Apple Leisure Group® subsidiary, AMResorts®, reported its best year ever with 17 new resort management contracts announced over the past 11 months. In 2015, AMResorts added seven destinations to its portfolio.

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in Moon Palace Jamaica Grande’s lobby. Pictured from left to right are Gibran Chapur, Palace Resorts Executive Vice President; Portia Simpson Miller, prime minister of Jamaica and Cecilia Jaber, ambassador of Mexico.

The property has already opened its new Pure Lime Mexican-themed restaurant, and will open a new “pool-view” building in January.

AMResorts has officially opened its first-ever Secrets-branded resort in Costa Rica. The adults-only Secrets Papagayo Costa Rica joined the company portfolio at the end of last month.

Built in 1972, the hotel has been closed for several decades, and has now been taken over by Meliá Hotels International with the challenge of returning it to its former glory.

Several new properties have launched in the past few weeks, even as entrepreneurs announce new projects to come.