Riu’s New All-Inclusive in Montego Bay Has an Opening Date 

By: - April 7th, 2024
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The new Riu in Falmouth.

Riu’s highly-anticipated new resort in greater Montego Bay now has an opening date: May 4, 2024, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The new all-inclusive resort is now taking reservations for stays, according to Riu’s Web site. 

A 753-room resort, it’s the latest in a growing number off resorts in the Falmouth area of Jamaica’s Trelawny parish, a region generally known as “greater” Montego Bay. 

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The main pool at the new Riu.

To kick things off, the resort is offering rates as low as $176 per person per night, all-inclusive. 

When it welcomes its first guests this summer, it will be one of seven different resorts for the Riu Hotels and Resorts brand in the country. 

For more, visit the Riu Palace Aquarelle.

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