Hotel chain announces upcoming resort in PalauIHG Hotels & Resorts has signed a management agreement with Palau Coral Club, to open Hotel Indigo Palau in the fourth quarter 2024 or the first quarter 2025.
“Hotel Indigo Palau will boast an outstanding location on Malakal Island, fronting onto a coral reef with amazing views and immediate access to world-class diving and marine life. It will feature approximately 200 guest rooms, an all-day dining Neighbourhood Café and separate restaurant, a sunset bar by the pool, meeting rooms for 60 people, a resort centre, swimming pool, spa and gymnasium, and all the facilities necessary for guests to relax and enjoy a memorable stay,” IHG said on Feb. 27.
There are currently 135 open Hotel Indigo properties around the world, and a development pipeline of 124 hotels.
This will be IHG’s third resort in Micronesia. It already has opened the Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan and the Crowne Plaza Resort Guam, the former Fiesta hotels.
“IHG continues to focus on expand its portfolio in Japan and Micronesia,” the chain said.
Palau Coral Club’s largest shareholder is Takao Yasuda, founder of Pan Pacific International Holdings Ltd., which has its headquarters in Japan.
The company was formerly known as Don Quijote Holdings Co. Ltd. and changed its name to Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp. in February 2019.
Pan Pacific Retail Management Guam Co. Ltd. is scheduled to open the Don Don Donki store in Guam at some point this summer, according to Journal files. Yasuda came to Guam for the groundbreaking in 2020, according to Journal files, and had previously frequently visited Guam.
NMI construction updates:
Gov. Arnold I. Palacios and Lt. Governor David M. Apatang led a groundbreaking ceremony Feb. 27, organized by the Northern Marianas Housing Corp. and the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Works for the Beach Road Phases II, III, and IV Road Improvement Project.
The contractor is GPPC Inc. and the $19.79 million Phase II is due to be completed in two years.
Atkins Kroll Inc. announced that GPPC Inc. has also been selected to construct its $23 million headquarters in the Northern Marianas, which will also include the AK Toyota Lexus Automotive Sales and Service Center and a Vehicle Repair Shop in Puerto Rico, Saipan. The new dealership is scheduled to be completed by the fall of 2024, according to a March 1 release, with a groundbreaking due to be held in March.
The president of GPPC is Hang Chieng Tan. GPPC has a broad portfolio of work in the region – ranging from federal to local government to private sector projects.
GPPC was awarded in 2021 a $33.8 million contract to rehabilitate the runway of the Yap International Airport, has completed several retail projects in the NMI as well as local government awards. See www.gppcinc.com for further details on the company.
Guam AG shares re-offend info
Douglas B. Moylan, Guam’s attorney general released Feb. 28 statistics relating to what he is calling Eagle Tracker – the “catch, release and re-offend report” of defendants released by magistrate judges who have allegedly committed further crimes. “In order to stop the CR&R cycle we will continue to ask our judges to incarcerate defendants or set bail that will actually protect this community, and ensure their compliance with release orders. A pro-incarceration policy protects us and works,” Moylan said.
See www.oagguam.org for various documentation on the cases. mbj