Marriott Set to Open New AC Hotel in the Caribbean

By Alexander Britell

The world’s largest hotel company is set to debut its newest hotel in the Caribbean next week.

It’s the highly-anticipated AC Hotel Kingston in Jamaica, which will begin welcoming guests June 17.

The stylish new $50 million hotel is the product of a partnership between Sandals Resorts International and Marriott International, with 216 rooms, a total of 57,920 square feet of flexible meeting space and a fitness center to boot.

True to the AC brand, there will be two food and beverage concepts: AC Kitchen, focused on a European-style breakfast; and AC Lounge, a bar-eatery with tapas and meals for lunch and dinner and a full bar.

The new hotel will even include three electric car charging stations — the first of their kind at a Jamaican hotel.

And that’s just part of a wider green push that includes 200 solar panels across the property.

The AC Lounge.

It will be just the second AC-branded hotel in the Caribbean, joining the existing AC Hotel San Juan Condado in Puerto Rico’s capital.

Jamaica has made no secret of its hopes of turning Kingston into a full-fledged tourism destination, and the property will go a long way toward serving that end, with a new level of contemporary cool for the capital.

AC Kitchen.

It’s also a sign of Sandals’ commitment to growing the tourism industry in Jamaica, even beyond its traditional resort hubs in destinations like Montego Bay and Negril.

It joins a portfolio of newer hotels in Kingston, including the similarly Marriott-branded Courtyard Kingston and the Spanish Court Hotel, which has long Kingston’s hippest place to stay (and recently added a second location in Montego Bay.)

That group is also growing, with plans for a new Curio by Hilton hotel also underway.

For more, visit the AC Hotel Kingston.

— CJ