New Port Royal facility available for events

Entertainment Minister Olivia Grange said that event organisers should consider the new port facility in Port Royal as a venue for their events.

"We will utilise this facility, in addition to Fort Rocky that we are opening up, so the entire area is now an entertainment zone and will offer facilities that are appropriate [and] suitable, and be able to provide the type of space and the high tech that is necessary to really showcase the talent that we have [in Jamaica]," Grange said.

Gordon Shirley, head of the Port Authority of Jamaica, owners of the port, said the facility can be used for many events.

"There are guests who can use the port for a variety of things, such as weddings, corporate events, and others," he said.

"It's designed with that in mind, so rather than just being a facility that is used on the days that we have cruise ships, we want this to be an entertainment centre as well," Shirley added.