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| hotel_name            = Round Hill
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| opening_date          = 1952
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| website               = [http://www.roundhill.com/ www.roundhill.com]
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The historic '''Round Hill''' hotel and villa resort near [[Montego Bay]] in [[Hopewell, Hanover]], [[Jamaica]] opened in 1952. It is located on a {{convert|100|acre|adj=on}} peninsula and has entertained many celebrities and politicians including  [[John F. Kennedy]], [[Ralph Lauren]], [[Paul Newman]] and [[Bob Hope]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} [[Ian Fleming]] was a frequent guest at Round Hill during his time in Jamaica.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
==History==
Round Hill was conceived by [[John Kenneth McKenzie Pringle|John Pringle]] and [[Liz Pringle (Model)|Liz Pringle]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-16 |title=Liz Pringle |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9684303/Liz-Pringle.html |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}</ref> (nee Liz Benn) as a private haven for celebrities. Twenty-nine acres of the estate's land were set aside for the resort. Investors supplied money to build a hotel, and built their own cottages on the site.  Shareholders have included [[Noël Coward]], [[Adele Astaire]], [[Bill Paley]], [[Oscar Hammerstein II|Oscar Hammerstein]], and [[Clive Brook]]. Regular guests included [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Princess Margaret]], [[Grace Kelly]] and [[Clark Gable]]. [[Cole Porter]] regularly sang in the bar. [[Oscar Hammerstein II|Oscar Hammerstein]] wrote The Sound of Music here. [[John F. Kennedy|John]] and [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jackie Kennedy]] spent their honeymoon in Villa 10.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kellett |first=Francisca |date=2017-07-11 |title=Wild Jamaica: Where spies and royals can be at their naughtiest |url=https://www.tatler.com/gallery/history-of-jamaica-in-hollywood-ian-fleming-and-elizabeth-taylor |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Tatler |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Round Hill has been host to the ''Sugar Cane Carnival,'' a fundraising event for a Jamaican charity, for over 50 years.<ref name="HC">{{cite web|url=http://www.roundhilljamaica.com/charities/articles.asp|title=Hanover Charities|date=July 2004|publisher=Round Hill Jamaica|accessdate=2009-10-21|location=[[Montego Bay]], [[Jamaica]]|archive-date=2010-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607034029/http://www.roundhilljamaica.com/charities/articles.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>
==In popular culture==
Scenes from the American movie ''[[How Stella Got Her Groove Back]]'' were filmed in Cottage 11.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
A collection of [[Jonathan Routh]] paintings is on display throughout the property. Jonathan stayed at Round Hill frequently and painted scenes depicting Round Hill.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}}
Scenes from ''[[In Like Flint]]'' starring [[James Coburn]] were filmed at the hotel in the summer of 1966.<ref>Kingston Gleaner July 27, 1966</ref>
Round Hill was featured on the finale of ''[[The Amazing Race 7]]'' with the final three teams finishing the first half of the episode at Villa 16.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gameshownewsnet.com/prime/ar7/|title="5 Continents, 25 Cities and More Than 40,000 Miles - Leg 11" - May 10|work=Game Show Newsnet|accessdate=7 January 2020|archive-date=17 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217134404/http://www.gameshownewsnet.com/prime/ar7/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of hotels in Jamaica]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.roundhill.com/ Round Hill Hotels and Villas Resort]
{{Hotels of Jamaica}}
[[Category:Resorts in Jamaica]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Hanover Parish]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Hanover Parish]]
[[Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1952]]
[[Category:Hotels in Jamaica]]
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