Major hotel investment for Haiti
Published:Tuesday | September 14, 2010 | 5:28 PM
An Argentine energy and agribusiness entrepreneur has announced plans with a Haiti-based business group to build a 33 million, 240-room business hotel in Haiti.
This would be the first big new investment in the hospitality sector since the January 12 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people.
The project for Haiti’s first airport hotel is scheduled to break ground in the capital Port au Prince by the end of the year.
It’s expected to be completed in 18 months.
The project brings together Argentine businessman Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster, and the WIN Group run by the Mevs family.
Gonzalez-Bunster’s Basic Energy Ltd company is a major player in the Dominican Republic’s power sector.
The WIN Group operates the biggest private cargo shipping terminal and industrial park in Haiti.