I'ts Therapedic for Bahía Principé

Janet Silvera' Hospitality Jamaica Coordinator

The island's newest resort, the 734-room Bahía Principé, which will welcome its first group of guests during the third week of December, has awarded a $20 million contract to Jamaica's Therapedic Caribbean.

Therapedic has been contracted to supply their revolutionary 'Dream Suite' Pillow-top sleep system, pillows and polyurethane foam, for phase one of their three-phased project, says Aswad Morgan, group marketing director of the company.

Aswad Morgan, director of marketing, Therapedic Caribbean.

"We are quite proud that we were awarded this very sizeable contract. An organisation the size of The Piñero Group with big supply chain relationships, having developed many large scale hotels all over the world, has selected our company in this global marketplace that is fiercely competitive. We had to come good," boasted Mr. Morgan.

Commending Bahía Principé for their commitment to buying Jamaican, he said when he first met with personnel from the hotel, they expressed interest in quality products of the highest standards, "nothing less, they were obviously quite impressed with our products and pricing and awarded us the contract."

deliveries

He noted that his company had completed the deliveries within the timeframe given by Piñero, without any hitches or problems.

Recognising the importance of selflessness, Mr. Morgan told Hospitality Jamaica that years ago, Therapedic Caribbean made a decision that its standard of work would represent quality manufacturers in the country.

Formed in 1984, Therapedic through a licensing agreement with Therapedic International, boast the reputation of being among the top five largest bedding manufacturers in the world. For about 22 years, Therapedic Caribbean has been producing sleep systems of the highest quality and international standards to various sectors including hotels, furniture retail stores, hospitals and other institutions.

contributed - Ean Garwood of Therapedic Caribbean puts the final touch on a mattress at the Naggo Head factory.

Since it started supplying the local bedding market, its primary focus has been on the furniture retail stores and the hotel industry.

The beds are manufactured at the company's 40,000 square-foot factory at Naggo Head, Portmore in St. Catherine.

quilting machine

The company said it recently invested in a Tack 'n' Jump quilting machine which is considered the most modern machine in its class used to quilt non-continuous patterns that cannot be matched by any of its competitors locally. The machine allows them to quilt very thick layers of comforting materials for mattresses.

Noting that most bedding manufacturers shy away from such a major investment and opt to outsource by importing quilted fabric, Therapedic Caribbean said it has chosen not to do so and now boasts three ultra-modern, high-tech quilting machines. "This guarantees us a very high level of output and flexibility to serve the growing needs of our customers and the bedding market," said the marketing director.

He said their greatest pride is quality and innovation. "We are the only producers of fully adjustable massage beds, the new NASA space-aged visco-elastic memory foam sleep systems. We also incorporate our patented, award winning, Triple Edge spring support system in a number of our product lines."

Therapedic has supplied a number of Jamaican hotels, including RIU-Tropical Bay, SuperClubs, Royal Decameron, Jamaica Pegasus, Hilton Kingston, Half Moon Sunset Jamaica Grande and a number of medium to small hotels islandwide.

Therapedic is a member of the Morgans Group which comprises Morgans Industries, Polyflex Foam Limited. Jumbolon Jamaica Limited - all manufacturing companies involved in supplying both local and export markets in the USA, Caribbean and South America. The Morgans Group was founded in 1974 by Kenneth and Joycelin Morgan and currently employs some 120 workers.