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7.12.2023 Moneybase payment services are brought to you by Moneybase Ltd C87193, which is licensed by the MFSA to transact the business of a Financial Institution in terms of the Financial Institutions Act, Cap 376. All investment services are brought to you by Calamatta Cuschieri Investment Services Ltd C13729 which is licensed by the MFSA to undertake investment services business under the Investment Services Act, Cap 370. Let's talk business. Supercharged global payments from a trusted local business account. Open an account within 48 hours Get started on moneybase.com Part of the Calamatta Cuschieri Group ALFRED Pisani, founder and Chairman of the Corinthia Group, launched his biography - e Corinthia Spirit - on Tuesday evening. Marking over 65 years of hotelier experience from his early years in 1962 at the age of 20, Pisani who is 84, traced his life through the challenging sixties until recent events dominated by the COVID pandemic. Pisani underlined his success was fruit of his determi- nation and inspirational vision but also that of his family members and dedicated staff. e octogenarian founder, who still leads the group, heaped praise on his executives and his closest aides for making this dream come through. He also did not miss the chance to announce new projects for the coming year. e evening held at the Corinthia St George was also peppered with anecdotes from the past including from President Emeritus Marie Louise Coleiro who reminisced on a meeting over lunch with Dom Mintoff and Pisani, and Michael Cohen, the latter a former jour- nalist who introduced Pisani to Mohammed Fayed, then owner of the Harrods in London. e book which takes readers through the story of the expan- sion of the Corinthia group in several countries, is best en- capsulated by the words of Pisani in the book's preface: "People can view this book as a straightforward story about the creation of a hotel business over the pat half century or so. Yet it is important for readers to appreciate that our journey began from a tiny Island with no natural resources which, back, in the 1960s, some peo- ple had not even heard of. is made our mission doubly dif- ficult." e evening ended with a spectacular selection of dif- ferent cuisines for the guests but notable was one particular table which revisited the first menu of e Villa at the Corinthia Attard. The Corinthia Spirit, launched by Corinthia founder Alfred Pisani Alfred Pisani (left) presenting his book, The Corinthia Spirit to Simon Naudi, CEO of the group 3 NEWS