Robert De Niro, Nobu Matsuhisa, James Packer to restore Caribbean resort

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The Nobu Hotel and Restaurant ribbon-cutting opening with chef Nobu Matsuhisa and business partner and actor Robert De Niro in Caesars Palace on Saturday, Feb. 2,2013.

By Robin Leach (contact)

Monday, Dec. 1, 2014 | 5:04 p.m.

Restaurant and hotel partners Robert De Niro and Nobu Matsuhisa from Caesars Palace have teamed up with Australian multimillionaire mogul James Packer to take over the 11-year abandoned K Club on the twin island of Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean.

In a $250 million deal, the resort once owned by Italian fashion designer Krizia will be restored to its former glory when Princess Diana used to visit with her young sons Princes William and Harry.

When I lived on nearby Jumby Bay in Antigua, I often visited. It was a super-luxurious, beautiful dream resort. Although now rundown, there has been no vandalism. Its on one of the most beautiful stretches of sand in the world named Lady Diana Beach.

New Prime Minister Gaston Browne was so pleased with Robert and Nobus signed memorandum of agreement over the weekend that he appointed the actor a special economic envoy to attract even more investment to the Caribbean nation.

Robert is expected to sign the official contracts next month, with construction for the renovation and expansion underway before this time next year. Sources in Antigua tell me that Robert wants it to be the most environmentally and ecologically friendly resort in the world.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the worlds premier platinum playground.

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