * Super Bowl * Major League Baseball All-Star Game * British Open * PGA Championship * College and Pro Football * The Winter and Summer Olympics

CHARLES N. BESSER

Charlie Besser is the founder (1986), President, and CEO of Intersport, Inc. , a recognized industry leader in sports and entertainment media and marketing.

Charlie launched Intersport’s Event Marketing Group that now executes well over 1,000 events per year. The Events Group helps numerous clients with sponsorships of and activation plans for events surrounding the Super Bowl, World Series, PGA Tour, Bowl Championship Series, NCAA Final Four, Major League Baseball All-Star Game, US Open (tennis) and the Summer and Winter X Games. The division also creates signature proprietary events seen on national television.

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MIRZAM - CREATIVE WEALTH MANAGEMENT - MIRZAM FUNDS - TEQUESTA FLORIDA,USA.

Mirzam Asset Management, LLC combines it investment philosophy, innovative products, and solid relationship building expertise to meet and exceed clients’ expectations.

The Mirzam Capital Appreciation Fund (MCAF) was established for investors who want to shun companies that rely on stock-based compensation. Investors who believe that stock-based compensation plans are often nothing more than legalized front-running, insider-trading, and stock-watering wrapped up in one, will find a true investment alternative in MCAF.
MCAF’s investment adviser allocates capital to companies where it believes management truly places the interests of shareholders first. MCAF strives at all times to ensure that its investors will not be exposed to companies that have implemented destructive stock based compensation plans, stomach-churning executive compensation packages or that sell stock to employees at a deep discount to bring in more cash than selling product or services to customers.

As you know My Cancun TV.com always features the Best Businesses, People and Financial companies around the world.
Today is no exception.

Recently I met Cliff R. Morris, President of Mirzam Asset Management, LLC and Sirius Financial Navigation (South Africa).

Mr. Morris is a Truly Talented Visionary Investor, with a clear intention to help in all means, Investors, Communities and Fight Back Lack, no wonder why this company is doing so well financially.
Mirzam is in the Right Business of People Helping People.

About Mirzam Asset Management, LLC

Mirzam Asset Management, LLC serves as the SEC-registered Investment Advisor to the Mirzam Capital Appreciation Fund . The founder, Clifford R. Morris founded Sirius Financial Navigation in South Africa, an innovative, independent financial services firm, in January of 2000. Prior to this, he was Senior Executive Financial Planner at one of the four large private banks of South Africa. During his tenure, he established a reputation for professionalism and personally tailored client service, with a focus on long-term relationship building. Cliff recognized the value of managing his own investment funds and providing clients with the benefit of rapid and appropriate portfolio modification. As a personal investor, he also has extensive property experience.

Cliff is authorized to provide financial services as well as manage the Sirius suite of investment funds and the Sirius Global Active Fund (Guernsey). Sirius’ sound, consistent investment philosophy has resulted in these investment funds outperforming their benchmarks.

At the helm of Mirzam Asset Management and Sirius Financial Navigation, Cliff is responsible for creating and driving strategic decisions and monitoring the implementation of the firms’ vision and objectives. Today, Sirius is a dynamic organization, offering holistic service covering all aspects of financial planning and management designed to meet the income needs of long-term investors.

With over twenty five years experience in the financial services industry, Cliff is widely recognized for his fresh approach to investment solutions. Cliff is a Series 65 qualified Investment Adviser Representative.

Mirzam is the exciting USA initiative of Sirius, South Africa, for which Cliff will be the driving force, applying the same value principles that have resulted in the success of Sirius Financial Navigation.

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BANYAN TREE LUXURY HOTELS & RESORTS GROUP is a leading manager and developer of premium resorts, hotels and spas in the world.

Banyan Tree is the leading international operator in the boutique resort, residences and spa industry, Banyan Tree offers a signature blend of romance and travel with a green conscience. The philosophy behind the hotels, resorts, residences, spas, retail galleries and destination club is based on rejuvenation of the body, mind and soul - a Sanctuary for the Senses. To date, the Banyan Tree Group manages and/or has ownership interests in over 20 resorts and hotels, over 60 spas, in excess of 60 retail galleries; as well as two golf courses.

BANYAN TREE at MAYAKOBA
Banyan Tree, Mayakoba, Mexico, Residences, Hotel, Resort.

