The Princess Grand Jamaica Resort, OPENING November 1, 2024, 98% Ready, Latest Update.

[@playdough10]

This is another excellent video. I love the job you are doing. With that said, I will use this video to highlight a controversial topic. Suppose you ask most Jamaicans what they dislike about the tourist industry in Jamaica. In that case, they will likely pivot to “the hotels are taking away our beautiful beaches” or “Jamericans don't have access to their lovely beaches anymore.” However, what most Jamaicans don't realize is that with the exceptions of a few places like Ocho Rios, Negril, Sandy Bay, the south coast, the White House region, Hellshire, some areas in Portland, and few others, Jamaica does not have many sprawling naturally wide beaches. As an island, we have the seaside that building resorts take up. In this video, you see a rendition of beautiful beaches; in the actual video, there is no beach as in massive white sandy beaches. Most of our picture-perfect tourist brochure beaches are artificial. I have looked at photos before and after the building of many hotels, and the same theme keeps repeating itself. Jamaica has many scenic locations against a lush green mountainous backdrop and coastal sea waters. Some hotels with sprawling artificial beaches are Sandals Royal Caribbean, Grand Bahia, Sandals Montego Bay, RUI Montego Bay, and soon-to-be-completed Princess Jamaica in Hanover comes to mind. Some had very narrow and tiny beaches.

[@garfieldwhittaker944]

You're wrong about the beaches at Sandals Montego Bay and Sandals Royal in Mobay being man made/artificial....totally incorrect!

[@misterriley8765]

Almost at 10k, Eastside media hit this mark not so long ago🎉🎉🎉. We need to get you to 10k & beyond 🎉🎉🎉

[@droneviewja]

Yes, we really need to push for that 10k, and I will be going to congratulate East side media.

[@stephendelvaille4233]

Well done; high-quality content. Excelsior.

[@JamaicanDwaine]

This hotel is massive. Mercy.

[@misterriley8765]

Beautiful footage keep it up ❤

[@douglasjoseph2097]

Great video as always 🫶🏿🙏🏿

[@kennoybrown3946]

Awesome view like in a tropical oasis

[@Djlevd]

Princess is coming on nicely,

[@hopetonsmith4964]

Thanks Again...Great updates.

[@Mowlo]

Impressive ❤

[@conwaywelsh1702]

Hope they will re-establish as much of the disturbed mangroves forest (very important for long term environmental sustainability).

[@Hengel_Andrews]

I think that is out of the question, but I’m sure there are measures being taken to retain as much as is feasible.

[@sandrawalker2066]

Don't hold your breath

[@nardoranks5420]

The reason why the hotel is so low rise is because Seaga had a rule for the negril area where no hotel should pass a palm tree height. But the Government will be updating that law soon, so that high rise hotels can be built.

[@garfieldwhittaker944]

Why do you want the Negril area to look like Montego Bay?

[@chefclaudettekitchen]

❤❤❤❤

[@tboreactiontv]

🔥🔥🔥🇯🇲💯

[@bello7077]

This was a preserved sanctuary.

[@dretv1084]

The staff entrance is not the casino entrance there has been a new road constructed also by the main gate that will take you directly to the casino

[@droneviewja]

That audio clip should have been at the top of the video, my bad, to inject it in that time line.

[@crystalmorrison1616]

Look like a de Suh MI need fi live and work

[@lucillelynch5510]

Is there a casino, I love to gamble.

[@tonyaistanford2231]

Great footage. I heard you mention Casino will this be opening as well

[@droneviewja]

New, information, the casino is already there.

[@dopamine2332]

​@droneviewja wrong information u need more research. The casino is already built it's in the main building and will be opened in 2025. The empty lot beside the tennis court is for another 2 resort that will be 1025 rooms. When the entire project is completed the property will have 4 hotels on it with a room count of 2030. They will take a one year break then come back to construct the other two hotels. That's why u see the other road it's for the construction of phase two.

[@tonyaistanford2231]

@@dopamine2332 . Thanks for the update.

[@droneviewja]

@dopamine2332 thanks for that information

[@griiem]

So that beach will never be accessible to the locals again.

[@droneviewja]

There wasn't any beach there.

[@tomwarner3608]

Will this be completely finished by January 2025? The beach still looks a little bit unfinished.

