{"id":26096,"date":"2012-09-25T10:38:04","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T14:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=26096"},"modified":"2012-09-27T01:03:45","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T05:03:45","slug":"warwick-international-aquires-four-star-hotel-on-paradise-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/09\/warwick-international-aquires-four-star-hotel-on-paradise-island","title":{"rendered":"Warwick International Acquires Four-Star Hotel on Paradise Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-26097\" title=\"hotel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hotel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hotel.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hotel-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>With easy access from the international airport, the Paradise Island Harbour Resort is a beach-front hotel designed to cater to international tourists, business travellers and visitors from the U.S., Canada, South America, Europe and the Caribbean. A full renovation and repositioning programme will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>The Paradise Island Harbour resort consists of 246 rooms, each with a view of the harbour and direct access to the beach. This resort is equipped with two restaurants, a lobby cafe\/bar, a large outdoor swimming pool and pool bar.\u00a0 It also features conference facilities, a fitness centre and kids&#8217; club.<\/p>\n<p>WIH has more than 50 hotels, 6,500 rooms worldwide and is present in Europe, the U.S., Southeast Asia, China, the Middle East, the South Pacific, Africa and the Caribbean.\u00a0 Known for its stately and iconic hotels\u2014Warwick New York Hotel, Warwick Melrose Hotel, Dallas and Westminster Hotel in Paris\u2014WIH has a recognized and proven ability in renovating and repositioning older hotels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are delighted to have the opportunity to completely renovate the Paradise Island Harbour Resort and restore it to its former glory.\u00a0 It is undisputedly one of the best located resorts in the Bahamas with a unique beach and clear turquoise water.\u00a0 It will be one of the finest resorts on the island,&#8221; said Jean Francois Garnier, Group Director of Development at Warwick International Hotels.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 19, 2012, senior officers of Warwick International Hotels met with various government officers and officials of Paradise Island. At the meeting, WIH apprised the government of their plans and intentions to completely refurbish the Resort so it would properly be positioned in accordance with Warwick standards. &#8220;WIH is fully confident with its investment in the Bahamas, and looks forward to a long and fruitful relationship with the government and people of the Bahamas,&#8221; added Garnier. &#8220;WIH was pleased to have the full support of the government, Prime Minister Christie and the assurance that the applications will be dealt with expeditiously.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warwick International Hotels advances its global development strategy with the acquisition of The Paradise Island Harbour Resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas. The transaction is expected to be completed in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25,33],"class_list":["post-26096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-hotels","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}