Walter H. Berukoff,
Executive Chairman, Director

Mr. Berukoff, is an entrepreneur who has extensive background in hotel management and real estate development and financing. He has also been, for the past 30 years, the President of Red Lion Management, a private holding company that deals with merchant banking, real estate and business management. Prior to assuming the full-time role as President and CEO of Leisure Canada, Mr. Berukoff was the President and CEO of both Miramar and Northern Orion. Mr. Berukoff has pursued mining interests in Cuba as early as 1991 and was responsible for the development of Northern Orion's Mantua copper mine located in Pinar del Rio in Cuba, the first foreign mining deal ever consummated in Cuba. As part of the development of the mine, Mr. Berukoff was responsible for bringing the first foreign bank financing to Cuba. It was through the investigation of potential mining properties that Mr. Berukoff foresaw the immense potential to be gained from participating in the development of Cuba's tourism industry.

David Oliver,
Director

Mr. Oliver has been involved in numerous aspects of the hospitality industry for over 30 years, holding executive positions with a number of Hospitality companies around the globe. This has included executive positions with Sonesta Hotels (New Orleans and Bahamas) and Princess Hotels (Bahamas and Bermuda), and as General Manager of Sheraton Hotels (Niagara Falls) and Manager, Canadian Pacific/Fairmont Hotels-Royal York Hotel (Toronto), before becoming President, Ramada/Renaissance Hotels and Resorts, Canada. He then became Director of Operations and Development worldwide for Wardair Airlines. During the early 1990’s, Mr. Oliver took on a major development role with ITT Sheraton & Starwood Hotels and Resorts for Canada and Bermuda, where he was responsible for the growth of over 30 hotels in the Starwood brands - Westin, Sheraton, and Four Points. Most recently, Mr. Oliver has undertaken the role of VP Development for Carlson Hotels Worldwide, responsible for their family of brands: Regent, Radisson, Park Plaza, Country Inns and Park Inns. Additionally, he also works with Strategic Hospitality Services Inc., a global hotel consulting firm.

Peter de Visser,
Director

Mr. de Visser is the founding partner of Vancouver based de Visser & Company, Chartered Accounts. Mr. de Visser was a founding member of Genesys Pharma Inc (now part of Novopharm Biotech Inc.) and was Chief Financial Officer of Miramar Mining Corporation from 1993 to 1994. Mr. de Visser is currently a member of the British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants Technical Sub-Committee, which advises securities regulators in British Columbia.

Kenneth D. Taylor,
Director

Mr. Taylor is the Chairman of Global Public Affairs, Inc. that operates from Ottawa and New York. During his tenure as a diplomat in the Canadian Foreign Service, his work involved trade development responsibilities in Guatemala, Detroit and London. He was also involved in foreign aid related matters in Pakistan and crisis management in Iran. In addition to the many awards and honorary doctorates extended to Mr. Taylor, he has received two civilian honours granted by the Governments of the United States and Canada: The United States Congressional Gold Medal and Officer, Order of Canada, respectively. Following his resignation from the Foreign Service in 1984, Mr. Taylor served as Senior Vice President of Nabisco Brands/RJR Nabisco for six years where he formulated and implemented policies to strengthen that corporation's international interests and relationships.

Frank L.Davis,
Advisory Board

Frank practises principally in the areas of corporate finance, mining and mergers and acquisitions. He represents various public companies and investment banking firms in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities. He has acted as counsel to offerors, target companies and financial advisors in both hostile and negotiated merger and acquisition transactions and has been active in a variety of take-over bids, mergers, acquisitions, amalgamations, arrangements and divestitures.

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