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Grenada moved closer to having 3,000 hotel rooms after the island\u2019s newest property, Silversands, was officially opened here with a promise to increase hotel room stock by 30 per cent in the coming years.<\/p>

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\u201cWe will build two more properties on this island, we will start construction next year,\u201d said Egyptian telecoms tycoon, Naguib Sawiris, at the official opening of the US$125 million property comprising 43 suites and penthouse and nine villas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 74 of the more than 100 rooms have been opened.<\/p>

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Naguib gave the assurance that his promised investment will become a reality, profits will be re-invested into the country and none of his properties will restrict Grenadians from using the beaches where they are located.<\/p>

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Egyptian telecoms tycoon, Naguib Sawiris, (Left) and Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell toast the opening of the new hotel (CMC Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He disputed allegations that the beach front to his properties would be private, saying \u201canyone that tells you this is a private beach, tell them to go have a swim\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief executive officer of the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA), Patricia Maher, said the island now has an estimated 2,000 hotel rooms.<\/p>

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\u201cWe (have) 2163 licensed and certified rooms and this will bring us closer to 3000. That is good news, that is very exciting,\u201d said Maher, who recently reported that Grenada will surpass its target of welcoming 500,000 guests to the island in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new hotel is expected to welcome its first guest on December 1 and Sawiris said that 210 people are now employed at the<\/p>

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In a statement,, the hotel said that \u201cas the resort becomes fully operational, there will be just over three hundred full-time employees.\u201d<\/p>

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Grenada moved closer to having 3,000 hotel rooms after the island\u2019s newest property, Silversands, was officially opened here with a promise to increase hotel room stock by 30 per cent in the coming years. \u201cWe will build two more properties on this island, we will start construction next year,\u201d said Egyptian telecoms tycoon, Naguib Sawiris, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional"],"yoast_head":"\nGRENADA-Egyptian telecom tycoon opens new hotel - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-egyptian-telecom-tycoon-opens-new-hotel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GRENADA-Egyptian telecom tycoon opens new hotel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Grenada moved closer to having 3,000 hotel rooms after the island\u2019s newest property, Silversands, was officially opened here with a promise to increase hotel room stock by 30 per cent in the coming years. \u201cWe will build two more properties on this island, we will start construction next year,\u201d said Egyptian telecoms tycoon, Naguib Sawiris, […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-egyptian-telecom-tycoon-opens-new-hotel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-23T16:06:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-11-23T16:06:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Silver-Sands.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-egyptian-telecom-tycoon-opens-new-hotel\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-egyptian-telecom-tycoon-opens-new-hotel\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"GRENADA-Egyptian telecom tycoon opens new hotel\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-23T16:06:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-23T16:06:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-egyptian-telecom-tycoon-opens-new-hotel\/\"},\"wordCount\":275,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-egyptian-telecom-tycoon-opens-new-hotel\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Silver-Sands.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Regional\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-egyptian-telecom-tycoon-opens-new-hotel\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-egyptian-telecom-tycoon-opens-new-hotel\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-egyptian-telecom-tycoon-opens-new-hotel\/\",\"name\":\"GRENADA-Egyptian telecom tycoon opens new hotel - 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