7 Locations Bond Might Buy In

PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 04, 2008 – With the launch of the latest James Bond film due at the end of this month (Quantum of Solace – 31st October), TheMovechannel.com, the leading international property portal looks at some of the places Bond has visited in his films and could consider investing.

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With his 007 status, James Bond travels around the world working for the British secret service, seducing beautiful women, dinning in fancy restaurants and staying in some of the most luxurious locations.

Of all the places where Bond has been, we’ve selected seven that we believe he would have secretly invested in, behind M’s back.

1. Paradise Island

The name speaks for itself, Island, Paradise Island… which is a stunning tropical island just off the shore of the city of Nassau in the Bahamas.

Formerly known as Hog Island (not quite the same ring to it), Paradise Island possesses stunning, sparkling white-sand beaches and breathtaking, warm turquoise blue waters.

The economy of the Bahamas is driven by tourism, international banking and real estate developments but there’s no income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax and no sales tax with the exception of the Stamp Duty paid on the conveyance of properties.

Bond films, Thunderball (starring Sean Connery) and Casino Royale (Daniel Craig) both had scenes on this amazing island, but with 5 bedroom - 5 bathroom houses, selling in the region of 7 million pounds, only those with gold-fingers can afford to invest here.

2. Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital, as well as the commercial, cultural, political and population center of Thailand.

The city is a major economic and financial center of Southeast Asia and has one of the fastest quotients in the world for the construction of high rise buildings.

Distinctly modern and Westernised, Bangkok still has a sense of a sleepy