[@droneviewja]

It will be open on the November 1 2024

[@QBAsGHoST]

Not rooms sir Sweets

[@A.Walker.]

*suites

[@55835]

Beach water look dirty

[@Hengel_Andrews]

Are you real or just a figment of someone else’s imagination?

[@crystalmorrison1616]

yuh have alot of knowledge about these places I would think a u own them lol

[@droneviewja]

Lol

[@onlyimports]

Jah jah can't even go beach anymore land own privately

[@bradricklindsay5525]

Hello do you think the staff house will be finished by December?

[@droneviewja]

Don't know , but it is moving pretty fast.

[@bradricklindsay5525]

@@droneviewja ok thanks🔥

[@russianyrush5365]

Wonder if the staff acoomodation is for regular line staffs

[@bradricklindsay5525]

@@russianyrush5365 they said its for employees who are coming from other parishes

[@HectorMcKoy-t7g]

Jamaica have Been Rapidly Developed Housing and Hotel and other Businesses since the 1970s until this present day it is a big landmass four thousand five hundred square mile the largest English Caribbean country...

[@garfieldwhittaker944]

The Jamaican central government need to activate the island's three administratively dormant counties (via fiscal and technical autonomy/empowerment) to more quickly maintain the island's ever/constantly expanding community road network. ..and timely collection/recycling of country's ballooning garbage...

[@chriscam686]

Serious question. How are our poor Jamaican people benefiting from these foreign owned investments? A great move by the worthless government would be an agreement with these investors to not only use our land and exploit our people but to invest back in our poor communities . Unfortunately we know what will happen!

[@LincolnFrancis-d5h]

Oonu complain about everything, kmt, who do u think will benefit when farmers provide food for the hotel ? When taxi and tour operators provide service, hundreds of people get work directly and indirectly. If u don't have anything good to say shut your pie hole, next if u don't want foreign direct investment then u invest your millions and mek it benefit only jamaican. Stupid

[@otaineydouglas7622]

@@chriscam686 stop chat foolishness investment run countrys. am in cayman an all hotels in own by private investors come an look . u need work tell your friends to go an look job there . jamaica full of bad mine people why can't we change our mind set.

[@bonecrusherhenriques7260]

@chriscam686 you think building an economy should be based only on poor people? Not all of us are poor, some of us are entertainers, farmers,drivers,landscapers,bartenders,cooks,etc...we also benefit 'along with the poor unskilled workers who use it as a stepping stone to get out of poverty,advocate for higher wages ,and stop chat rubbish

[@chevongivans2760]

On point especially at the end

[@tafarikgosi745]

@@bonecrusherhenriques7260 hey simpleton. Higher wages would also fall under the list of beneficial factors. Do you overstand the meaning of the word benefit ? Stay pon de quiet side!

[@wishvisuals2925]

so ppl gonna be swimming wid gators? inna dem resort

[@douglasjoseph2097]

@@wishvisuals2925 I don’t think Jamaica have alligators 🐊 correct mi if I’m wrong

[@droneviewja]

@douglasjoseph2097,no we don't, we have crocodiles.

[@douglasjoseph2097]

@@droneviewja thank you

[@wishvisuals2925]

@@douglasjoseph2097 corcs then

[@zuzu-oi5ki]

@wishvisuals2925 I don't think you will find crocodiles in Hanover, I think in you will mostly find them in Saint Elizabeth.

[@conwaywelsh1702]

The water quality surrounding the water bungalows seem polluted (stagnated).

[@diannetgoldingfrankson2105]

Not polluted, but it's being impacted by the proximity to the actual mangrove swamp. That's why the water looks like that. My concern is more how are they gonna control swarms of mosquitoes.

[@onlyimports]

No fam, the water is clean as the one you consume or even cleaner depending on where you from , you actually looking through the water itself, what you saw is life underneath sea, as in plantation etc we jamaican consume dem nuff like the sea lettuce Irish moss etc etc etc especially we Rasta... I'm more concerned about how they blocking off the beach all because of money etc especially the fact many of them is not even jamaican own

[@diannetgoldingfrankson2105]

@@onlyimports dude there was no beach there, so no ones blocking off a beach which the people were using, that hotel is built in a mangrove forest that had no beach. That beach is artifically created by the hotel developers.

