Business View Caribbean | May 2021

20 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN MAY 2021 N ew Kingston is Jamaica’s emerging business capital and the R Hotel Kingston is located right in the heart of it all. Seamlessly blending boutique-style guest service and luxurious accommodations, R Hotel caters to every whim a discerning traveller could desire. As Jamaica’s first business, leisure, and extended stay hotel, the warmth and hospitality at R Hotel ensures relaxing, rewarding stays of a night, a week, a month, or more. A total of 48 chic, contemporary guest rooms range from the Penthouse Deluxe Room with Balcony to the Standard Deluxe Room with Kitchenette, and expansive Two- Bedroom Penthouse Loft Suite with Kitchen and Balcony. When you stay at R Hotel Kingston, you will be able to work, relax, replenish and return home as a satisfied guest… with memories beyond words. To learn about all the exciting details, Business View Caribbean spoke with General Manager Alexander Pike, who shared his knowledge and passion for R Hotel and the City of Kingston. He begins at the beginning… “The hotel was a dream by a gentleman named Mr. Evan Williams – a well renowned architect who was responsible for many of the lovely older resorts here in Jamaica that are now being transformed. Having designed many hotels for other persons, he decided to build a hotel property of his own in Kingston. He had to fight to get approval to build this sort of structure on this particular lot of land, so he took on partners in the venture – the main one being Josef Bogdanovich, owner of a record label called GSTON R E I N T H E M A K I N G