Marlon Brando's Island Tetiaroa will host a luxury hotel

During a press conference and according to Richard Bailey, the CEO of Tahiti Beachcomber InterContinental in Tahiti, 30 bungalows will be buit for $1 million each. The name of the hotel will be "The Brando Hotel" witch has been trademarked by the Executors of the Marlon Brando Estate : LarryDressler, Mike Medavoy and Avra Douglas will be open in 2008. All of the bungalows will be built over land to protect the environment (eco-resort), which means there will be no over-the-water bungalows. Also as the Brando Hotel targets rich travellers, all access to the island will be close to general public (no more boats), the runaway will soon be restored. Bailey's resorts employ a fulltime marine biologist and veterinarian, Dr. Cecile Gaspar, who has carried out extensive studies on Tetiaroa to ensure that such a project will not disturb the flora and fauna of this extraordinary ecosystem, which includes sea-turtle hatching grounds and the designated seabird sanctuary on Motu Tahuna Iti that provides a home to thousands of rare indigenous seabirds.