[@onlyimports]

@@diannetgoldingfrankson2105 a beach don't mean it of to be develop, you need to go back to school

[@diannetgoldingfrankson2105]

@@onlyimports actually you are duncer than dirt, isnt that the new thing nowadays when someone realizes they are outmatched intellectually they project their lack of intellect onto the person which showed them up as the dullard they are. Instead of being open to learning something new, you double down on stupidity.

[@hx3500]

To our friend Drone View JA: Jamaica will always be a service economy, despite what the politicians say. It is not in the DNA of black Jamaicans to become a developed country because our culture is fucked-up with all sorts of bullshit practices and beliefs (including the belief that Jesus coming back to give black people salvation). We also do not see education as a conduit to personal development and economic achievement…. So, this shit about the opening of a new hotel resort means absolutely nothing to the average Jamaican who is functionally illiterate and not qualified for meaningful employment in a developed economy.

[@chriscam686]

Fe real.

[@bonecrusherhenriques7260]

And what about the people they actually hire who need a job....they should tell the hoteliers to fuck off because it doesn't benefit the illiterate ?

[@KimDancey-q2f]

That beach is not what I’m looking for in Jamaica. Nasty. Like those overwater bungalows are sitting in algae. I’ve got to believe it stinks too!

[@1Don42_1Klanz]

Everytime you change date lol

[@droneviewja]

I am not the one changing the dates, I just share the date I get from the reservation.

[@PDLR33]

True

[@nevwill3155]

Are you a shareholder in that property promote in that property I don't understand how these At least people come on yeah and tell me about the island the only thing you guys in Jamaica doing is KZbin in

[@droneviewja]

Thanks for watching 👀

[@kevinchristian1547]

I can’t help but wonder if this is the ugliest hotel in Jamaica 🙄

[@dopamine2332]

There is nothing ugly about this resort, and they design it this say so they could take as less of the mangroves as possible. U talk to much man, be glad for investment in the country, and bet u never contribute nothing to jamaica in your entire life,

[@KirklandPowell-w2c]

@dopamine2332 Thank you. I bet those mouth breathers never invest a dollar in jamaica but the first to complain.

[@kevinchristian1547]

@@KirklandPowell-w2c if you knew how much I have invested in Jamaica over the past decade and my future investment plans you would apologise immediately 🤭 I know you mean well so no offence taken. I appreciate those investing in Jamaica as the country needs it and with such bright future prospects it is a win win situation for all. I simply detest the design of this hotel. It is simply hideous to me. Doesn’t blend into the environment. Is a wasted opportunity for something much nicer. But I accept that’s just my opinion and I respect yours.

[@dopamine2332]

​@kevinchristian1547 and as I said they could have went with a different design but they went with the one that would would take less of the mangroves and in the interview they said they are only using 8% of the land they bought, they could went with another design that would have destroyed 100 of acres of the mangrove but they chose not too so good on them.

[@lavernwilson3066]

Which resort is ugly ... u talking crap..its not fully finish n its breath taking. What nonsense. Let me defend my work place

[@Stewy-xw9fz]

I am glad for the investment but these big resorts are starting to remind me of $lave plantations

[@lazylinu6364]

@@Stewy-xw9fz shut u ras

[@droneviewja]

Can you explain ?

[@Stewy-xw9fz]

@@droneviewjathese resorts pay dirt cheap wages and the employees have to constantly be saying How can I help you sir/mam.

[@droneviewja]

Ok, I get where you are coming from. Thanks for responding.

[@Stewy-xw9fz]

@@droneviewjawhen these multinational companies set up resorts in Europe and Asia they pay their employees US$20 or more an hour but when they set up resorts in Jamaica they want to pay their employees US$1 an hour. This shouldn’t be the case because they do business in US dollars and location does not matter. Some of these resorts in Jamaica making more money than resorts in Greece and cypress. So why employees in Greece getting paid significantly better than Jamaicans? It makes no sense. It’s just exploitation.

[@jamaicaunveiled]

using Jamaicans as slave for these hotels. Paying jamaicans $2.75 per hour to work at these places. What a waste of our natural resourses. This hotel will never be full with what is going on in jamaica.

[@droneviewja]

That's crazy.

[@Princejamyute]

I like your content but please work on your pronunciation of words. It's not "Green Hiland" It's Green Island. Usually I lose interest when bloggers mispronounce words throughout their video.