Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer

Dyer

WESTERN BUREAU:

Montego Bay hotelier Godfrey Dyer has sold his landmark resort, the 60-room beachfront European Plan (EP) Wexford Court Hotel, after 29 years of ownership.

The property, which was built in April 1977 and is located on the prime Gloucester Avenue 'Hip Strip,' was sold to a Jamaican businessman who is based in Florida, for an undisclosed sum. The new owners will take full possession within two months, Mr. Dyer confirmed to The Sunday Gleaner.

The illustrious hotelier, who has served twice as president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association said he made the decision to take life easier after he was severely burnt in an explosion at the Sea Castles Hotel in July 2005. He spent over four months in hospital, most of the time in intensive care.

"It was then that I decided to change my lifestyle. I started looking at life differently," stating that he did not go out looking for buyers for his property.

Dyer almost lost the hotel between 1999 and 2001, when the National Commercial Bank placed the property in receivership. However, after three years of legal wrangling the matter was eventually settled out of court.