The hotel is seen as a pivotal scheme in the island’s reconstruction following the devastating earthquake that struck in January 2010.
The 175-bedroom hotel in Port-au-Prince is being financed by mobile phone provider Digicel Group and will be operated by Marriott Hotels & Resorts.
The development will include five suites, a casual restaurant with private dining area, fitness centre, swimming pool and a lobby area with a bar, shops and lounge. The property will also have a ballroom, which will accommodate 380 people for dining and around 500 theatre style.
Design work is under way and Kier already has a core team on site.
The start of the project was recently announced in Haiti with a groundbreaking ceremony, during which Kier Construction managing director Tim Corrigan and regional director Steve Milner were joined by Digicel chairman & founder Denis O’Brien, Marriott International’s president & chief executive, Arne Sorenson; and Minister of Tourism Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin, to put the first shovel into the ground.
Full construction operations will begin in March with completion due in December 2014.
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