State-owned Evolving Technologies and Enterprise Development Company Limited (eTeCK) has confirmed that negotiations over the future of the Hilton Trinidad & Conference Centre are in their final stages, seeking to reassure employees, guests and the wider public that the hotel is not slated for permanent closure.<\/p>\n
The statement follows months of public speculation after reports emerged earlier this year that Hilton International Trinidad Limited was considering ending its long-standing management arrangement with the State-owned hotel. The uncertainty stemmed from the expiration of the original 20-year lease agreement in 2023, with the parties continuing discussions on a new long-term operating arrangement.<\/p>\n
In its release on Tuesday, eTeCK said the negotiations were inherited by the current Board and Management after the lease expired and have since been advanced through what it described as a rigorous and deliberate process on behalf of the people of Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n
The company stressed that negotiations remain “active and constructive” and emphasized that neither eTeCK nor the Government has made any decision to permanently discontinue operations at the Hilton Trinidad & Conference Centre.<\/p>\n
eTeCK also clarified that all employees at the hotel remain employees of Hilton International Trinidad Limited, which continues to be responsible for meeting its employment obligations.<\/p>\n
The Hilton Trinidad is owned by the State through eTeCK but has been operated for more than two decades by Hilton International Trinidad Limited under a lease operatorship agreement. That agreement expired in 2023 and has since been extended while both sides negotiate a long-term solution.<\/p>\n
Tuesday’s statement is intended to reassure hotel workers, suppliers, guests and the public that discussions are progressing and that efforts remain focused on securing a sustainable future for one of Trinidad and Tobago’s best-known hospitality and conference facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
eTeCK says Hilton negotiations continue as Government works toward securing the hotel’s long-term future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-trinidad-and-tobago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}