Cape Verde the Islands Borne by the Trade Winds

According to legend, when God was satisfied with Creation He brushed His hands together and the crumbs that fell unnoticed from His fingers into the sea formed the Cape Verde Islands.

Not with standing legend, the volcanic Cape Verde Islands began their slow formation some fifteen million years ago, as volcanoes erupted from the ocean bed creating a new archipelago over countless millennia.

 Opinions differ as to when man first appeared on this tropical scene and some say it was the Phoenicians sailing from their ancient port on the site of today’s Cadiz.

 The Cape Verde Islands lie at that magical point in the Atlantic where the north-east and south-west trade winds converge and sailors have found a safe haven on their shores since Portuguese navigators and other New World discoverers came this way in the fifteenth century.

Many historians believe the islands were discovered by the Venetian, Alvise Cadamosto, who sighted them for the first time in 1456, just before he had seen the Southern Cross stars illuminating the skies.

The islands became strategically important for the Portuguese and Spanish en route to and from the New World, while slave traders soon realised the potential of its location some three hundred miles off the African coast of Senegal.

By the seventeenth century, all the seafaring nations of Europe were plying the Atlantic seaways and with trade and riches came piracy and smuggling adding romance to the islands.

Legendary seafarer Sir Francis Drake made landfall on the isle of Santiago in 1578 and in 1832 the Beagle dropped anchor in Praia and naturalist, Charles Darwin, came ashore only to be fascinated by the island’s unique flora and fauna.

He wrote: “It has been for me a glorious day, like giving to a blind man eyes, he is overwhelmed with what he sees and cannot justly comprehend it”. The islands are divided into the Barlavento (windward) and Sotavento (leeward) groupings.

 The Windward Islands, located to the north, are Sal, Boa Vista, Sao Nicolau, Santa Luzia, Sao Vicente and Santo Antao. The Leeward Islands are Maio, Santiago, Fogo and Brava.

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Transport and Airports in Cape Verde

The secret is out – the Cape Verde Islands are recognised as the next big thing.

Already making serious waves on the tourism and overseas investment scene, the time for Cape Verde is now.

And it is little wonder, for this enchanting archipelago, lying on the same latitude as Barbados, is home to Europe’s closest tropical islands.

Yet it’s just a five-and-a-half hour direct flight from London and with only a one hour time difference visiting Cape Verde is refreshingly jet-lag free, unlike the Caribbean.

With the opening of a new international airport on Santiago, the largest island and site of the capital, getting to Cape Verde will be easier than ever.

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Emerging Markets-Investment in Cape Verde frontline beach developments

Why Invest in Cape Verde?

 The Cape Verde Islands are a tropical archipelago comprising nine inhabited islands, plus an uninhabited island and eight islets, in the Atlantic Ocean.

The islands are located 500 km west of the coast of Senegal (West Africa) and 2,400 km north-east of the coast of Brasil (South America).

The islands are dispersed over an area of approximately 300 km north to south by 400 km east to west. More commonly known for their proximity to the Canary Islands and for being based on the same latitude as Barbados, Cape Verde is home to Europe’s closest tropical islands.

Yet it’s just a five-and-a-half hour direct flight from London and with only a one hour time difference visiting Cape Verde is refreshingly jet-lag free, unlike the Caribbean.

With the opening of a new international airport on Santiago, the largest island and site of the capital, getting to Cape Verde will be easier than ever.

 It is widely believed that Cape Verde is currently on the brink of an economic boom.

 Heavy investment in tourism and increased foreign investment in property and infrastructure create a perfect environment for fantastic returns on investment within this emerging market.

 With increased direct flight services to Cape Verde from Europe, the islands’ true potential as a mainstream holiday destination is confirmed.

The appeal of Europe’s first tropical island tourist destination continues to draw increasing numbers of visitors to the islands each year. The first quarter of 2007 experienced its largest growth.

 The Cape Verdean National Statistics Institute reported that Cape Verde’s hotels welcomed 233,000 tourists in 2006, a 26.4 per cent increase than in 2005 and with increased infrastructure and accommodation available, these figures are expected to soar to 500,000 by 2015.

Investment in Cape Verde is increasing rapidly as investors and holiday home purchasers become aware of its unrivalled potential.

