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    1. Patvsq on

      All of these are made by Jen Prevel and her husband. They are posted on her Facebook (and in the Facebook group: „Old Photos of Malta“).

      There any many more photos, she even found the hair salon deep inside the building.

      Jerma Palace Hotel, Marsascala opened in 1982 and closed in 2007. Can anyone confirm it’s true it was named after Muammar Gaddafi’s form of government „Jamahiriya“??

    3. skrglywtts on

      In the late 90s, it started getting old and in need of extensive refurbishment. At the same time, new hotels were sprouting in and around St Julian’s including the Corinthia St George and the Radisson, aimed at the same target market.

      At the same time, Government was marketing Sliema and St Julian’s as the primary tourist area, with Bugibba, Qawra and St. Paul’s bay as the second tier area.

      This placed Jerma off the tourist map, especially the distance to everywhere.

      I am almost certain that the Libyan govt. was involved, but Jerma is a type of boat as opposed to Gemgha (from Jamaharija) that means gathering. (Jerma can also mean crime/felony in Arabic, but I don’t think that was the intention).

    4. austin_mini75 on

      Used to work there that last pic in the restaurant bought back some nice memories 

    6. Boring-Stranger2305 on

      This should never have been built there in such a prominent location. It’s vile how it dwarfs the San Tumas tower. The remaining ruin should be knocked down ASAP replacing it with a public garden (sure place a kiosk whatever…). The same should be done with the White Rocks complex. Knock it down and forget that it was ever built.

    7. mynameisnotsparta on

      Money laundering for sure and sketchy things went on.

      The hotel property and what they are doing is up in the air for now.

      Last info was 2023: *The Shift has confirmed that J Portelli Projects is in informal talks with the Planning Authority and that the Authority has requested a downsizing of the proposed development for a better chance of approval. The current publicly available proposal for the site, PA/437/23, would see the demolition of the abandoned Jerma Hotel and the construction of a “mixed-use resort” with two eight-storey blocks with 155 residential units, 258 serviced apartments, a 134-room hotel and a shopping centre.*

      It is also listed on ATLAS OBSCURA which is wild. [https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/jerma-palace-hotel-malta](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/jerma-palace-hotel-malta)

      *The Jerma Palace Hotel in Malta was built by the Libyan Foreign Investment Company (Lafico) to help the island in employment and tourism, through the close personal friendship of Prime Minister Dom Mintoff and President Muammar Gaddafi.*

      * **Construction and Ownership:**The hotel was built by Lafico, a Libyan state company, and leased and operated by the Corinthia Group.
      * **Purpose:**The hotel’s construction was intended to boost Malta’s employment and tourism sectors, facilitated by the strong relationship between Malta’s Prime Minister Dom Mintoff and Libya’s President Muammar Gaddafi.
      * **Leasing and Operation:**Corinthia Group was entrusted with operating the hotel, paying leasing fees to Lafico.
      * **Sale:**The hotel was sold for €18.6 million in July 2008 to Jefpet Limited.
      * **Land Purchase:** Jefpet Limited also purchased more parcels of land from Santumas Shareholdings plc for almost €3.8 million, bringing the total paid for the Jerma site to €22.4 million.

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