Banyan Tree in Riviera Maya Mexico accommodates guests in 120 villas, some of which Include two and three-bedroom villas. All are freestanding units on land or above water, either on the Caribbean or Mayakoba’s undulating lagoons and canals.

These clean-lined, serene dwellings, shielded from neighboring villas by natural flora and fauna, feature indulgent details such as private swimming pools (each villa has one), outdoor sunken baths and Jacuzzis, sun decks, and massage salas. Some of the larger villas separate bedrooms with loggia living rooms for maximum privacy.
Banyan Tree’s public area centers around a water court and a striking pool surrounded by lounges and terraces on the second floor. The main floor is devoted to banquet and meeting rooms, a library, gym and spa reception rooms. The spa treatment rooms are outdoor pavilions located romantically in the lagoon, which adds to their almost otherworldly ambience. A large, infinity pool with a dining and sunning deck, and Saffron restaurant an exotic dining experience on three pontoons — complete the main public area. The beach club includes sun decks, a pool, dining room and lounge.

Those who know Banyan Tree’s other resorts are eagerly anticipating the Banyan Tree Gallery at Mayakoba. When Banyan Tree Gallery meets Mayakoba, the results should be memorable.

Banyan Tree Holdings Limited

Banyan Tree Holdings Limited (“Banyan Tree” or the “Group”) is a leading manager and developer of premium resorts, hotels and spas in the Asia Pacific, with 23 resorts and hotels, 65 spas, 65 retail galleries, and two golf courses. The Group manages and/or has ownership interests in niche resorts and hotels. The resorts each typically has between 50 and 100 rooms and commands room rates at the high end of each property’s particular market.

Banyan Tree has seven operating business segments: hotel investment, hotel residence sales, hotel management, spa operations, gallery operations, property sales, design fees and others (design and project management, golf course operations and other businesses).

The Group’s primary business is the management, development and ownership of resorts and hotels. This is centered on two award-winning brands: Banyan Tree and Angsana. Banyan Tree also operates the leading integrated resort in Thailand – Laguna Phuket, through the Group’s subsidiary, Laguna Resorts & Hotels Public Company Limited.

As a leading operator of spas in the Asia Pacific, Banyan Tree’s spas are one of the key features in their resorts and hotels. Banyan Tree galleries, which complement their resorts, hotels and spas, help to extend the reach and scope of their brands.

Banyan Tree has received over 300 awards and accolades for the resorts, hotels and spas that the Group manages. The Group has also received recognition for its commitment to environmental protection and emphasis on corporate social responsibility.

Ho Kwon Ping
Executive Chairman

Mr Ho is the Founder of our Group and is responsible for the overall management and operations. He has been a Director since 5 July 2000. He was designated Execut ive Chairman on 1 March 2004 and was last re‑elected on 26 April 2007.

BANYAN TREE RESIDENCES at MAYAKOBA
Banyan Tree Residences Mayakoba will contain 50 ownership villas, as well as the 132-villa Banyan Tree Mayakoba Hotel and Resort.

The one,- two-, and three bedroom ownership villas will be between 4,000 to 6,000 square feet each, and will be offered for sale at prices ranging from $1 million to $6 million.
Hotel guests and villa owners will also have access to El Camaleon, a Greg Norman-designed championship golf course that hosts the PGA Tour’s Mayakoba Golf Classic.

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Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is the oldest privately owned bank in America offering a range of international investment banking services.
Brown Brothers Harriman is the largest partnership bank in America.

Brown Brothers Harriman represents a unique alternative in today’s financial marketplace. As a private firm that does not participate in securities underwriting, Brown Brothers Harriman is insulated from many of the conflicts of interest prevalent in the asset management industry.

BBH is an experienced fiduciary dedicated to building customized portfolios and providing a superior level of personalized service. BBH success is predicated on the ability to partner with clients in an effort to identify, implement and monitor a strategic approach designed to meet their objectives.

