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Island Outpost
Island Outpost is a collection of distinctive Jamaican hotels and villas. Their properties include The Caves, Strawberry Hill, Goldeneye Hotel and Resort and the Fleming Villa. The management company was founded and run by Chris Blackwell Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell (born 22 June 1937) is an English businessman and former record producer, and the founder of Island Records, which has been called "one of Britain's great independent labels". According to the Rock and Roll .... References External links Island Outpost Hospitality companies of Jamaica {{Jamaica-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hotels In Jamaica
This is a list of what are intended to be the notable top hotels by country, five or four star hotels, notable skyscraper landmarks or historic hotels which are covered in multiple reliable publications. It should not be a directory of every hotel in every country: Jamaica * Bahia Principe * The Enchanted Gardens * Frenchman's Cove Resort * Golden Clouds * Goldeneye * Goldeneye Hotel and Resort * Hedonism Resorts * Jamaica Pegasus Hotel * Round Hill Hotel and Villas * Strawberry Hill File:Enchanted gardens pool.jpg, The Enchanted Gardens File:GoldenClouds.png, Golden Clouds Japan * Awaji Yumebutai, Awaji, Hyōgo * Fujiya Hotel, Hakone, Kanagawa * Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, Tokyo * Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Tokyo * Hoshi Ryokan, Komatsu * Hotel New Grand, Yokohama * Imperial Hotel, Tokyo * Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo * Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel, Kobe * Kōshien Hotel, Nishinomiya * Mielparque * Nakano Sun Plaza, Nakano * Nara Hotel, Nara * New Otani, Tokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strawberry Hill (hotel)
Strawberry Hill is a Jamaican Hotel located in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. It is owned by Chris Blackwell, a philanthropist and entertainment entrepreneur who founded Island Records, Palm Pictures and Island Outpost, a company that owns and operates his boutique hotels. Property History Strawberry Hill was named by its former owner Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, the son of Prime Minister Robert Walpole and cousin of Admiral Lord Nelson. The Royal Family granted Horace the Blue Mountain property in the Crown Colony of Jamaica, in 1780. The Earl discovered that the property's elevation was ideal for growing strawberries and named the property "Strawberry Hill". After becoming a Foreign Officers’ Naval Hospital in the late eighteenth century, successive owners included prominent families such as the Cargills and the DaCostas until passing to the Muffett family. Chris Blackwell then purchased the property from the Muffett family in 1972. Property Layout The property is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldeneye (estate)
Goldeneye is the original name of novelist Ian Fleming's estate on Oracabessa bay on the northern coastline of Jamaica. He bought adjacent to the Golden Clouds estate in 1946 and built his home on the edge of a cliff overlooking a private beach. The three-bedroom structure was constructed from Fleming's sketch, fitted with wooden jalousie windows and a swimming pool. Fleming's visitors at Goldeneye included actors, musicians, and filmmakers. The property now operates as Goldeneye Hotel and Resort, consisting of Fleming's main house and several cottages. The estate is located in the Oracabessa Bay Fish Sanctuary, established in 2011 to protect the area's marine ecosystem. It is adjacent to James Bond Beach. History In spite of its obvious proximity to Golden Clouds, Fleming claimed a number of origins for the name Goldeneye, including Carson McCullers's 1941 novel, '' Reflections in a Golden Eye'' and Operation Goldeneye, a Second World War era contingency plan Fleming had dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Blackwell
Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell (born 22 June 1937) is an English businessman and former record producer, and the founder of Island Records, which has been called "one of Britain's great independent labels". According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to which Blackwell was inducted in 2001, he is "the single person most responsible for turning the world on to reggae music." Variety describes him as "indisputably one of the greatest record executives in history". Having formed Island Records in Jamaica on 22 May 1959 when he was 22, Blackwell was among the first to record the Jamaican popular music that eventually became known as ska. Returning to Britain in 1962, he sold records from the back of his car to the Jamaican community. His label became "a byword for uncompromised artistry and era-shaping acts". Backed by Stanley Borden from RKO, Blackwell's business and reach grew substantially, and he went on to forge the careers of Bob Marley, Grace Jones and U2 among man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
