I just executed a hotel management agreement with The West Paces Hotel Group about an hour ago. We’ve been working with them for the last several months, and signed an LOI back in November. But it isn’t til now that we could really make the information public.

This is very exciting for us. Why we’re so excited might not be obvious to people who aren’t in the hotel industry, and I’m sure that not many of you have heard of West Paces. But the general public is beginning to hear about their two up-and-coming brands, Capella and Solis. And a careful look at the Wikipedia entry for Ritz-Carlton reveals the caliber and pedigree of the people who will be managing the Resort at Isla Palenque.

Both Amble and West Paces believe that it is best to keep The Resort at Isla Palenque as an independent hotel: the island itself and our mission for its development are too unique to fit into any existing brand. But the same sense of personalized service and expertise that West Paces brings to their brands and other managed hotels will be brought to Isla Palenque, ensuring a level of quality that, quite frankly, no other resort in Panama can boast. So yeah, we’re pretty excited.

More information will come over the next couple of weeks about what this means for the resort, our hotel guests, and our homeowners. But I thought that those dedicated souls who are reading our blog might appreciate the inside scoop before it really becomes public…