Casino gaming will officially launch in Jamaica this November with the opening of the Princess Grand Jamaica in Negril, according to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, who spoke to reporters in New York [last] week.
The Princess Grand Jamaica will be the island’s first casino hotel and is one of potentially three planned for the country, Bartlett said. The resort is currently under construction in the Green Island area of Hanover and will operate as an all-inclusive property.
Plans, revealed late last year, include 509 oceanview suites—along with Family and Master Suites—three pools, eight bars and nine restaurants. It’s the first Jamaica property for the Spain-based hotel company, and represents, along with its sister property Princess Senses the Mangrove, the largest investment in Jamaican history from an international company.
