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Trip down aisle heads to paradise
Odds are, if you haven't already been invited to a "destination wedding," there might be one in your future. The idea was foreign to me when I got word that a nephew planned to be married this spring in St. Thomas, some 2,000 miles from the family's home base in suburban Detroit.I'll admit: I started out a skeptic. Move the entire wedding party and guests to a place far, far away? Aren't exotic locales for honeymooners? But by the time my toes dig into soft, white sand, I'm a convert.
It's a couple of hours before Jim Harrington's wedding, and here is the scene: Jim and an uncle are hanging out at the beachfront reggae bar of our resort as I flip-flop up to the restaurant to check out a paddle for one of the kayaks lying nearby in the sand.
No one takes any notice when an iguana saunters across my path on the way back down to the beach.
Kerzner-CapitaLand show their first card
With just three months to go before the Sentosa integrated resort (IR) bid closes, one hopeful has revealed its first card. Bahamas-based Kerzner International, which has remained tight-lipped about its bid so far, has roped in celebrated architect Frank Gehry into its team. With this, Kerzner - which counts CapitaLand as its 40 per cent equity partner - hopes Mr Gehry will bring to Singapore the iconic touch of his most famous work - the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. That project helped to transform the Basque city into a vibrant cultural centre, and heralded a string of international awards for the 77-year-old architect, who is known for building curvaceous structures often covered with metal. The man himself considers the 49-hectare Sentosa site a jewel that needs to be treated gently and respectfully.Your message high in the sky on a kite
Advertisers looking for a new venue to reach consumers as they head for the beach will be able to plaster their ads on kiteboarders sails starting this summer. The ad-laden sails skim and soar, drawing attention to their sponsors logo.To find out how to get your clients message gliding along the waterfront within view of consumers out having fun in the sun, read on.
This is one in a Media Life series on buying the new out-of-home venues. They appear weekly.
Fast Facts
What
Ads placed on kites that tow riders on wakeboards along beaches.
Who
Kite Billboard, headquartered in Largo, Fla.
How it works
Ads are printed on the entire surface of the kites, which tow riders across the water.
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"I talk to a new client interested in expatriating every week. Many people can't pay the federal tax rate and live in the style they want." So said Francis Mirabello, the head of the personal law department at the Philadelphia office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, speaking at a Bermuda conference on offshore money early this fall.Expatriating? Give up U.S. citizenship? Who in his right mind would give up his U.S. citizenship? Lots of people. You could practically fill a Boeing 747 with well-heeled U.S. citizens who have taken on foreign citizenship rather than submit to what Learned Hand called "enforced exactions" at a level that amounts to virtual confiscation. The exodus may speed up under an Administration that campaigned for office on a tax-the-rich platform.
In 1981 Ronald Reagan lowered taxes.
Disney moves 'Pirates' ship to real Caribbean
The Walt Disney Co. has anchored a piece of its Pirates of the Caribbean franchise at its little, company-owned piece of the Caribbean.A 175-foot mock pirate ship, modeled after the Flying Dutchman from the new movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, is anchored at Disney's island getaway, Castaway Cay.
Disney developed a portion of Castaway Cay, a 1,000-acre island in the Bahamas, to be a port of call for Disney Cruise Line ships on Caribbean cruises.
In the movie, the Flying Dutchman's commander is the legendary Davy Jones, the nemesis of Capt. Jack Sparrow.
The film's ship prop, complete with ragged sails and barnacle-encrusted bow, was made to look as if it was raised from the ocean floor to haunt the open seas.