牙买加将获得第一家Unico酒店,宣布可能的酒店/赌场项目
经过Joe Pike/在接下来的三年中,牙买加将欢迎新的,水上的平房,这是目的地首家Unico酒店物业的一部分。
牙买加旅游部长埃德蒙·巴特利特(Edmund Bartlett)在对旅beplay客服行市场报告的独家采访中说,Unico酒店将代表第三家也是最后一家酒店,作为圣詹姆斯教区大型目的地度假项目的一部分。
The AIC Hotel Group first launched the adult-only, all-inclusive Unico Hotels product back in 2016 in Mexico.
Bartlett告诉TMR:“该品牌在千禧一代和X世代中非常受欢迎,因此,它标志着向该人群迈出的强烈行动的开始。”
其他两家酒店将是硬岩赌场和度假胜地和丽思卡尔顿酒店公司的房地产。坚硬的岩石是今年早些时候宣布的三个中的第一个,而丽兹 - 卡尔顿品牌返回牙买加的归来是在最近在波多黎各圣胡安举行的加勒比海市场会议上宣布的。
Ritz-Carlton left Jamaica nearly a decade ago when it stopped operating the Rose Hall resort in Montego Bay. Ritz-Carlton had managed the 427-room resort for the 13 years it had been in operation. The new build will also be located in the Rose Hall district, not too far away from Ritz-Carlton’s previous location, said Bartlett.
这三家酒店将构成约2,000个酒店房间。Bartlett补充说,开创性将在三年的时间内发生。Unico将是第一个打破地面的人,他说这可能在11月底发生。
Although construction will begin on the overall project without the Hard Rock officially being awarded a gaming license, Bartlett said projects that have applied for a casino license and started construction will be judged by how well the construction progress is going and if all requirements are being met.
He added that casino licenses are expected to be awarded soon to three hotels as there will be no standalone casinos in Jamaica.
“The casino experience within the tourism space is within the context of integrated development,” said Bartlett. “It’s to bring added value to the destination and to attract that demographic that is high spending.”
Bartlett said the first hotel that could see a casino in Jamaica is the Princess Hotels & Resorts property, which is under construction with its first 1,000 of 2,000 rooms near Negril.
巴特利特谈到公主时说:“这很好,预计它将是牙买加的第一个赌场。”“我们将其范围缩小到三个许可证。我们正在做最后的尽职调查,但它们是三个。”
Bartlett the Princess Hotels & Property announcement could come as early the end of this month, with the other two licenses also granted soon.
Hard Rock is an obvious choice set to be awarded one of the three licenses, but the third hotel project that could be awarded a casino license might come as a surprise to some.
Harmony Cove, the much-anticipated luxury project that is already expected to house a Tiger Woods-designed golf course, is the third project Bartlett said will most likely be allowed to operate a casino. Located on Jamaica's northern coast between Ocho Rios and Montego Bay, Harmony Cove is a 2,325-acre oceanfront resort.
巴特利特说:“牙买加采用的模式的重要性是,它不会自由地名称,以将牙买加定义为赌场目的地,而是您可以拥有赌场体验的目的地。因此,我们将其嵌入了整合开发中,因此不仅是赌场,而且是高端房间,食物,购物。”
March 9 was the deadline for responses to the government’s request for applications (RFA) in its multi-billion-dollar integrated resort developments, which could see up to $1 billion invested in Jamaica. The RFA was opened on October 6, 2021.
通过《赌场游戏法案》修正案而实现的这种发展,必须至少有1000个酒店房间,其中500个必须是豪华房间。
硬石酒店和赌场开发的计划代表了约8亿美元的投资。丽兹 - 卡尔顿(Ritz-Carlton)将是一个新的建筑,但没有其他有关开创性或预定的盛大开幕的信息。
Flights News
牙买加旅游总监多诺万·怀特(Donovan White)表示,Frontier Airlines将于12月从丹佛,圣路易斯和芝加哥推出新的门户。他补充说,这将使航空公司通往美国牙买加的门户总数达到八人。
Also in December, White told TMR that Spirit Airlines will launch service from Hartford’s Bradley Airport. Finally, this winter, White said Delta Airlines will operate new flights from Boston to Jamaica.
巡航s Arrivals
Just in time for the 2023-24 season, MSC Cruises will expand its presence in Jamaica, bringing the total number of vessels (from all lines) stopping in Jamaica to 16, said White.
“MSC is the only cruise line that is expanding [here] now and is doing phenomenal at the moment,” said White. “The cruise industry is coming back. We are expecting to pretty much see 2019 levels very soon.”
Japex的回归
怀特说,牙买加产品交易所(Japex)预计将在2023年完全返回。它原定于2021年11月作为一场亲自/虚拟活动返回,然后重新安排到2022年初,现在定于2023年初完全返回。
怀特说:“当我们将Japex带回来时,几乎感觉就像是我们从Covid做出的所有其他恢复之上的解释点。”“我们希望感叹号在2023年初出现。”
Japex的位置尚未确定,但怀特说:“它很可能会在蒙特哥湾会议中心举办。这将是一个非常特别的活动,将受到高度庆祝。”