Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has said the government is pleased with the progress of the Kempinski Cabrits Hotel now under construction at Douglas Bay in Portsmouth.
The Prime Minister and members of the cabinet toured the facility, which is being constructed under the Citizenship by Investment Program, on Wednesday.
“We are very, very pleased with the quality of construction, the efficiency of construction and the progress made thus far,” he stated.
He said he was told that 125 workers are employed on the site, with 85 percent of them being Dominicans.
“The government remains fully committed to the project to its successful completion,” Skerrit said.
He also spoke of the benefits of the island’s Citizenship by Investment Program.
“We believe that the citizenship by Investment Program is an important medium one can use to generate sustainable economic activities,” he stated. “The IMF just released a report, for example, which shows that Dominica will have the second highest growth in the OECS and they have also indicated that the resources from the Citizenship by Investment Program are a major source of non-tax revenue which is assisting our economies to get to a more sustained growth back.”
The Prime Minister revealed that 25 Dominicans will be trained at a Kempinski hotel in anticipation of the opening of the one here in Dominica.
“Range has indicated to me also that they have gotten approval from Kempinski to have 25 Dominicans to be attached for one year at one of their hotels to get on-the-job training and to procure Dominicans to take up critical positions within the management of the hotel once completed,” he said. “Not only are we focusing on building of the hotel, but we are also focusing on taking our people to a five-star level of service because that is what the hotel is, a five-star, and therefore if it is a five-star, we cannot get be at a two-star, three-star level of service and we are working very closely with Range and Kempinski to ensure that our people are properly trained and not wait until it is completed and say where are the trained people. We are preparing way in advance for the eventuality.”
The contract for the construction of the hotel was signed in November 2014 between the government of Dominica, Range Capital Partners LTD and the Kempinski Group.
In 2015, parliament enacted a piece of legislation to amend the National Parks and Protected Areas Act, Chapter 42:0, extracting 15 acres of land from the Cabrits National Park for the construction of the hotel.
The real question is: “what’s going on with the other Hotel at the other end of the Cabrits”,,,
As everyone should know, everything takes time. After they have completed their training will they be presented with a certificate of completion? .
how many thousands of passports sold to build this hotel…… what is the population of Dominica now?
A future Layou River Hotel.
Rape of our national heritage site.
Lest Dominicans forget. Skerritt and his DLP Gov’t went to Parliament, amended the Law, re. our National Parks, carve out 15 ACRES of our land from our Cabrits National Park and gave all that land to the foreign firm Range Development. As if that wasn’t enough for the Cabal, they gave the same foreign firm, our passports to sell, to raise money for the construction of their hotel.
But Skerritt and his Cabal told us that Range dev. is an “investor”. We Dominicans are not your fools Skerritt. Range Development came with NOTHING, EMPTY-HANDED and they are getting everything free from Dominica. That is investment or corruption to the highest level? How could that foreign Co. be ever called an INVESTOR”, when they come with NOTHING?
Skerritt’s DLP gave Range Dev. our LAND, our PASSPORTS, but if hotel finish build, it would not be our hotel, but Range Dev. own, although we gave them our Land free and passports to sell to make millions.
Whose Fools are Dominicans?
Who are the owners of the hotel? Is it the developers? Is it the government? Do any private sector entities domestic or foreign have an ownership interest?
Whos hotel is it gonna be?, Dominica put up the land and passports money
ANOTHER HOTEL TO GO UNDER WATER LIKE THE MOROCCO HOTEL SMH.
Could the Prime Minister tell Dominicans how much is the hotel expected to cost upon completion. Better yet, tell Dominicans how many passports were given to Range Capital Partners in order to sell to get the money to build the hotel.
Doc.love why don’t you stick your head in a septic tank and go to hell.
Funny, you sound just like your leader. Birds of a feather do flock together.
I am very pleased to see the workers wearing their safety gear. Great!