Caribbean Islands Realty
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Archive for April, 2009

Apr
23
    
Filed Under (fractionals, News, Resorts, Sailing) by Jim Walberg on 23-04-2009

The St. Thomas Ritz-Carlton just completed the entire re-design of 81 of their 105 two and three bedroom two residences!

As you may recall, the Ritz at Red Hook, St. Thomas is one of my favorite elegant places to stay in the Virgin Islands.  This particular Ritz-Carlton was the beta test site for the Deeded Fractional Ownership  concept for the Marriott Corporation  over ten years ago.  The outstanding results created at this Ritz-Carlton with the sellout of their initial fractional ownership opportunities launched the development of deeded fractional ownership within the Ritz organization worldwide.  They have now expanded luxury villas at their Red Hook, St. Thomas location as part of their deeded fractional ownership product.  Their success with this concept has now swept over the entire Caribbean. Read the rest of this entry »



Apr
16
    
Filed Under (News, Real Estate, Websites) by Jim Walberg on 16-04-2009

The 13th Annual Webby Awards is the most respected symbol of successful internet sites.  Over 9,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide were submitted for review!

The news just arrived that Luxury Real Estate was awarded 2009 Webby Award Honoree  recognition this week in the Real Estate category – for excellent “content, structure and navigation, visual design, functionality, interactivity and overall experience”! Read the rest of this entry »



Apr
11
    
Filed Under (Community Events, News, VICL Boat Show) by Jim Walberg on 11-04-2009

Jim Walberg logs in on the environmental controversy regarding dumping the dredgings in a hole in Lindbergh Bay.

The Virgin Islands Port Authority  and The West Indian Company  have applied for a permit to dredge the Charlotte Amalie harbor  in order to allow access for the larger generation cruise ships –  Genesis-class  that has a 40 foot draft.  The reason to accommodate this larger class of cruise ship is to make sure that Charlotte Amalie is one of the ports-of-call of all the Genesis-class ships including the Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Sea  that is scheduled to start making weekly visits in December 2009. Read the rest of this entry »



Apr
10
    
Filed Under (News, Real Estate, VICL Boat Show) by Jim Walberg on 10-04-2009

Jim Walberg, from Caribbean Islands Realty,  will be joining Michael Marquette of Marquette Turner in Australia, Jon Larrance, from Denver, Colorado, and Bruce Hiatt from Las Vegas, on a panel moderated by Victor Lund of the WAV Group to discuss “The Power of Social Networking”.

Luxury Real Estate’s 7th Annual Spring Conference  is in Las Vegas this month.  Every year the Luxury Real Estate group meets to discuss the latest trends in their niche market, and brainstorm cutting-edge marketing techniques. There will be approximately 200 of the top real estate professionals from around the world gathering to learn and share their latest successful tools.  Given that the communication world is at galactic speed with the use of FaceBook, Twitter, Blogging, and LinkedIn, it is critical for professionals to either master these tools are be left in the dust. Read the rest of this entry »