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Deputy General Secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers\u2019 Union, Chester Hughes, and President, Kem Riley, visited the Jolly Beach Resort on Wednesday, where extensive renovation work is underway ahead of the hotel\u2019s planned reopening in December.<\/p>\n

Members of the hotel\u2019s new management team were also on-site.<\/p>

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Chief Strategy Officer, Gerard Lee, and Managing Director of Development, Brian D\u2019Ornellas used the opportunity to engage in talks with the Union Officials.<\/p>

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Earlier this month, the Government announced that it had secured a management deal with hotelier, Rob Barrett, for the reopening of the Resort.<\/p>\n

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