Jamaica
News - Real Estate - Tourism
Source: Jamaica Gleaner,
April 4, 2007
Breezes Runaway
Bay back on the market after $21m upgrade
SuperClubs has
wrapped up a $21 million project to upgrade its Breezes Runaway
Bay property in St. Ann, a location which according to hotelier
John Issa has a high rate of repeat business necessitating an
increase in room count.
The hotel has added an entire
three-storey block to its infrastructure, boosting its room count
from over 220 to 266 suites.
Now reopened
The property has now reopened
after five months of work.
The expansion exercise, which
started in August 2006, was completed early this year in time to
be back on the market for the winter tourist season, which began
December 15 and ends April.
"Repeat business continues
to expand sharply," said Issa, chairman of SuperClubs, in a
statement issued through a publicist.
"There has been growing
clamour from within the general international tourism destination
marketplace for more rooms at Breezes Runaway Bay," said the
hotelier.
The expansion featured 40
oceanfront rooms and suites, including six one-bedroom suites and
eight verandah suites with private plunge pool.
Garden-view rooms expanded
Thirty garden-view rooms were
expanded and transformed into verandah suites with private plunge
pools.
Experiencing some of the business
trend of using Jamaica as location for destination weddings,
Breezes Runaway Bay also added a new state-of-the-art wedding and
general photo centre spanning 155 acres to its resort, as well as
two restaurants - the Munasan, offering Japanese food, and Reggae
Caf, featuring Jamaica cuisine.
The Japanese restaurant appears
to have been named for one of Issa's twin daughters, Muna Issa.
Renovations were also made to the
lobby, adding a piano bar, a skyline a swimming pool with swim-up
bar and a misting pool.
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