BANCO ALIADO
BANCO ALIADO
As Panama is considered the most important and largest international banking center after Switzerland, with over 100 international banks operating in the country, our economy has always kept a great level of stability.
Adding the fact that Panamanian banking possesses the latest technology and one of the most stable banking jurisdictions in the world, Grupo Ashkenazi took part of this competitive market, which is one of the most active in the world.
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Banco Aliado was created in 1992 with well defined policies aiming to establish it as an efficient and competitive institution, ruled by the strictest norms and regulations that guarantee a secure and well planned growth within Panamanian banking. From the beginning, Grupo Ashkenazi is present in the Banco Aliado Board of Directors.
In 2004, they expanded their services with three new subsidiaries: Aliado Leasing S.A., Aliado Factoring S.A., and Financiera Davivienda S.A. (Finacredit). Their growth has been constant and is expected to continue especially in corporate banking.
Banco Aliado’s Board of Directors decided to measure its development under the prism of the Basel Accords, another benefit for its large corporate clientele.
- CONTAC US: + (507) 302-1555 • bkaliado@bancoaliado.com • www.bancoaliado.com
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RADISSON COLON 2000 HOTEL & CASINO
RADISSON COLON 2000 HOTEL & CASINO
Inaugurated in 2008, it offers more than 100 comfortable rooms and services such as a business center. It also has a complete gym equipped with the best exercise machines, sauna, pool, restaurants and other amenities.
It is considered a “green hotel” and has gained various acknowledgements for the operation of its eco friendly laundry. In 2013 the Radisson chain gave it its biggest prize, the President Award, to an outstanding excellence in service, which is based on guests comments and opinions.
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This hotel is renowned for offering a relaxed and cozy ambiance for business or leisure travelers. In the evenings things liven up in the restaurant, bar, and casino.
Guest comfort is guaranteed at the Radisson Colon 2000 Hotel & Casino by highly qualified personnel that always strive to improve and be helpful to its clients.
One of its features is that it is located just a few meters from the Colon 2000 Cruise Port and the Colon Free Zone. This allows business travelers to be relaxed by being near its clients and/or provider’s offices for visits and appointments.
CONTACT US: + (507) 209-2000 • maite@colon2000.com • www.aventuras2000.com
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PORT OF COLON
PORT OF COLON
It began operations in 2000 and has two port terminals that, besides attending cruise ships, also serve as ship chandler, including supply gas services, water, food and minor ship maintenance services. The port’s versatility allows the docking of small boats and private ships.
It also offers loose cargo ship services, many shops that cater to international visitors and a ferry service to nearby Colon areas and Panama City.
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Visitors can choose from a wide array of short tours that are sure to engage tourists that visit the country from cruise ships.
The Colon 2000 Cruise Port has been awarded the Best Home Port Operation in the world for Royal Caribbean International ships in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
CONTACT US: + (507) 209-2000 • maite@colon2000.com • www.aventuras2000.com
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UNIBANK
UNIBANK
With the goal of participating in the booming banking industry, Grupo Ashkenazi teamed with a renowned group of investors to create Unibank, a new but financially strong bank that began operations in 2010.
Its Board of Directors is comprised of successful businessmen and industrialists of great commercial experience, a guarantee that Unibank is managed with the highest banking standards, offering its clients a wide array of integral financial solutions for all types of companies.
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Personalized services are a key part of the counseling that corporate clients receive from Unibank, becoming almost a financial associate for businessmen, and putting at their disposal a great variety of financial tools so that they can choose the ones that will enable their company’s growth.
Unibank keeps a great level of growth, especially in corporate banking. Statistics show that the Panamanian banking sector is strong, and together with the trust of the consumers it will keep providing solid and stable results.
- CONTACT US: + (507) 297-6000 • ideas@unibank.com.pa • www.unibank.com.pa
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CANAL AND BAY TOURS
CANAL AND BAY TOURS
This interesting tourist company for both locals and foreigners has three boats with a 900 plus capacity: Isla Morada, El Tuira, and Fantasia del Mar.
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The Isla Morada ship tour through the Panama Canal was named 5th by National Geographic, from its 100 most wonderful destinations to visit around the world. The ships can be rented for private events like corporate parties, weddings and many others.
