SPAIN; Madrid – Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett met with the house owners of the Pinero Group, which owns the outstanding Spanish Resort chain, Bahia Principe, in Madrid, Spain to debate the standing of their multifaceted resort growth in St. Ann, Jamaica. The Group owns the Bahia Principe Grand Jamaica, Jamaica’s largest resort, with 1,350 rooms.
The assembly follows a proper presentation of their growth plans to the Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness and different officers final 12 months, on the Workplace of the Prime Minister. The mission shall be one of many largest resort and actual property initiatives ever executed within the Caribbean and Latin America.
The Minister was joined by Encarna Pinero, CEO of the Pinero Group and senior tourism officers, John Lynch, Chairman of the Jamaica Vacationer Board, Delano Seiveright, Senior Advisor and Strategist and Fiona Fennell, Public Relations and Communications Supervisor, Jamaica Vacationer Board.
Large Enlargement Deliberate
The mission represents an enormous enlargement of their current Bahia Principe product in St. Ann. It can embody new Motels, Villas, a PGA licensed 18-hole golf course, a state-of-the-art fisherman’s village, farms, fashionable worker residences, academic services amongst different services and facilities.
“This can be a mega growth that may enhance Jamaica’s tourism offerings to draw extra guests to the island. Will probably be a terrific combination of resort rooms and Villas that may create over 14,000 quick time period and long-term jobs, which is able to imply extra financial and social advantages for the nation and on the neighborhood stage,” stated Minister Bartlett.
“The enlargement shall be a recreation changer for Jamaica’s tourism and assist us be ready for the inflow of holiday makers anticipated to the island. It additionally exhibits the arrogance that our resort companions have within the vacation spot,” added Mr. Bartlett.
Bartlett is main a small delegation of Tourism officers at FITUR 2024, in Madrid, Spain. FITUR is a serious tourism honest with 8,000 exhibitors, 130 international locations represented and over 300,000 attendees. It represents one of many largest gatherings of tourism professionals globally. Moreover, it’s the main honest for Latin America’s receptive and issuing markets.
