Luxury Real Estate

Michel Cruz of Rimontgo

2009 is proving a busy and exciting year for Rimontgó as the company follows up the success of its English-language realitysense.com blog site with the launch of three new, language-specific blogs.

English may be the international language, especially for Internet users, but the people at Rimontgó are not known for taking the easy way out or resting on their laurels. Instead, this autumn sees the foundation of independent blogs in German, Spanish and French.

Launched in quick succession, www.sinnvollerealitaet.de (German), www.demaravilla.com (Spanish) and www.sensdureel.fr (French) offer a personalised version of the lifestyle and real estate information that has made the original English version so popular.

Rather than rely entirely on English as a means of communication, the team at Rimontgó have put considerable efforts into creating blog sites aimed specifically at the potentially many millions of people who speak these three leading European languages. “It means native speakers do not have to make do with a ‘second hand’ service in what is not their primary tongue,” says company CEO José Ribes Bas, emphasising the international orientation of the firm.

“As a Spanish-based company we naturally include Spanish, but the French and German-speaking regions are also highly important in terms of the luxury real estate market, so we wished to offer a service aimed specifically at them.”

With the international market evolving and diversifying all the time, the possibility exists that more languages will be added in due course. “Of course, a move like this entails more than language issues alone,” says Mr. Ribes. “It would not be complete unless we include the relevant countries within the focus of our content, discussion and information, so expect an even broader orientation as the blogs evolve along with the market – and don’t forget, we would love to hear your feedback.”

By Janine Carey of Damianos Sotheby's International Realty

NASSAU, Bahamas (Feb 19, 2009)—Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty, a luxury real estate firm based in Nassau, today announced that its brand Web site, www.sothebysrealty.com, soon will be multi-lingual with the addition of seven new languages.

All functional and static information on the Web site were translated into Spanish and Portuguese this month. It also will be translated into French, Italian, German, Russian and traditional Chinese within the next few weeks. Translations will be done by professional translators based in each respective country, not by machine translation methods.

The brand added a currency conversion to the Web site earlier this year.

“The translations will be done by professional translators in each respective country, not by machine translation methods, and the Web site will be search engine optimized for each language,” said George Damianos, President of Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty. “Our customers around the globe will be able to search our inventory of Bahamian properties in their native language with just the click of a button.”

Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty, serves the entire Bahamas and is headquartered in downtown Nassau with offices in Lyford Cay; Governor's Harbour and Spanish Wells Eleuthera; Marsh Harbour, Hope Town and Elbow Cay, Abaco; with associates in Treasure Cay, Abaco; Indigo Island, Exuma, and Freeport. The Bahamas, offers exclusive Sotheby’s International Realty marketing, advertising and referral services designed to attract well-qualified buyers to the firm’s property listings. In addition, the firm and its clients benefit from an association with the Sotheby’s auction house, which promotes real estate referral opportunities with auction house clientele.