CONTACT US: + (507) 209-2000 • maite@colon2000.com • www.aventuras2000.com
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AVENTURAS 2000
This tour operator, founded in 1999, provides tours and special guided visits within the Panamanian territory for both locals and foreigners. It has earned, for ten consecutive years, the Best Tour by the Princes Cruise company for its Panama Canal crossing adventure.
It also offers tourist a wide array of options for their holiday vacations, from eco tours, canopy rides, train rides, visits to the Embera indigenous community, as well as shopping tours around Panama City.
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Aventuras 2000 has a fleet of over 60 comfortable and ample buses that comply with international norms and standards. They are also available for private transportation of passengers for congresses and conventions, as well as for contracts for company employees that need mobilization to and from their place of work. Aventuras 2000 possesses an interesting tourism offer: City Tour, Eco Cruise, Portobelo, San Lorenzo, kayaks, fishing, canopy, Panama Canal Railroad.
CONTACT US: + (507) 209-2000 • maite@colon2000.com • www.aventuras2000.com
Aventuras 2000 has an interesting tourist offer: City Tour, Eco Cruise, Portobelo, San Lorenzo, kayaks, fishing, canopy, Interoceanic Train.
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ABOUT US – HISTORY
OUR GROUP - HISTORY
During the early 70’s, brothers Joseph and Marco Ashkenazi, always guided by an entrepreneurial spirit and new business opportunities, made their way into the clothing manufacturing industry, joining their efforts to establish JOMARC. Later on, they also got involved in the retail chain store business.
In the 80’s, wanting to diversify their investments, the Ashkenazi brothers went into business with another corporate group in the Colon Free Zone, America’s biggest free zone and the second largest in the world. Their entry was Importadora & Exportadora ROSEN, the first showroom specializing in bags, briefcases, purses and wallets, which was quickly followed by Tempo Internacional, a wholesale clothing showroom that besides stocking their own retail stores in Panama City offered products to other countries in Latin America. Rodeo Import came next, a company focused on overall products for the home. Some years later, Rodeo Sport was established, the largest sporting goods distributor in the region.
Parallel to their Zona Libre expansion, the group got involved in the construction and real estate businesses in 1995 creating warehouse buildings, residences and shopping malls. In partnership with another company, they delved into the tourist market by inaugurating the Colon 2000 Cruise Port, the first of its kind in the city of Colon which began operations in 2002.
This ambitious project was complemented later on with the construction of the Radisson Colon 2000 Hotel & Casino. In 2008, they inaugurated a second port also in Colon 2000, thus creating a permanent home port that has enabled the entry of thousands of tourists into Panama.
Always diversifying, the group has also taken part of other competitive industries. As Panama becomes renowned for its booming banking activity, Grupo Ashkenazi makes an incursion into local banking as partners in Banco Aliado and later Unibank.
In the new century, they made an entry in the reforestation industry with the Rio Piedras estate in Panama’s Atlantic coast and created Inver Forest. This forest development project has 2,800 hectares near Portobelo in Panama’s Colon province, out of which 400 are exclusively dedicated to teak plantations. The estate also offers the added value of being very close to the city and provides a beautiful view to Panama’s Caribbean coastline, reaffirming this land’s large business potential. Actions have also been taken to be part of the energy sector with the Hidrotenencia project, which is already well advanced.
In the year 2010 they began construction for the Mega Mall shopping center in the 24 de diciembre area, to be launched in 2015. It represents one of their most ambitious projects in Panama City. This project joins a long list of high-end residential and commercial buildings constructed in the city.
Following a vision that is ahead of its time, Grupo Ashkenazi will soon impact Panama’s real estate market an ambitious commercial, industrial and residential development project called Panatropolis, located over 850 hectares that neighbor Panama’s Tocumen International Airport and the Corredor Sur highway.
It has been a brotherly bond together with a clear business vision and hard work, that have made Grupo Ashkenazi the commercial giant that it is today.
AT THE BEGINING
AT THE BEGINING
The value for building permits in Panama grew 27% in 2013 in comparison to the previous year, according to official sources, and specialists consider that this industry sector will keep growing focusing on the construction of homes, hotels, and logistic developments. 36% of the investments in the construction industry in Panama are aimed at apartment and condo projects.
