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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that the on-again off-again Beaches Resort will still be built under his government.<\/p>

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He told supporters at a ceremony last night that \u201cBeaches will happen as soon as we able to resolve the court issue with Halcyon Hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe already committed to give the Halcyon property to (Gordon) Butch Stewart to do a Beaches Hotel,\u201d the prime minister announced.<\/p>

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In 2015 the government, by way of resolution, sought to acquire Halycon arguing that there has been a \u201cdecline in the physical infrastructure, difficulties with making lease payments and a significant number of complaints.\u201d<\/p>

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But since then the acquisition process has been tied up in the courts.<\/p>\n

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Beaches, Cayman Islands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2013, Sandals Resorts International (SRI), parent company for Beaches Resorts<\/a>\u00a0 announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the then government to build the resort in Long Bay.<\/p>

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Since then, there have been uncertainty about whether the hotel international brand will ever come to Antigua & Barbuda.<\/p>\n

Meantime, the Prime Minister announced the expansion of an existing Sandals property here following a meeting the Sandals Chairman Stewart.<\/p>

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\u201cHe said to me, within a matter of weeks he will sign an agreement with my government to do an expansion of an existing hotel.<\/p>

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“And that will see the construction of an additional 128 rooms.”<\/p>\n

He also denied an acrimonious relationship with Stewart saying relations with the investor are at an all-time high.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Butch Stewart has to respect us. When we said to him he had to pay the ABST he had to pay and he is paying.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd today butch Stewart has nothing but full respect for my government,\u201d the prime minister said.<\/p>\n

The Gaston Browne government is under pressure to complete hotel investments that it promised would become a reality in its first term.<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that the on-again off-again Beaches Resort will still be built under his government. 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