Nestled near Port Antonio in Portland Parish on Jamaica’s secluded northeast coast where by the jungle fulfills the sea is the Geejam Hotel and Recording Studio, which not too long ago unveiled a new chapter in its storied background.
The residence reopened in late April with the debut of 12 Rumba Rooms.
The Geejam’s co-founders, hoteliers and new music business veterans Jon Baker and Steve Beaver, keep on to offer a mix of luxury, audio, culture and hospitality for their visitors.
“It truly is been 30 many years given that getting a smaller getaway villa in what I take into account to be the most attractive area in the globe,” Baker claimed. “I in no way imagined in that time that the home would eventually turn into Geejam in 2008 and would serve as a catalyst for our mission to encourage the renaissance of Port Antonio.”
The Rumba Rooms, designed in a jungle-meets-stylish signature style, feature roomy, break up-level units and personal balconies with rainforest and Caribbean Sea views. Every single place is named for a Jamaican new music legend, from King Tubby to Augustus Pablo and Geejam’s really have Jolly Boys.
A collection of Jamaican artwork in each and every space features 1970s-era Jamaica Vacationer Board posters, Jamaican library archive prints, modern art pieces and photography.
The expanded, open up-air Bushbar has been totally restored and now features an infinity pool perched in the rainforest and a stage for dwell new music and artwork events on Friday and Saturday nights.
The Geejam also attributes a new eating menu and a new Seashore Bar & Grill on its personal seashore.
The Geejam Studio, housed in the Panorama and Cocosan private villas, recorded lots of artists in 2020 irrespective of the pandemic. It is undergoing a overall renovation for the first time in its 23-calendar year background and ideas to reopen later on this yr.
In addition to the 12 Rumba Rooms, the Geejam provides 3 non-public villas and 4 deluxe jungle cabins. Rumba Rooms begin at $300 for each place, for each evening, double and include things like breakfast.
The Geejam is minutes from Frenchman’s Cove beach, a quick push from Portie, as the locals call Port Antonio, a two-and-half hour push from Kingston as a result of component of the Blue Mountains and 4 hrs from Montego Bay.
The region boasts a glamorous background the place film star Errol Flynn designed his property and where Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack were regulars in the 50’s and 60’s.
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