Villa Miločer will welcome its first guests on May 22nd, while the city hotel “Sveti Stefan” will open on July 1st.
This was confirmed to "Vijesti" by the Adriatic properties company, which manages the elite hotel complex "Sveti Stefan - Miločer".
This will allow the hotel complex to welcome tourists again and return to the tourism market after a full five years of closure.
As they told "Vijesti", Villa Miločer is sold out for this summer, while the city hotel "Sveti Stefan" is currently first on the list of most sought-after hotels within the "Aman Group".
The Government of Montenegro has adopted a proposal for settlement terms with the tenant "Adriatic Properties" in order to avoid possible damages exceeding 100 million euros and enable the reopening of the complex.
Although the details of the agreement between the Government and the lessee have not been disclosed, it was unofficially confirmed to "Vijesti" that Villa Miločer will receive its first guests by the end of the week, as well as that four elite beaches from Miločer to Sveti Stefan will also be operational, for which a usage regime similar to the one reached for the summer of 2023 has been agreed.
"The government and the lessee have agreed that a regime with the following spatial guidelines will be applied to the East and West beaches of Sveti Stefan - on one half of the East beach of Sveti Stefan (which includes beaches 21b and 21c) access will be provided to the public with payment for beach furniture. On the other half of the East beach of Sveti Stefan, access will be free and about ten sets of beach furniture intended for locals will be placed there, which will be able to be used free of charge. Hotels would not use the East beach of Sveti Stefan for their guests. The West beach of Sveti Stefan will be available to all hotel guests, as well as to the public with payment for the use of beach furniture. In addition, on the left side of the West beach of Sveti Stefan, about ten free sets of beach furniture for locals will be placed," Vijesti was told.
When it comes to using Miločer Beach, it was agreed that access will be provided to hotel guests, as well as to the public with payment for beach furniture, and that a certain number of free beach furniture sets will be placed on the left side of Miločer Beach, which will be available to the residents of Sveti Stefan.
The island of Sveti Stefan will be used primarily for hotel guests, while "Aman", in accordance with its standards and at times that do not disturb the peace of hotel guests, will organize visits for a limited number of third parties.
The access to the island (bridge) is public and will be available to citizens and visitors, with the right of “Aman” to limit access to an extent that will ensure the privacy of hotel guests. Regarding the regime of use of the Queen's Beach, the arbitration parties agree that, in order to preserve and respect the standards of “Aman” that require privacy for all hotel guests, a regime may be established on the Queen's Beach that allows exclusive use of the beach by hotel guests, or exclusivity of use of the beach by hotel guests if the lessee of the beach so decides, and only during the bathing season, i.e. from 1. 5. to 31.10. of the year, while for persons who are not hotel guests, the lessee of the beach will prescribe a price list for the use of beach furniture.
The paths leading to and passing by the Queen's Beach, they state, remain public and accessible to all citizens and visitors, in accordance with the legal obligation that passage along a public promenade cannot be restricted, unless otherwise regulated by a special domestic regulation or international agreement.
"In order to protect the privacy of hotel guests, the arbitration parties agree to enable a special regime for the use of the "Lower Path" (between Kraljičine Beach and Aman SPA), through the installation of physical and visual barriers, horticultural plantings and discreet surveillance measures between the pedestrian path and the beach, in order to reduce the possibility of privacy being compromised, but without formally denying the public the right of passage. In the event of a significant violation of the privacy of hotel guests, which the Public Company for Coastal Zone Management records through an official note, in order to achieve exclusivity of use of the swimming area by hotel guests or in the event of special events being held at the location around Kraljičine Beach (receptions, weddings, organized celebrations and the like), the arbitration parties agree that Adriatic may temporarily restrict the public's right of passage with prior notification to the local government body responsible for communal services and the Public Company for Coastal Zone Management," said a source in "Vijesti".
In 2021, the landlord "Sveti Stefan Hotels" filed a lawsuit against the tenant before the Court of Arbitration in London for failure to fulfill contractual obligations, after which it countered with a lawsuit against "Adriatic Properties", demanding 100 million euros in damages from the state of Montenegro.
The closure of “Sveti Stefan” was preceded by an incident in the summer of 2021, when locals broke the fence on Kraljičina plaža, after which the Public Company for Coastal Zone Management ordered its removal and allowed free passage through the park. After that event, the tenant sought guarantees from the state that similar incidents would not be repeated, which, they claim, they did not receive, after which arbitration was initiated.
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