Carnival building $50 million terminal at Roatan
Friday, 20 Mar, 2007
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Carnival Corp. & plc has signed an agreement to build and operate a cruise terminal on the fast-growing island stop of Roatan, Honduras.
Development of the facility to be called Mahogany Bay-Roatan is expected to start this fall and be completed by summer 2009. The cost: $50 million.
The cruise facility will be situated on 20 acres on the Roatan waterfront and will be a two-berth cruise terminal capable of accommodating up to 7,000 passengers daily.
Within five years of operation, Mahogany Bay-Roatan is expected to host 225 cruise ship calls and 500,000 passengers annually.
Adjacent to the facility will be a 35,000-square-foot Welcome Center including retail shops, restaurants and bars, along with a 60-foot-high lighthouse, a lagoon with cascading waterfalls, and a nature trail. A transportation that accommodates taxis, rental cars and tour buses is also planned.
A variety of shore excursions to be provided by local tour operator are also being developed.
A tropical island distinguished by a rugged mountains with white-sand beaches, clear water, and coral reefs, Roatan is a 165-square-mile island 40 miles north of Honduras in the southwestern Caribbean Sea.
The island is currently featured on the Western Caribbean itineraries of Carnival Corp. brands Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Costa Cruises and P&O Cruises.
The new Roatan project continues Carnival Corp.’s efforts at developing Caribbean ports, such as the new Grand Turk Cruise Center, which in its first year in operation hosted nearly 300,000 passengers.
“The Caribbean remains the world’s number one cruise destination and Carnival Corp. & plc is always looking for ways to capitalize on many distinct attributes that make the region so attractive to consumers,” said Giora Israel, Carnival Corp.’s vice president of strategic planning
Report by David Wilkening
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