Tag Archives: Uruguay

A group of Chilean-German investors have shown an interest in taking part in the international tender for the Hotel Casino Carmelo. Members of the group told local news outlet Carmelo Portal that the biggest change that the proposal would have would be to establish a new concept of a “Hybrid Hotel” at the location. The…

The mayor of Maldonado, Enrique Antía, reported that the technical team that will carry out the work on the Cipriani Ocean Resort Residences have submitted the work plan to the Directorate General of Urban Planning. In a press conference, when presenting the budget to the Departmental Board, the official announced that the director of Urban…

The Minister of Tourism, Tabaré Viera has told local press that there is growing interest in the hotel and casino in located in the town of Carmelo. Viera said that there are a number of potential buyers: “There are verbal expressions of interested parties. They have asked, they have requested plans, and others have toured the location.” According…

Members of the political party Partido Nacional in Colonia have approved a resolution that would write off a real estate tax debt generated by the Airemar Corporation. The corporation was in charge of the management of the Hotel Casino Carmelo between 1991 and 2020. The debt with the Municipality of Colonia amounts to 65 million…

Talking with local radio the undersecretary of Tourism, Remo Monzeglio, has criticised the continued delays over the granting of a casino licence in the city of Carmelo located in south-western Uruguay.   Monzeglio described the process thus far as “tragicomic.”    “It has been one obstacle after another,” Monzeglio said, and commented that he had decided…

Work began last week on the property of the former San Rafael hotel, where the new Cipriani Ocean Resort & Club Residences Punta del Este will be built, according to the mayor of Maldonado Enrique Antía. The construction company contracted by the Cipriani Group began to build the wall that surrounds the land where the excavations…

The Secretary of the Presidency of Uruguay has announced the construction of a new US$22m hotel and casino in the city of Paysandú.  The venture, funded by Argentine investors, is scheduled to open next year. The announcement was made by the Secretary of the Presidency of Uruguay, Álvaro Delgado, together with the mayor of Paysandú,…

Locals living near the proposed site for the new Cipriani hotel and casino in Punta del Este are moving against the project and want it blocked. The development located in the San Rafael area has a period of 180 days for building work to begin.  Locals have made their displeasure known via  worldwide non-profit petition website Change.org…

After several legislators requested an extension of the evaluation term of the project on online gambling, the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay has postponed the vote on its online gambling bill. According to the deputy Álvaro Viviano, president of the Deputies Finance Commission, the project will be halted so that the bill will be evaluated…