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February 19th, 2010
The year so far has not been kind to Caribbean resorts, but that has not stopped the pace of hotel openings in the region. Here are Travel Agent’s picks for your clients heading to the Islands—some already open, others on the horizon, reflagged or rebuilt from scratch
Published: Oct 19, 2009 by Joe Pike, http://www.travelagentcentral.com
February 1st, 2010
KINGSTON, JAMAICA — White-sand beaches on the north coast or lush, green countryside of Jamaica come to mind when thinking of a winter respite–not its capital city, Kingston.
With news of high crime rate spilling out of garrisons, Kingston does not exactly beckon a jaded traveler who craves authenticity and relaxation. But while there in the Caribbean’s largest cosmopolitan center, I visit one of its newest hotels: the 109-room Spanish Court Hotel.
Inside the imposing, Spanish-influenced building, the elegant lobby is paneled with black, teak and jatobá woods. Bright, red walls accented with strategically placed garden flowers, local paintings and photographs evoke classic SoHo chic—tinged with Jamaican aesthetics.
A weary traveler is soon ushered into a standard room, which is like an oasis in an Arabian desert. My experience defies expectations of sterile, overpriced, name-brand hotels that are culturally detached from the rhythms of exotic places far from their home base.
This is clearly not the case at the Spanish Court Hotel.
Posted on 31 January 2010 by The Hartford Guardian, by Ann Marie Adams, Staff Writer.
December 12th, 2009
As the newest luxury accommodation on the New Kingston strip, Spanish Court Hotel is enjoying the attention of business travelers and vacationers who prefer the excitement of Kingston, but like to return to an oasis to call home.
Owned by Christopher Issa, this 30,000 sq ft. 112 room facility, conveniently located in the heart of New Kingston, and no more than 45 minutes from the airport, is definitely the shiniest jewel in the New Kingston crown.
Published: 10th December 2009 by Sonia Morgan http://www.cnweeklynews.com
December 11th, 2009
IT was a steamy Saturday night in Kingston, Jamaica, and the Sky Bar was jammed with its usual weekend crowd: professionals in their 20s and 30s, by all appearances fit for the next flight to South Beach. Ladies in strappy stilettos and sundresses mixed with men in jeans and crisp blazers while the R & B-heavy soundtrack veered from Stevie Wonder to Ne-Yo and Kanye West.
Published: November 15, 2009 By Baz Dreisinger
June 27th, 2009
Hotels provoke strong reactions among travelers. Stay at a really terrible, cookie-cutter property, and it’s likely to color an entire trip. Just the opposite is also true – when a traveler finds himself at truly unique hotel, aligned with the rhythms and particularities of a destination, tempered by friendly hospitality, it can vastly improve any travel experience.
Published: Jun 26th 2009 by Jeremy Kressmann
June 18th, 2009
Unveiling a boutique property, while launching the revolutionary ‘Kingston 360 degrees’ campaign, the country’s newest hotelier says Jamaica’s capital city has returned to being a formidable tourist destination.
Spanish Court Hotel’s Managing Director, Christopher Issa, who heads the Crissa Group, yesterday officially opened the first major hotel to be built in the capital city in 40 years, adding 107 stunning rooms to the accommodation stock in the region’s cultural centre.
Published: The Jamaica Gleaner © June 15, 2009
June 14th, 2009
It is not yet officially opened, but the Spanish Court Café located at the Spanish Court Hotel is already getting good reviews about its creative and, of course, tasty dishes.
Beautifully styled in black and off-white, including the tables and seats, the restaurant is located right off the lobby and ground floor of the hotel. Within seconds of entering, it is quite easy to forget the busy events just outside the doors on the streets of St Lucia Avenue and Trafalgar Road where it sits.
Published: The Jamaica Gleaner © May 14, 2009
June 3rd, 2009
The Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica will open June 14 as the city’s first new hotel in 40 years. Hotel owner Christopher Issa, a Kingston native whose family is known as tourism pioneers, tapped architect Oscar Garcia to transform the former Spanish Court Shopping Centre into a 107-room boutique property. Garcia preserved the structure’s existing Spanish-influenced exterior and arches on the ground floor. Exterior corridors became interior ones, and additional floors were added.
Publication: Wednesday, June 3 2009, Hospitality Design
June 3rd, 2009
The Crissa Group is launching the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on June 14. This first new hotel in Kingston in nearly 40 years fills a need in Jamaica’s capital and thriving cultural center for a hotel with unabashed style, great dining and contemporary amenities to which guests of urban hotels in particular are accustomed. Designer Alison Antrobus creates sparks in comfy, residential elements and Jamaican-made appointments with bold colors, patterns, shapes and materials in the public spaces, while ultramodern rooms and suitesncorporate large flat-screen TVs and soaking tubs. An infinity-edge lap pool rises out of the hotel’s second floor Sky Terrace and a sundeck offers a reminder that this metropolitan setting is in the Caribbean. In the evenings, guests can lime at the Sky Bar, considered to be Kingston’s newest and hottest bar, with distinct views of the high rise buildings in the foreground and the beautiful Blue Mountains surrounding Kingston in the background.
Published on: June 3, 2009 by http://www.travelpulse.com
May 21st, 2009
The Jamaica Open came into being in the early 1980s after the long-standing Willie DeLisser Cup was phased out. These players will be spread across three of the four teams..Who will be competing for the first time with only local players that include Andy Vernon, Kurt Chin, John G Byles and Paul Chin: Team Spanish Court Hotel ….
Published: The Jamaica Observer