The Amaterra Jamaica

Group has entered a hotel management operator agreement with global chain,

Marriott International.

The partnership will

see Marriott bringing its first all-inclusive property to the island.

An agreement

formalising the arrangement was signed during a press launch at the Hard Rock

Café in St James on Wednesday (November 13).

The project, to be

sited in Trelawny, will be Amaterra’s flagship development. It will initially

comprise 800 rooms and boast two miles of white-sand beach.

Construction is

expected to begin in the first quarter of 2020 and be completed in 2022.

Tourism Minister

Edmund Bartlett, who spoke during the signing ceremony, said the partnership is

a “high point for our tourism investment programme”.

He emphasised that the

deal is indicative of Trelawny’s repositioning as a strong tourism destination

on the island.

Bartlett further

pointed out that the arrangement, along with several other investments in the

pipeline, will see the parish boasting close to 15,000 hotel rooms “which will

make it the largest block for formal tourism accommodation within [Jamaica’s]

tourism sector”.