36% of the investments in the construction industry in Panama are aimed at apartment and condo projects. In 2013’s third trimester, 55 buildings began construction totaling 1,539 apartments, according to official sources. Second in line is the construction of individual homes with 14.3%.
Grupo Ashkenazi started in the real estate and construction business in the mid 90’s, with ambitious projects in Panama City, Colon, and in other parts of the country.
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In Colon, it has built ample and comfortable warehouses in Coco Solito, an expanded area of the Colon Free Zone with wide streets, loading areas, mezzanine, warehouse area on the first and second floors, independent access entries, customs services, and area security. The construction area includes over 300 thousand square meters.
In Panama City and surrounding areas, the Group’s Real Estate and Construction division has developed various projects from home solutions to shopping malls.
Among its most ambitious projects is El Country gated community, which includes houses for mid/high income level families and is located in the Altos de Panama neighborhood. This residential project stands out from the rest for its quality building and comfortable and modern styles. It has various types of residence models and the construction area comprises of approximately 93 thousand square meters.
The City Tower building also stands out. It is an elegant apartment building located in the Punta Paitilla neighborhood, which includes various independent common areas, a panoramic swimming pool, squash court and many other amenities. Its construction area covers 12 thousand square meters approximately.
In the San Francisco area of the city there is the Country Club building, conveniently located and with many amenities for its residents.
In Altos de Panama another residential project is currently under construction, created to provide comfort and safety in a closed and protected environment that is much appreciated by its future residents.
Grupo Ashkenazi has created a great variety of home solutions and commercial spaces with a more popular scope, such as Vista Hermosa Plaza, Las Piramides and the La Reina residential area.
Very aware of Panama City’s constant growth and the needs of those who live around it, Grupo Ashkenazi is building the Mega Mall shopping center in the 24 de Diciembre area, providing a wide array of comfortable and ample commercial spaces, most of which have already been sold or rented. Its construction area surpasses the 150 thousand square meter mark, and will provide a great amount of parking spaces for its client’s comfort.
Currently, Grupo Ashkenazi is planning new projects, one of which is Panatropolis, an ambitious development that includes 850 hectares next to the Tocumen International airport and the Corredor Sur highway.
CONTACT US: + (507) 209-2030 • gerencia@grupoashkenazi.com
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TEMPO INTERNACIONAL, S.A.
TEMPO INTERNACIONAL, S.A.
Specializing in all kinds of clothing for women, men, children and babies, this company was founded by Grupo Ashkenazi over 20 years ago, and has the precise location on Colon’s Free Zone to safely allow the biggest commercial transactions.
This feature allows Tempo International buyers to rely on the experience and logistic backup of the largest free zone in the region.
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For many years, Tempo Internacional has been an industry leader in fashions for women, men, and children, offering quality and variety at excellent and affordable prices for clients in the Latin America region. This has been achieved because of the organizational structure and effort of an experienced team of businessmen and collaborators. Its great product variety is currently exhibited in an ample showroom.
Dentro de las marcas que manejan están: Exclusive!, Politix, Everly, Fiorenzi, Happy Nights, Just My Baby, Point, Rik Will, Red Tag. Estas marcas representan Calidad y Moda a los mejores precios.
Tempo International is backed up by a family of businessmen with great experience, offering an additional quality guarantee in their products.
CONTACT US: + (507) 445-0533 • tempo@tempozl.com • www.tempozl.com
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AQUA FASHION
AQUA FASHION
Created in 2005 for the wholesale of shoes for women, men and children, it is conveniently located within the Colon Free Zone and it is benefitted with tax incentives and a modern communications network.
Aqua Fashion stands out for its product variety and quality among the over 1,600 companies in the ZLC. It has a showroom with multiple models and styles, as well as the capability to supply the biggest retail chains in the Caribbean and Central and South America.
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The company maintains its leadership for its constant renewal of the shoe styles and models it offers, staying at the fashion vanguard and constantly supplying its stock with new merchandise of excellent quality and competitive prices.
Some of the brands Aqua Fashion deals include Follies and Just for You for ladies, Bloom for girls, Fiorenzi for gentlemen and x-21 for boys.
CONTACT US: + (507) 441-3000 • aqua@aquazl.com • www.aquazl.com
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