By Alexander Britell

More details have emerged on Hyatt’s first-ever Hyatt Centric hotel in the Caribbean.

The new Hyatt Centric Barbados project is slated to debut in 2020, Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc officials said at a media briefing this week during the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s State of the Industry conference in Nassau.

The Hyatt Centric, which will be located in the heart of historic Bridgetown, will consist of a pair of 12-story towers with a total of 190 rooms.

It will also include a portfolio of penthouse suites.

Hyatt Centric, a new sub-brand that Hyatt launched in 2015, is one of the company’s fastest-growing hotel marques; it’s focused on “millennial minded guests in the upper-upscale lifestyle segment,” according to Hyatt.

The new project is being designed by SB Architects, who have designed a host of hotels in the Caribbean, with interior design helmed by DAS Concepts.

The project was first announced in 2016.

— CJ

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By the Caribbean Journal staff

Jamaica’s iconic Half Moon resort has rebranded its popular villa portfolio, the property said this week.

The villas at Half Moon have been relaunched as the Rose Hall Villas, effectively Jamaica’s newest villa resort.

The changes are part of a wider $75 million transformation project by the resort, which will include the addition of new rooms and suites, a new lobby, two new eateries, a marketplace and three new bars, among other changes.

“With all the new offerings coming on board, we are further enhancing one of the best characteristics of the villas – the private atmosphere of each individual villa within a neighborhood, complemented by nearby resort experiences, which are offered by Half Moon,” said Guy Steuart, chairman of Half Moon’s Board of Directors.

The new Rose Hall Villas include a total of 28 villas, available in four, five, six and seven-bedroom configurations, each of which includes a living room, dining room, outdoor space and its own private pool.

Inside a garden villa.

Every villa at the Rose Hall Villas includes its own butler, housekeeper and cook.

“We receive requests from returning families to have the same staff assigned to their villas that they’re used to seeing,” said Jacqueline Gordon, manager of Rose Hall Villas. “We always try to accommodate where possible because this is one of the experiences that makes vacations truly enjoyable for our guests.”

Guests who stay at the Rose Hall Villas can make reservations at any Half Moon restaurant, get their villas pre-stocked with groceries and book excursions with the villa resort’s dedicated concierge, among other amenities.

For more, visit the Rose Hall Villas.

— CJ

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By Ray Chickrie Caribbean News Now contributor NEW YORK, USA — In his address to the United Nations and the G-77 at the sideline of the UN General Assembly last week, the foreign minister of Guyana, Carl Greenidge, said that “multilateralism is under attack.” He joined a chorus of world leaders at the UN who […]

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NEW YORK, USA — At the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Allen Chastanet, prime minister of Saint Lucia, painted a dire picture of the challenges natural hazards pose for small island developing states and middle-income countries, saying that while the international community widely acknowledges them, “little or nothing changes.” “Global policies, programmes and strategies […]

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