Wealth Management for affluent individuals and their families has been a core business at Brown Brothers Harriman for over 80 years. The firm currently oversees $44.4 billion in client assets, including over $16 billion for families and individuals. Brown Brothers Harriman has a point of view on investing. Brown Brothers Harriman believes in preserving capital at all times, and in enhancing purchasing power over the longer term with a tax-efficient approach. Brown Brothers Harriman partner with outside managers who share this philosophy

Brown Brothers Harriman’s Alternative Investments Group develops and manages a family of alternative investment funds that enable qualified high net worth individuals and smaller institutional clients to participate alongside BBH and its large institutional clients in a series of unique investment opportunities in the private equity, mezzanine, absolute return hedge fund and long/short equity asset classes. These funds are organized under the BBH Private Equity Partners, BBH Mezzanine Partners and BBH Hedged Partners product platforms.

Brown Brothers Harriman commitment to their clients is to deliver speed, experience, intellect, accuracy, and innovation in everything they do. In short, BBH’s service is unparalleled in the industry.

I recently had the opportunity to meet John D. Chaparro, a BBH & Co. Managing Director, specialized in Mergers & Acquisitions for this company.
John has over 25 years experience in financing, operating and advising high growth private and public companies across a broad range of technology, industrial, distribution and service industries. Previously, John was an investment associate with the Menlo Park office of Canaan Venture Partners and held senior operating positions with high growth companies in the business and healthcare services industries. John began his career as a corporate attorney with the Emerging Company and Technology Practice of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. He received a JD/MBA from Stanford Law School and Graduate School of Business and graduated cum laude from the University of California San Diego, Revelle College.

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO. is a top leader Investment Bank. Period.

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Hitachi Data Systems Inc.

Hitachi Data Systems develops and delivers services oriented storage solutions (SOSS), which align business and IT in enterprise, midsize and small organizations. Hitachi Data Systems storage virtualization, tiered storage, storage management, archiving and data protection solutions overcome challenges such as business continuity (BC), disaster recovery (DR), information lifecycle management (ILM) and storage consolidation.

Hitachi Data Systems Presenting at the Mayakoba Corporate Annual Event 2008 Conference & Incentive Travel to Cancun Mexico, the most productive salespeople in their company.

This celebration is bringing around 500 Top Sales people to a place where the sun and drinks are abundant.
Cancun Mexico.

About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions that enable heterogeneous storage to be dynamically provisioned according to business needs and centrally managed via industry-leading Hitachi storage virtualization software. As an integral part of the Hitachi Storage Solutions Group, Hitachi Data Systems delivers storage infrastructure platforms, storage management software, and storage consulting services through direct and indirect channels in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include nearly 60-percent of Fortune 100 companies.

About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 390,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2007 (ended March 31, 2008) consolidated revenues totaled 11,226 billion yen ($112.2 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, logistics, materials and financial services.

Welcome To Cancun Mexico, Hitachi Data Systems won a spot on the list of the Top 100 Most Admired Companies.

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LA PUNTA REALTY - Puerto Vallarta real estate - Pacific Mexico luxury real estate and vacation rentals - Puerto Vallarta, Punta de Mita, Costa Careyes, Costa Alegre, Riviera Nayarit.

LA PUNTA REALTY  is the most reputable Luxury Real Estate Agency in Puerto Vallarta.

With LA PUNTA REALTY you can Explore land, luxury and leisure - Christie’s Great Estates, a boutique luxury real estate and vacation rentals firm based in Puerto Vallarta and Punta de Mita Mexico specializes in coastal lots and land, luxury residences, exclusive resort villas and deluxe beachfront condominiums.

La Punta Realty awarded first Christie’s Great Estates affiliation in Mexico.

Through Christie’s Great Estates, LA PUNTA REALTY puts  Clients In Touch With Affluent Buyers and Sellers Worldwide.

As exclusive affiliate of Christie’s Great Estates in Puerto Vallarta, Punta de Mita, Costa Careyes, Costa Alegre and Costa Nayarit, La Punta Realty offers their clients the extraordinary reach and strength of the world’s largest and most prestigious network specializing in the sale of luxury real estate.

Christie’s Great Estates is the largest international luxury network of real estate brokers specializing in the marketing and sales of high-end properties.

ABOUT CHRISTIE’S GREAT ESTATES
Founded as Great Estates in 1987 and acquired by Christie’s in 1995, Christie’s Great Estates is a wholly owned subsidiary of Christie’s and is dedicated to the marketing and sale of important properties worldwide. Christie’s Great Estates is the largest network of independent real estate brokers specializing in the sale of important luxury properties. This carefully selected network of real estate firms includes more than 650 offices and approximately 20,000 estate agents in more than 30 countries, offering local expertise combined with worldwide reach. The network’s combined sales exceed $75 billion.

