Home-grown talents ignite Hedonism as the entertainment magnet of tourism – Best in nightlife
HOME-GROWN ENTERTAINMENT coordinators have helped to establish Hedonism II in Negril as a dominant force in entertainment, a feat that has also served to leave a lasting and memorable experience with their guests. Renowned as the ‘entertainment magnet’, Hedonism II, located in the western rustic resort town easily won the 2019 RJRGLEANER Hospitality Jamaica Awards for Jamaica’s Best Nightlife, based on its incredible offerings to the island’s tourism industry. According to the hotel’s General Manager, Kevin Levee, the resort has always had a reputation for entertainment overall since 1976, and to win the RJRGLEANER Hospitality Jamaica Award – Best Nightlife is a continuation of the tradition of excellence in the entertainment arena. “It is a great recognition for the resort and the resort team. It is something that we relish, working every day of the year – we are not afraid to tell everybody that we have the best entertainment package in Jamaica,” Levee stated, proud of the hotel’s achievement. This the resort’s second award from the tourism trade publication, having copped the Best in Cuisine Award in 2017. “Our entertainment team is 100 per cent home-grown, we are very proud of that. Over the years of the multitude of talent that exist in Jamaica we have been able to take full advantage of that and continue to expose it in our resort,” he revealed. Levee said Hedonism’s entertainment package includes a nightclub, Piano Bar, along with three major theme nights on a weekly basis. “We do outside parties three nights per week, we do a Glow Pool Party on Tuesday nights; Foam Party on Thursdays, and on Fridays we do a courtyard party – several times throughout the year we bring in international artiste, we just had Barbara Tucker, the Queen of House Music, to enhance the offerings,” said Levee. Adding that the resort boasts a huge canvas, and is not purely competing in Jamaica, Levee noted that he and his team were competing with the rest of the world. “We are very proud of that, which is a testament to our entertainment team led by Winston Bartley,” he said. Cognisant of the fact there were huge expectations from his guests, the resort general manager said visitors expect to see and experience something they can’t experience anywhere else in Jamaica. “In reality, something they can’t experience anywhere else in the world.”