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...from flyers (willing to bear the inconvenience of second-tier airports in exchange for low fares), RyanAir saw its profits rise 66% in 2002. Already in 2003, passenger counts are up 35%. Both results buck industry trends. In February, RyanAir made its first acquisition, paying $26 million for struggling Dutch discount carrier Buzz. RyanAir has placed orders for 22 Boeing 737s to build up its current fleet...
...property boom has begun, focused near the island's southwest tip at the historic Dutch fort of Galle, where 17th century seawalls shelter colonial houses, picturesque churches and mosques on narrow streets. There are fewer than 200 homes inside the citadel walls, now a UNESCO-designated World Heritage site, and in the past several years foreigners have bought at least 40 of them...
Geoffrey Dobbs, a publisher based in Hong Kong, has converted two historic Galle mansions into hotels. The Sun House and the Dutch House (011-94-74-380-275; from $100) offer the island's most luxurious colonial accommodations. Like other early investors, Dobbs rents out sumptuous villas at Weligama and Tangalla, both within a short drive of Galle, for several hundred dollars a night. Deep-sea fishing is available, as are snorkeling and scuba diving around the southern-coast coral reefs. And Dobbs plans to build the island's first yacht club...
Hideaway-resort king Adrian Zecha, of Amanresorts, is restoring Galle's 300-year-old New Oriental Hotel, a veritable museum of Dutch-colonial furnishings. He is also creating a beach resort in Tangalla and will no doubt take his celebrity clients with him. If Sri Lanka is calling you, now is the time to make a move...
...time he is undeterred by the three-year prison sentence such an effort could carry. "I am happy to go to jail for it," he says. - By Jan Stojaspal House ahoy! Road ahoy! The Netherlands After centuries of finger-in-the-dike battles to keep water at bay, the Dutch are floating a different strategy. Why not live, work, shop - even drive - on the water? Builders in the Netherlands aren't thinking houseboats, but wood-and-aluminum constructions that float atop huge pieces of polystyrene encased in concrete. Six prototype homes have been towed to Ijburg, near Amsterdam. Imported from...