Luxury hotel re-launches show new face of caribbean

Development in the Caribbean tends to move on, well, island time. But this season, snowbirds were buzzing about a handful of dazzling upgrades.

The biggest news is the re-launch of the Four Seasons Resort Nevis, which had been closed for two years following the destruction wrought by Hurricane Omar, which struck the twin island of Nevis and St. Kitts in October 2008. (The faltering economy played a role as well.) Now the resort on a prime stretch of Pinney’s Beach is back with a new design, a new spa director (who has come up with a new range of island-y treatments using rum, sugar cane and papaya) and a new chef, Andreas Donnerbauer, who will scuba dive with certified guests to pluck their supper right from the sea. 

On St. Bart’s, Hotel Guanahani just underwent a six-month renovation from the interior designer Luis Pons and the architect David Schwarz, who added a handful of over-the-top suites, some with their own hammam, outdoor plunge pool, private beach access and personal golf cart to get over to the resort’s restaurants. (The Guanahani sprawls over 16 acres.)

Finally, the latest news from the Turks and Caicos is the transformation of six suites — and by suites, we mean villas — at the Amanyara resort into ultra-private mini-resorts. Each suite now has a private infinity pool (tiled in Spanish slate and measuring 40 by 14 feet, making them some of the largest in the region), along with new shut-the-world-out landscape designs. Throw in Aman’s usual services, like masseurs that come to you and dinner in-suite, and you’ve got your own Caribbean fiefdom. 

Source: New York Times