ABOUT LA PUNTA REALTY

Founded in 2000, La Punta Realty has offices in Puerto Vallarta, Punta de Mita, San Francisco, Nayarit , the coveted coastline around Banderas Bay, San Blas along Costa Nayarit, to Punta de Mita, Puerto Vallarta, South to Costa Alegre, Costa Careyes to Barra de Navidad.

The well kept secrets of Pacific Mexico’s dramatic cliffs, coves and sand have long attracted those looking for a quiet escape at secret hideaways like Costa Careyes.

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IAN SCHRAGER - IAN SCHRAGER COMPANY, HOTEL & REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT - IAN SCHRAGER HOTELS - W. 

Ian Schrager Company owns, develops, manages and brands hotels, residential and mixed use projects. Founded by Ian Schrager.

Ian Schrager, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ian Schrager Company, has achieved international recognition for concepts that have revolutionized both the entertainment and hospitality industries.

IAN SCHRAGER passionate commitment to the modern lifestyle has been expressed through a series of pioneering concepts: The hotel as home away from home, the hotel as theater, “cheap chic”, “lobby socializing”, the indoor/outdoor lobby, the urban resort, and the urban spa.

Mr. Schrager’s latest venture, a partnership with Marriott International, intends to create a new brand of as many as 100 hotels that will combine the personal, intimate, individualized and unique lodging experience that he created with the operational expertise that Marriott is known for on a global scale.

According to J.W. Marriott, Jr. Chairman and CEO of Marriott International, the marriage of the ultimate corporate lodging company and the pioneer of the boutique/lifestyle hotel is an attempt by both to push the boundaries, break new ground and take the hotel industry to a new level.
The hotels will be located in gateway cities throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia. With an average size of 150-200 rooms each of the hotels will reflect the best of the cultural and social milieu of its location and of the time. A diverse set of world-renown architects and designers will be recruited to create one-of-a-kind buildings spanning the complete range of project types, from new construction, to conversions, to gut renovations. The partners expect these hotels to be not just aesthetically pleasing in their markets but to be environmentally responsible as well.
In addition, Schrager is developing a number of unique and exciting hotel and residential projects in gateway cities around the world that are in various stages of completion.

IAN SCHRAGER COMPANY Development Projects
GRAMERCY PARK HOTEL
The Gramercy Park Hotel’s Haute Bohemian heritage has been honored and renewed in the transformation by Ian Schrager.

Gramercy Park Hotel represents a sensuous vision of artful diversity. Bohemia reinvented for the 21st century with an original combination of styles, with great pieces of furniture and art and the extraordinary use of color. It is a balancing act which only Ian Schrager could pull off, as well as a fresh approach which represents a new departure for him. It brings together a number of creative forces, not chosen for their compatibility, but for their shared commitment to the modern lifestyle.

IAN SCHRAGER COMPANY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
40 BOND RESIDENCES by Ian Scharger
The building, designed by eminent Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, is an architectural masterpiece. Their first residential project in America combines luxury apartment and townhouses. The first townhouses built in New York City in generations, offer unprecedented, innovative and sophisticated layouts, details and finishes.

The Pritzker Prize winning architects are best known for the Tate Modern in London, Tokyo’s Prada store, The Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis, San Francisco’s de Young Museum and countless other public and private buildings around the world. 40 Bond residences will also benefit from 24-hour, 7 day a week world-class service from Gramercy Park Hotel.

Another IAN SCHRAGER COMPANY DEVELOPMENT
Effortless Luxury Residences

It should be the art of living, not the job of living. That’s the idea behind every aspect of 50 Gramercy Park North at the Gramercy Park Hotel, a new and sophisticated concept in urban living created by Ian Schrager. Effortless luxury living is a simple idea—and yet it has never been realized in modern times.

We live in a complex, fast-moving time, and enjoying luxuries is often complicated by the arrangements and management required to make them available. Ian Schrager is about to change that by introducing at 50 Gramercy Park North a level of service, privileges and amenities never before offered in apartment living.

