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.

Heading up The Crissa Group and the Spanish Court Hotel development is lawyer and “village architect” Christopher Issa. Though he is from Jamaica’s renowned family of tourism pioneers, this is Issa’s first hotel venture. With a passion for his hometown of Kingston, and having more of an interest in city hotels than resorts, he recognized the potential in the location and architecture of the former Spanish Court Shopping Centre, spending $12 million to acquire and, along with architect Oscar Garcia, transformed the structure into a 107-room boutique hotel. Noting that great city hotels that thrived from one generation to the next had landmark exterior architecture, Issa strived to recreate this for the Spanish Court Hotel by preserving the structure’s existing Spanish-influenced exterior and arches on the ground floor. Exterior corridors became interior ones and additional floors were added.

The Spanish Court Hotel has private and semi-private meeting and party space, including the Sky Terrace, making it a perfect venue for small groups of up to 50 people. The hotel is a free Wi-Fi hotspot for guests, has a virtual business center and 24-hour concierge service which provide all the necessities for business and personal requirements. Introductory rates at the Spanish Court Hotel start at $135 per room, per night based on double occupancy for a Deluxe Standard room now through June 30; and Summer Saver rates start at $145 from July 1 through Aug. 31. Rates include continental breakfast and internet access. For reservations or more information, call 876-926-0000 or visit www.spanishcourthotel.com.

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