“Panama is emerging as one of the world’s hottest destinations for the jet-set crowd,” says Gary Sims of Nikki Beach Hotels, which has two projects underway. Marriott, Radisson, Hard Rock and Le Méridien have invested, as has Donald Trump, whose 65-storey Trump Ocean Club opens in 2010. Prices are high and competition fierce for investment opportunities in Casco Viejo, the Havana-like colonial quarter of Panama City recently featured in the latest Bond instalment, Quantum of Solace, and undergoing extensive restoration. 
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