14,000 Jobs from Planned Resort Development

• More than 14,000 temporary and long-term jobs are expected to be generated from the planned multifaceted resort development in St. Ann by the Spanish hotel chain, the Pinero Group, which owns the Bahia Principe Grand Jamaica.
• Tourism Minister Hon. Edmund Barlett, who met with the Group’s principals in Madrid, Spain, on Wednesday (January 24) to discuss the project, said, “It will mean more economic and social benefits for the country and at the community level”.
• Details of the development were formally presented to Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, last year. It will provide a mix of hotel rooms and villas, a Professional Golf Association (PGA)-certified,18-hole golf course, a state-of-the-art fisherman’s village, farms, modern employee residences, and educational facilities, among other facilities and amenities.
• Minister Bartlett commended the Pinero Group for their long-standing commitment to Jamaica, noting that the Bahia Principe, located in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, is Jamaica’s largest hotel, with 1,350 rooms. He further highlighted that the Group is always seeking to expand and invest in the communities in which it operates.
• “What we are seeing here is an electric atmosphere, which is pretty much in line with the organisers’ assessment that it reflects the growth experienced in recent months by the national and international tourism industry and lays the foundation for the consolidation of the sector during 2024,” he further noted.

(Source: JIS News)