The Luxury residences by Ian Schrager offers all the benefits of ownership, the services of a five star, world class hotel, plus an innovative concept of executive lifestyle management that provides a completely staffed household without the bother of managing it or the full expense of maintaining it. 50 Gramercy Park North at the Gramercy Park Hotel will not only offer top level services, but also the expert management required to maintain it.

Ian Schrager and
J.W. Marriott, Jr., started their new lifestyle boutique hotel brand, introducing its name, “Edition,” and announcing an initial wave of signed development deals that will see the expected opening of the first properties in 2010.  The renowned inventor of the boutique hotel and the CEO of the world’s premier lodging company said that they have reached agreements with developers for the first nine of what eventually could be more than 100 Edition hotels in markets around the globe.
Edition Hotels will be truly global.
Mr. Marriott, chairman and chief executive officer of Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:  MAR).  said “Each hotel will be a new Edition, a modern genre of hotel that only Ian Schrager can create. 

These hotels will be an exceptional complement to our brand portfolio and will allow us to use our global platform and operational expertise to create the first truly global branded boutique lifestyle hotel on a large scale.”

“The name ‘Edition’ perfectly captures the essence of this brand,” said Mr. Schrager. “People today are sophisticated and demanding about quality and service, yet also expect a hotel to provide a unique environment and experience. We intend to make this type of lodging widely accessible and available for the first time in the major lodging destinations across the globe and to everybody around the world who wants it.” Edition will respond to emerging cultural and social imperatives. It will reflect changing lifestyles
and cater to a vast, underserved market of guests expecting and in turn demanding a unique experience, not merely a place to sleep. The properties, while distinct, will all emphasize good design, quality, originality, authenticity and character, while delivering impeccable, modern and gracious personalized service.

The partners expect these hotels to be not just the most aesthetically pleasing in their
markets but to be the most environmentally responsible as well.  Mr. Schrager
is leading the effort on concept, design, marketing, branding and food and
beverage for Edition. Marriott is overseeing the development process, and will
operate the properties.

WELCOME TO EDITION HOTELS

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BOCA PAILA MEXICO
BOCA PAILA TULUM

Boca Paila and Punta Allen are both on a small peninsula inside the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, a large protected area of 528,147 hectares and more than 100 kilometers of the Great Maya Reef located in the center of the state of Quintana Roo. The peninsula is the only part open to a very limited tourist development and both private houses and hotels, mainly fishing lodges, can be found here. The only access is through a well kept dirt road.

Boca Paila’s electricity is produced through generators and solar panels, and fresh water comes from wells. The eastern coast of the peninsula looks out on the Caribbean whereas the east coast borders on a series of intricate mangrove and Mayan canals.

Boca Paila Mexico - Tulum
Tulum Beach, Quintana Roo
Mexico

Imagine awaking to an orange and purple sunrise set against a blue sky with the sounds of the jungle welcoming a new day. You are whisked away by flat bottom boat into some of the best flats fishing in the world, where the waters are plentiful with Bonefish, Permit and Tarpon. Your professional guide already knows where the fish are and you are about to have a great adventure in the Sian Ka’an bio-reserve lagoon.

Boca Paila is situated in an ideal location for both fishing and observing nature you will have complete accesss to all of the natural wonders this magical place has to offer.Boca Paila is also the perfect retreat for your non-fishing spouse or companion to get away from it all.

Boca Paila an ideal location. Best known for the bone fishing and unparalleled permit population, Boca Paila offers bonus possibilties with tarpon and snook also plentiful in the area. The non-flat water fishing is also fantastic for snapper, dorado (mahi-mahi), barracuda and jack crevelle.

Fishing may be the main attraction for Boca Paila, but the eco-tours are a close second. Simply being in the lagoon will introduce you to over 150 different species of birds and wildlife unique to this area. By boat you will travel deep into the lagoons and endless channels of the biosphere and see Mayan ruins and canals carved by hand that were created hundreds of years ago. Simply observing nature here is a profound experience.
Kiteboarding has also become a popular activity at Boca Paila.

Long walks on the beach, snorkeling and doing nothing are also a welcome diversion. Relax and enjoy, unplug and unwind, the pace of life here will let you do all of the above or nothing at all. Love Boca Paila.

BOCA PAILA is the most important Landmark of the Sian Ka’an Biosphere.

Original Posting by Christopher Ruiz

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Boca Paila Preserve.
Quintana Roo. Riviera Maya, México.