Word: geoffrey
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...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...
HoCo suspended the e-mail list to clarify the rules governing it and to ensure that the committee was not responsible for regulating the list, according to Eliot HoCo co-chair Geoffrey S. Harcourt...
...Another key player in the tourist renaissance of Sri Lanka is Hong Kong publisher Geoffrey Dobbs. He has restored two historic mansions in Galle: the Sun House and the Dutch House, which offer the most luxurious colonial accommodation to be found anywhere on the island. He also rents out Taprobane, a jewel of an island only a hundred meters or so off the surf at nearby Weligama (once owned by American writer Paul Bowles) that is about 30 kilometers east of Galle, and has another beach retreat an hour away at Tangalla also on the southern coast. Apart from introducing...
...activity in Europe down 62% from 2000 and off 20% from 2001, according to Thomson Financial, bankers are elbowing for a place at the Safeway table. "There's a perception at many banks that if things don't pick up substantially there'll need to be more downsizing," says Geoffrey Nicholson, of Mercer Management Consulting. Merrill Lynch last week stepped down as Tesco's broker because it's advising Green. WestLB Panmure continues as Safeway's broker even though its lending division is working with Green, while Credit Suisse First Boston ditched a 10-year relationship with Safeway to advise...
...Geoffrey C. Upton...