Curacao Officially Welcomes Hyatt Regency at Groundbreaking Ceremony

The ceremonial groundbreaking of the 350-room luxury Hyatt Regency Curacao took place on last week with a massive turnout of tourism and hotel officials

The project will encompass not only the luxury Hyatt Regency Curacao hotel, but also as a 30-slip marina, beach club, 52 vacation club units, 128 condominium homes, 106 residential lots and 94 terrace homes.

Additionally, it will include an 18-hole championship golf course, the first signature golf course on the island, designed by top golf architect Peter Dye. It will be the largest hotel on the island and the first large hotel to open since the Sonesta (which is now a Marriott) was completed in 1992.

This groundbreaking will pave the way for a string of branded properties expected to build on the island, such as Renaissance, Westin and Four Points by Sheraton.

The Curacao government supported the initiative with a soft loan of $16 million. The total investment for the first phase of the project is approximately $104 million. An estimated 700 people will be employed as a result of this project during its construction and an additional 700 full-time jobs once it is complete.