 Capital growth estimates are currently running above 15% per annum, with higher luxury frontline beach developments reporting increases of up to 20% per annum.

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Emerging Markets Current Opportunities-Stately Investments

Stately Investments operate across a variety of market sectors, however Stately’s investment management expertise predominantly incorporates the real estate and hotel and leisure sectors.

We have consistently out-performed the market in various locations and have enabled our investors to enjoy high returns in a short period of time.

Our real estate portfolios are currently focused on Morocco, Spain and Cape Verde, and are associated with some of the World’s leading resort and leisure management companies.

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Morocco Transport Sector-The Golden Mediterranean

Morocco has prioritised its transport sector, which is vital to the continued growth of the economy.

Major restructuring has already taken place. Journey times between urban centres have been cut and the airports are well on their way to handling 10m foreign tourists a year by 2010.

 As the country’s economic development is being driven largely by the growth of tourism and exports, efficient ports and links between major points of distribution are essential.

There is a huge port being built in between Tangier and Tetouan – provisionally named the Golden Mediterranean.

This will take freight away from Tangier port, returning it to a more touristic destination.

The new port is intended to be the main hub into Africa, with good road links being built in the surrounding areas.

A new motorway between Tangier and Tetouan is under construction, this new motorway will provide excellent access to coastal destinations.

A recently announced TGV train line is also being planned to link Tangiers to Marrakech.

Morocco is establishing itself as a regional transport logistics hub.

Morocco signed an open skies agreement with the EU in late 2006 that has thrown the air transport market wide open.

 Logistical support for airfreight is also being improved, while the state aviation authority is preparing to transform into a commercially viable entity as it considers partnerships with the private sector to manage certain platforms at particular airports.

Morocco has a total of 11 international standard airports, the fleet for these airlines has been expanded with the commitment to purchase 29 new aircraft between 2002-2012.

 Prices for direct flights have plummeted with Flights from Luton to Fes being as low as £50 return including taxes; these routes were previously only used by the Moroccan state carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) and British Airways (BA).

 RAM launched a budget subsidiary Atlas Blue in 2005, it is currently flying to the UK, both these airlines are offering cheap flights to European capitals like Paris, Brussels Amsterdam and the UK, with flights advertised from London to Marrakech from £19 excluding taxes.

RAM is offering flights to Amsterdam from Tangier for £79 including taxes.

Only 12 months ago it was cheaper to get a package holiday to Morocco that fly, with the average price from London to Agadir being £400 return.

With Air France setting up a bargain subsidiary and the likes of Monarch expected to enter that market along with Ryanair committing themselves to 20 destinations by 2010, flight prices can only get more competitive.

The kingdom’s location at the open end of the Mediterranean and 15 km south of Spain gives it the potential to be a major maritime transport hub, with the Tanger-Med port as a major component.

Goods from Asia and America destined for Mediterranean countries and Africa will be able to travel straight to this port, rather than to northern Europe, where they are currently transshipped south overland to reach the Mediterranean.

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Moroccan Investment In Infrastructure

Morocco’s Vision 2010 is the country’s tourism development plan, initiated in 2001. 

Vision 2010 is a powerful tool to kick-start development by upgrading the country’s infrastructure, boosting investment, employment, income distribution and education levels within the population.

The defined objectives are very ambitious both in terms of quantity and quality. The ‘2010 Vision’ sets itself the goal of achieving the following figure based objectives by the year 2010:

•Tourist arrivals: planned to attract 10 million tourists, 7 million of whom are international tourists (against 5.5 Million in 2005).
•Hotel capacity: 160,000 beds will be created (130,000 beds in coastal tourist resorts and 30,000 beds in the cultural destinations of the country) increasing the national capacity up to 230,000 beds.
•Investment: the volume should reach 8 to 9bn Euros, (planned investment in the new coastal tourist resorts, infrastructures, hotel trade and entertainment).

•Tourist receipts: expected to reach 48bn of Euros.
•Jobs: 600,000 new jobs will be created.
•Contribution of tourism to GDP: this contribution should annually rise by 8.5% (on average), which would bring it to around 20% by the year 2010.

