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By Beach Times Staff
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The Beach Times September 8, 2006
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Developers
behind the proposed JW Marriott resort, to be built on Hacienda Pinilla’s
sprawling 1,820-hectare beach and golf community, have announced they intend
to double the number of hotel rooms.
The high-end, JW Marriott resort will now include 310 bedrooms instead of the
originally planned 180 with up to 30 executive level guest rooms and around
ten stand-alone casita units.
Additionally, the resort will have a business center.
The announcement will be welcomed by business leaders and local government in
Guanacaste for both the employment opportunities it will create and the
potential to pressure the Costa Rican government for vital infrastructure,
like roads, water and security.
It is the seventh in the Marriott chain to appear in Latin America. It should
open in 2008 and boasts designs from pre-eminent Zurcher Architects and
interior design by Paul Duesing Partners.
The project will go ahead under a franchise reached between Marriott
International, Inc. and Hotel Real de Pinilla, S.A., a subsidiary of Grupo
Poma, an El Salvador-based conglomerate and one of Central America’s biggest
commercial and industrial groups.
Grupo Poma’s hotel division, known as Real Hotels & Resorts will manage
the resort, which will be nestled within the 4,500-acre Hacienda Pinilla
Beach Resort and Residential community development that includes an 18-hole
golf course, an equestrian center, tennis courts, villas and beach houses.
“ Costa Rica is world-class leisure destination, especially for eco-tourism,
and attracts a diverse group of visitors,” said Ed Fuller, the President and
Managing Director of International Lodging for Marriott International.
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