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The historic Round Hill hotel and villa resort near Montego Bay in Hopewell, Hanover, Jamaica opened in 1952. It is located on a 100-acre (40 ha) peninsula and has entertained many celebrities and politicians including John F. Kennedy, Ralph Lauren, Paul Newman and Bob Hope.
When the Spanish occupied Jamaica, Montego Bay was an export point for lard, which was obtained from wild hogs in the forests. In many of the early maps of Jamaica, Montego Bay was listed as "Bahia de Manteca" (Lard Bay). The parish was given the name "St. James" in honour of King James II by Sir Thomas Modyford, the island's first English ...
In 1981 Gordon "Butch" Stewart purchased an old hotel (the Bay Roc Hotel) on one of Montego Bay's largest beaches, despite having no hotel experience and opened it as Sandals Montego Bay. [7] In 1984, Sandals launched the Caribbean's first swim-up bar at its Montego Bay Resort in Jamaica. [8]
Grove Hill House, Montego Bay; Harrison House, Montego Bay; Montpelier railway station, Jamaica; No. 1 King Street, Montego Bay; No. 2 Orange Street and No. 6 Corner Lane; Roehampton Great House; Rose Hall Great House; Town House, Montego Bay; Churches, cemeteries & tombs. Salter's Hill Baptist Church – ruin; St. James Parish Church
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Sandals Cay (formerly called Kokomo Island) is part of the privately owned Sandals Royal Caribbean all-inclusive resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica. It is apparent that Sandals resorts has an almost identical island in their Nassau, Bahamas location called the Royal Bahamian. The original name for the island came from the song "Kokomo”.