PM Lukšić visits Sveti Stefan resort, talks with Aman Resorts President Zecha

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• PM Lukšić welcomes Aman Sveti Stefan’s “first class quality” offer and global promotion of Montenegro, commends local people employment by Aman

 • Zecha: Aman was attracted to the beauty of Sveti Stefan, determined to preserve this “important patrimony” of Montenegro; Sveti Stefan “truly unique in the Mediterranean,” Zecha hope it will become “for the next 50 years one of the top resorts in this part of the world”

 Podgorica, Montenegro (2 June 2011) – Prime Minister Igor Lukšić met yesterday at the Aman Sveti Stefan resort with Aman President Adrian Zecha and discussed the outlook for future and Aman Sveti Stefan offer for tourists.

PM Lukšić said he was glad to meet Mr Zecha and witness the “first class quality of offer” Aman Sveti Stefan is providing for tourists. He added that “it is now that we can witness true effects of the vision we shared when we agreed on Aman’s taking over the management of the Sveti Stefan complex.” The investment in Montenegro and its promotion Aman has done globally should serve as an invitation for other investors, and I am hopeful we will soon see such a trend lifting-off, PM Lukšić underscored.

PM Lukšić welcomed the fact that Aman is employing more people and more local work-force, which in his view shows Aman’s awareness and commitment to investing in the well-being of Montenegro. He concluded by saying that his experience from this visit is very positive and that he expects Aman Sveti Stefan to be in full swing very soon.

Mr Zecha underlined that Aman is aware that Sveti Stefan is a “very important patrimony of the country, and frankly speaking what attracted us was the beauty of what was there.” He underlined that Aman believes Sveti Stefan “is truly unique in the Adriatic and the Mediterranean and we hope that it will become for the next 50 years one of the top resorts in this part of the world.”

He explained that the “look” of the objects is “just one half of the equation,” while “the other half is services,” making a comparison that “you can look at it as hardware and software: clearly you need both; it’s not one is more important than the other but it is important you have both.” Mr Zecha voiced optimism in saying: “I am very encouraged and impressed by the quality of the service product potential here from the young people we now brought into the operation and how quickly they have established that service product.”

He explained that for the product to be fully ready it takes time to both build the capacities and to create high quality service, which in his words is the main reason behind Aman’s delay in putting the whole capacity of Sveti Stefan complex on offer to tourists.

Mr Zecha invited journalists to accommodate more of Aman’s views in their reporting, underlining that he entirely supports the freedom of the press even if it is highly critical of his company.