US$500m Royal Westmoreland investment will cement Royal Westmoreland as the largest and best luxury golf resort in the Caribbean

250 new properties and an additional 18 holes of golf as part of US$500m investment will cement Royal Westmoreland as the largest and best luxury golf resort in the Caribbean

To strengthen Royal Westmoreland's position as the premier luxury golf resort in the Caribbean, owner John Morphet is investing US$500m to purchase the neighbouring 250 acre Lancaster sugar cane plantation, on which he will build 250 new properties, 10 acres of luxury retail development and a second 18-hole championship golf course with new clubhouse. As part of this extraordinary investment, he has also purchased the famous Mullins Beach Bar and Suga Suga Spa, which are being completely refurbished to form a stunning new beach club for Royal Westmoreland villa owners and guests.

John Morphet plans to develop the additional 250 acres with stunning new properties, most of which will have golf course and Caribbean views, and has already appointed one of Atlanta's top planning, architecture and landscape firms to carry the project forward. Tunnell-Spangler Walsh and Associates, who were involved in the original development at Royal Westmoreland, will plan the next phase of development, maintaining Royal Westmoreland's reputation for an expansive resort layout featuring designs sympathetic to Bajan tradition, without resorting to pastiche.

Royal Westmoreland will also be the first resort in the world to feature golf by both legendary course design brothers Robert Trent Jones Jnr. and Rees Jones. The second 18 is being designed to be as spectacular as the first, and Rees Jones knows it will be tough to better his brother's work – but is determined to do exactly that.

"It is quite simple, really," said John Morphet. "Royal Westmoreland is the premier golf resort in the Caribbean and I intend it to stay that way. 36 of the best holes of golf in the world, our own beach club, bar and spa and another 250 acres on which to build luxury villas will ensure the matter stays beyond doubt for years to come."

Bill Tunnell, Principal-in-charge at Tunnell-Spangler, with over thirty years of professional experience in planning and architecture, has designed residential, commercial and golf projects in fourteen US states, Europe and the Caribbean.

"To renew the relationship with Royal Westmoreland is a fantastic opportunity," he said. "Our knowledge of the estate will enable us to plan and design the next phase to the exacting standards required at Royal Westmoreland and we are very much looking forward to working with Rees Jones on the development of the second 18-hole Championship golf course."

Royal Westmoreland, known as one of the most exclusive golf locations in the world, is already a popular destination amongst some of the great sporting icons of our time. Successful Ryder Cup Golf Captain Ian Woosnam, soccer star Gary Lineker, and Ashes cricketing heroes Michael Vaughan and Andrew Flintoff, plus many well known "Captains of Industry" from the UK, Ireland, Canada and the USA all own properties on the Estate.