Stephen Facey (right), chairman & CEO, Pan-Jamaican Investment Trust Ltd, escorts visiting Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Luis Alberto Moreno (second right) on a tour of the Marriott Courtyard Hotel under construction in New Kingston. With them are Therese Turner-Jones, country representative, IDB and Ambassador Richard Bernal, counselor for Jamaica, IDB. The Marriott Hotel is being built with funding assistance from the IDB.—
JAMAICA will get its first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified building with the completion of the 129-room Marriott Hotel in New Kingston early next year.
The hotel is expected to set a high standard for energy conservation, water efficiency and overall environmental sustainability and also attract more international brands to Kingston.
The Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Kingston was funded by a loan of US$6.75 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and US$1 million in equity, as well as US$5.3-million loan from the World Bank to Caribe Hospitality SA for the Caribe Hospitality Kingston programme.
The total cost of the programme is US$23.7 million.
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