Luxury Hoteliers Magazine 2nd Quarter 2020 | Page 27

RIU HOTELS RIU Hotels in Jamaica are giving donations of food to Fresh Bread Ministries International, a locally and Internationally missionbased church with headquarters in Montego Bay. The mission’s ministry department deliver care packages comprised of food from RIU to the communities for those less fortunate and delivering to infirmaries, boys’ homes, shut-ins, etc. The Mission Department does a weekly grocery bag for impoverished populations even before the epidemic, but the need is now greater with the high number of job loss. JAKES TREASURE BEACH Jakes Treasure Beach is the first local hotel to offer its 65 rooms for quarantine or isolation purposes for COVID-19 patients. The resort, located in St. Elizabeth, will allow the Ministry of Health & Wellness access to its entire property, which includes hotel rooms and villa accommodation, a gesture owner Jason Henzell said was the “right thing to do.” ILHA 27