NAME OF FEATURE | THE GLEANER | MONDAY, MAY 30, 2022 3 JAMAICA T 60: TR LAWNY the 315-suite Excellence Oyster Bay Hotel opened its doors, a US$110 million investment that is providing employment for some1,500persons. Added to this is the development of OceanCoral Springby the Spanish hotel chain H10, for which ground was broken inFebruary2019.TheH10 project is part of a US$250 million development, whi ch, when completed will comprise two five-star, allinclusive hotels, with 940 rooms. The 800-room luxury Amaterra Resort in Stewart Castle is also part of an integrated resort and residential development being undertaken on 1,000 acres of prime beach front property located between Jamaica’s two largest resort centres –Montego Bay and Ocho Rios. It includes construction of villas, condominiums, entertainment parks, commercial facilities as well as a special economic zone for logistics, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), manufacturingand support facilities. A further $3 billion has also been earmarked for further development of the capital, Falmouth. In the colonial era, sugar became ‘King’ in the island’s exports, an agriculture-based economy, although there was also significant productionof coffee, tobacco, cotton, and domestic food crops. Over the last century, however, a massive diversificationprocesshasbeenunder way. “The town of Falmouth and the parish of Trelawny have always played a pivotal role in nation building and is a major catalyst for the stimulation of growth for sustainable development. These projects are creating the kind of positive impact thatweneed inour parish. Trelawny is nowdefinitely the place to work, live and do business,” Tweedie said. “It is also the home of the world’s largest cruise shippingvessels andhas been repeatedlyvotedas the favourite destination port by passengers and crewmembers,”he added. There areothermajor resorts in the parish including BracoVillage Resort at Rio Bueno, Pebbles Resort and Starfish Trelawny. In addition to the traditional tourist attractions, heritage tourismattractions includeGeorgian structures dating back to the mid 1700s William Knibb Baptist Manse, the Courthouse, St Peters Anglican Church, GoodHopeGreat House and the Barrett Browing Building. Trelawny is poised to receive its first town house complex upon the completion of the nearly J$1-billion Greens at Hummingbird Estate housing development in Greenside, 1.5 miles from the Falmouth town centre. The first phase of themultimilliondollar project is scheduled for completion within the next 12 months. That will result in the development of 35 three-bedroom town houses, to be followed by another 24 units in PhaseTwo. TheGreens at Hummingbirdoffers a 180-degree panoramic view of the Falmouth harbour, an extensive club house, and will be equipped with a generator house for the street lights. keisha.hill@gleanerjm.com jamaica at Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas, one of the world’s largest cruise ship with a maximum capacity for some 6,780 guests and 2,300 crewmembers, made its inaugural visit to the Port of Falmouth on November 22, 2016. FILE
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