Within the framework of the ‘2010 Vision’ the action plan relates to both “Coastal Resort” and “Cultural development,” aiming to increase the tourist capacity of the country through the provision of 80,000 rooms by the year 2010.

This is aimed at promoting Morocco as an international destination and will be allocated as 65,000 rooms in coastal destinations such as Tétouan, along with 15,000 rooms in cultural destinations such as Fez.

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A Historical meeting point between the Islamic empires of Moorish Andalusia in Spain and the North African Mahgreb in Morocco.

Tétouan was of a geographical importance in the Islamic period, from the 8th century onwards, since it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and its European neighbors in Andalusia. After its Re-conquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. Today this is well illustrated by its art and architecture, which reveal clear Andalusian influence. Tétouan, one of the smallest of the Moroccan medinas is without a doubt the most complete and it has been largely untouched by subsequent outside influences.

Places of Interest providing a key investment drive:.

Cabo  Negro.

This area is being described as the Monaco of Morocco – a play ground for the wealthy.

The course itself is 16 Km from the city centre with the summits of the Rif mountains framing the idyllic surroundings

The course has 18 holes. The front 9 runs by the seaside are tight with strategic bunkers with straight fairways. The back 9 holes open out into full view of the Rif mountains providing a truly spectacular finish and some truly great holes.

Morocco Investment Opportunities

There are limited opportunities close by the Golf Course and as a result the prices in the area are increasing. However, the Maha Beach Spa Hotel  and Suites is almost complete and provides a fantastic opportunity to Invest in a mixed use Hotel development with significant rental yields (expect returns in the region of 8-11%).

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Morocco the hottest destinations for tourism and property investment.

Morocco, rapidly becoming  one of the hottest destinations for tourism and property investment.

Taking into account all the emerging markets, Morocco is emerging as fast as any of them (if not ahead of the rest).

 As most of the world, (both emerging and established fall into recession, Morocco’s economy is on track to grow by 4% in 2009, and possibly by 5% in 2010.

When it comes to overseas property investment, “holiday” or “second homes” properties in the country tend to be new luxury off plan developments which first started to spring up in 2006/7 some of which are now available as completed developments. The completed developments offer the second tier investor an opportunity to dip their toe in the water and experience the delights of Morocco. 

However, there are some truly outstanding off-plan bargains to be had with discounted prices.

The choice is yours – Off plan property comes at a discounted price, because of the risk-factor or a completed unit at a higher but still reasonable price.

If you have focused on the word risk out of the sentences above, then you need to truly consider undertaking  /conducting a thorough” due-diligence”. Thus minimizing the risk of an off plan purchase.

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An overview of Stately Investments direct investment opportunities and portfolio building

Stately Investments have a division solely focused on direct investment opportunities and portfolio building.

Our background for effectively packaging and promoting real estate projects and securing large scale investment enables us to negotiate and secure unique and highly profitable opportunities for our investors.

Our direct investment opportunities relate to individual or syndicated investment into real estate backed assets, often development projects at the inception stage.

The key advantage of direct investment with us is that we are able to offer you bespoke investment solutions and a personal service, whilst also enjoying the benefits achieved by far larger funds and investment houses.

Our ability to effectively package and differentiate the product offering provides enhanced and sustainable returns.

Summary of the key benefits of Direct Investment

•Independent ownership
•Only reliant on resale or returns of direct assets
•Higher potential gains
•Ability to influence individual choice on investment
•100% transparency
•Unique structures for investment
•Guaranteed investment security
•Backed by world leading resort and leisure management companies

Direct investors are introduced to Stately Investments either via our large network of referral agents or through in-house marketing initiatives. Due to the nature of this sector, a large proportion of our agent networks operate within the financial services sector.

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Maha Beach Resort Tetouan Cabo Negro Morocco Features and Benefits

•Project at early stage of construction – consequentially are below current market value, ensuring strong growth potential for investors
•Highly desirable location and exclusive on site amenities, ensuring high rental potential and strong yields to investors
•Variety of local amenities ensuring rental potential and holiday demand
•A wide range of onsite facilities including concierge service and amenities of the Boutique Hotel Spa resort
•Short distance to the renowned Cabo Negro Golf Resort
•Within easy access of Marina Smir
•Within easy access to the beach front and unspoilt coastline
•Short distance from the international airport

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