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The Placencia Hotel,
Residences, and Marina
The beauty of Belize
It’s unlikely that any other entity doing business in the
Central American country of Belize has taken such
advantage of the region’s natural beauty, nor offered
such a compelling vision for its future development as
The Placencia Hotel and Residences. Situated on the
Placencia Peninsula, this 16-mile strip of tropical para-
dise, sandwiched between the Caribbean Sea and the
Placencia Lagoon, boasts tall coconut palms, pristine
beaches, and now, one of the country’s most spectac-
ular tourist and residential complexes.
Madeleine Lomont has been with the Placencia from
the beginning and, today, she is the Executive Assis-
tant to its owner and founder, Marco Caruso, as well
as Head of Real Estate Sales. “I met Marco and his
family when they first came here at the end of 2000,”
she says. “They absolutely fell in love with the coun-
try and decided to start a small bed and breakfast. At
that point, there were no paved roads, there was no
electricity in the area, there was no water. So, a lot of
infrastructure had to be done before anything could
even start.”
Caruso did start his empire with an 18-room hotel,
which opened in December 2003. “From there his vi-
AT A GLANCE
WHO: The Placencia Hotel, Marina and Residenc-
es
WHAT: A complex of tourist hotels and amenities
and residential homes
WHERE: Placencia, Belize
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