Sandals adding 900 new rooms

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Sandals adding 900 new rooms

WESTERN BUREAU: Two former Jewel properties are to be rebranded and repurposed as Sandals and Beaches resorts, with the Adam Stewart-led Jamaican group adding three new hotels to the country’s tourism roster. One other hotel is to be built on lands...

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