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Ryan Somes and Anthea Stanley were, by most standards, living a successful life in Toronto. With two kids under six, the couple had a home in Trinity Bellwoods and held high-end positions in the finance industry. But something still felt amiss, they said.

Feeling unfulfilled in their Bay Street careers, a couple from Toronto started a journey years ago to open a hotel in Panama, which only came to fr...

Front-line confessions, pandemic pivots and cross-country adventures

Right before the pandemic hit, we quit our Bay Street jobs and moved to Panama to open a hotel Right before the pandemic hit, we quit our Bay Street jobs and moved to Panama to open a hotel By Tatum Dooley |   A few months before the pandemic, Ryan Somes and Anthea Stanley left their jobs on Bay Street, sold their Toronto home and moved their family to Panama to open a boutique hotel. After delays due to Covid, they opened the doors of Catalina’s Hideaway last December. Here’s how th...