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Equipped with the new brand, JA Resorts & Hotels is all set to grow its hotel portfolio.
“Part of the expansion process is bringing in management contracts and appealing to owners of properties and having this new brand will considerably improve our standing from that point of view,” Thomson believes.
And it has already paid off. In May, the operator’s president and CEO Kevin Wallace said the group had signed new contracts for Goa, Thailand and Sri Lanka, and the group is due to open its first overseas property 'Enchanted Island Resort' in the Seychelles next year.
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“I was hoping to tell you about a second property in Seychelles but I can’t confirm that just yet but it’s definitely on the cards. The Indian Ocean is somewhere we’ve always looked towards and is somewhere we’re very interested in.
“Obviously Seychelles is a start but it’s a very small property. We haven’t turned our back on this market either, there opportunities for us here — in Dubai — so we are looking at that. I’d hope certainly by the end of the year we’ll be able to make some firm announcements,” reveals Thomson.
“We’ve enjoyed very good properties in this market for 30 years and the last five years we’ve seen a shift in emphasis and raised the game in what we’ve done locally and we’re now ready to get out and expand,” he concludes.
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