{"id":227179,"date":"2025-02-27T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=227179"},"modified":"2025-02-27T13:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:36:38","slug":"jolly-beach-hotel-set-for-50-year-lease-to-antiguan-investor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/jolly-beach-hotel-set-for-50-year-lease-to-antiguan-investor\/","title":{"rendered":"Jolly Beach Hotel Set for 50-Year Lease to Investor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-3880512074\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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Beach Hotel<\/em> with an investor of *Antiguan descent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The lease arrangement is intended to facilitate a <em>major redevelopment<\/em> of the property, bringing it back into full operation as a <em>four-star resort<\/em>.<\/p><div id=\"antig-963191132\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, 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width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the *Post-Cabinet Press Briefing, <em>Chief of Staff Lionel Hurst<\/em> described the investor as someone who has <em>achieved significant financial success<\/em> and is eager to contribute to the country\u2019s tourism sector. <\/p><div id=\"antig-2267997648\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis investor and his family have made their fortune and decided they want to play a role in Antigua\u2019s tourism industry,\u201d Hurst said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The redevelopment of Jolly Beach will take place alongside other *planned tourism projects, including the highly anticipated Nikki Beach Resort, which is expected to be built on a section of the hotel\u2019s property. <\/p><div id=\"antig-2812984954\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img 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Beach Hotel<\/em> will enhance<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-government-moves-to-address-squatting-issue-in-jennings\/?swcfpc=1\"> Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> appeal to international visitors.<\/p><div id=\"antig-170614068\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"CM key_WEB 1300x300_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:69\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 300w, 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