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RNS Number : 8928Z  Ceiba Investments Limited  17 January 2024

17 January 2024

CEIBA INVESTMENTS LIMITED

(the "Company")

 

(TICKER CBA, ISIN: GG00BFMDJH11)

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800XGY151JV5B1E88

 

INVESTMENT UPDATE

 

On 14 January 2024, as part of the celebrations of the 510(th) anniversary of
the founding of the UNESCO world heritage site of the city of Trinidad (Cuba),
the Meliá Trinidad Peninsula Hotel was officially inaugurated by Cuba's Prime
Minister Manuel Marrero, the Minister of Tourism Juan Carlos García and
Gabriel Escarrer, the President of Spain's Meliá Hotels International S.A.

 

The 401-room 5-star beach resort hotel is located on prime beachfront property
within easy reach of the historic city of Trinidad, the Valle de los Ingenios
and the natural beauty of the Escambray mountain range.  It is the first
joint venture hotel to be constructed in Cuba in many years.  The Company
provided the majority of the finance for this project and holds a 32.5%
indirect interest in the hotel alongside Cuba's tourism company CUBANACAN S.A.
(50%) and Meliá Hotels International S.A. (17.5%).

 

John Herring, Chairman of the Company commented:

 

"We are very pleased to announce that this marvellous hotel, which was
constructed during the Covid pandemic and experienced many serious headwinds
over the years, has now been officially opened.  Without a doubt, our
investment commitments have resulted in the creation of one of Cuba's best
hotels.

 

We are optimistic on the timeline to recover our investment and we are proud
of our team in Cuba, who played a vital role in completing the project in
difficult circumstances, as well as of our Cuban and Spanish partners for
reaching this important milestone."

 

The Meliá Trinidad Peninsula Hotel is an international 5-star luxury beach
resort hotel situated on a 6-hectare beachfront property, located some 5
kilometres from the city of Trinidad, Cuba.  Constructed over three stories,
it is a state-of-the-art resort featuring numerous swim-up pools, smart
technology, 14 restaurants and bars and a YHI Spa.  A substantial portion of
the energy consumed by the hotel is generated on-site and stored through
extensive combined solar panel and battery pack installations.

 

The total cost of the project was approximately US$79 million, including US$16
million in share capital invested in TosCuba by the shareholders, of which the
Company has an interest of US$5.2 million (32.5%), more than US$11 million in
grants received under the Spanish Cuban Debt Conversion Programme, and US$51.5
million disbursed under a construction finance facility under which the
Company has a US$41million total participation (US$36.125 million in direct
participations and US$4.875 million as part of its 65% interest in Homasi
S.A.).  Debt service in favour of the Company under the construction finance
facility is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2024.

 

For reservations visit
https://www.meliacuba.com/en/destinations/trinidad/hotels/melia-trinidadpeninsula
(https://www.meliacuba.com/en/destinations/trinidad/hotels/melia-trinidadpeninsula)

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 Sebastiaan Berger                                 Via NSM Funds Limited
 Singer Capital Markets                            Tel: +44 (0)20 7496 3000
 James Maxwell / Finn Gordon (Corporate Finance)

James Waterlow (Sales)

 NSM Funds Limited                                 Tel: +44 (0)1481 743030

 www.ceibainvest.com (http://www.ceibainvest.com/)

 END OF ANNOUNCEMENT

 

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