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iProperty market full of zest on Caribbean spice island

ireland.com "The euro goes a long way on the island of Grenada where British developer Peter de Savary is building swish new resorts with tax breaks, writes Property Editor Orna Mulcahy With a lap dog in one hand and a huge Cuban cigar in the other, British entrepreneur Peter de Savary could have strayed off the set of a Bond movie. And there's a whiff of world domination in the way he throws out figures in the billions when discussing his latest obsession - the tiny island of Grenada in the eastern Caribbean."

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