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44 Additional Hotel Rooms Open in Trelawny

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#Jamaica, November 16, 2021 – Destination Jamaica has been boosted with the opening of 444 new suites at Ocean Eden Bay in Trelawny.

Ocean Eden Bay is an addition to Ocean Coral Spring, owned and operated by the Spanish Hotel chain, H10 Hotels.

In an interview with JIS News following a tour of the newly opened facility on  November 8, Director of Sales, Ocean Coral Springs and Ocean Eden Bay, Tanesha Clarke, said the facility is an adult-only all-inclusive hotel.

“This resort offers 444 junior suites, swim-up suites, master suites and rooftop suites. In addition to that, this resort has six restaurants, a senses dinner theatre, French restaurant, a steakhouse, as well as a main buffet, beach, restaurant and snack area,” said Ms. Clarke.

She informed that all the guests booked at Ocean Eden Bay have full access to Ocean Coral Spring, “which is our family-friendly hotel that has 513 rooms, a bowling alley, Convention Centre, lazy river, waterpark, a dive centre, and 10 restaurants in total”.

The resort also has in place various COVID-19 health and safety protocols, including temperature check upon entrance, sanitisation, and social distancing markers, among others.

Ms. Clarke indicated that the Ocean Eden Bay started accepting guests on November 1, 2021; however, the official opening ceremony will be held in December.

The ceremony is expected to include Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, and other tourism officials.

 

Contact: Shanna K. Salmon

Release: JIS

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Jamaican gets multi-million dollar grant to enhance resilience 

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Rashaed Esson

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Jamaica got a 3 million US dollar grant from humanitarian charity organisation Direct Relief, as part of its mission to strengthen resilience in the Caribbean region. This is also an effort to enhance Healthcare systems and infrastructure throughout Jamaica in preparation for natural disasters as the organization renews its ongoing partnership with the island. This was announced by Direct Relief in an article on May 1.

 

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Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana sign security agreement 

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Rashaed Esson

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To enhance and strengthen security in the Guiana Shield, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana on Monday April 29, signed a security common master plan following a meeting in George Town, as announced By President of Guyana Irfaan Ali on Facebook. Ali expressed that the agreement will hopefully enhance collaborations and relations between Suriname and French Guiana.

 

 

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Grenada Prime Minister says there needs to be greater focus on coral health in the region’s universities. 

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Rashaed Esson

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The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, at the 2024 Sustainable Tourism Conference on April 22, expressed that Caribbean universities should be leading researchers for coral restoration as he addressed the importance of corals to the region’s capacity for tourism sustainability amid climate change

Regarding this, he called for more funding to encourage universities to create more marine experts, given the region’s vulnerability to climate change effects.

 

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