Update from Sunwing and Great Bay Resort:
"As you may or may not know, the Sunwing Travel Group owns a hotel company called Blue Diamond Resorts, based in Barbados, which operates over 15,000 rooms throughout the Caribbean (
www.bluediamondresorts.com). Within our hotel operations we have seven different brands which offer different experiences and levels of quality. I am happy to advise that we have picked our newest and most vibrant luxury brand, Planet Hollywood (
www.planethollywoodhotels.com ) , to be the flag on the new hotel in Sint Maarten. We believe that this brand will allow us to achieve a higher daily rate and bring a level of cache to SXM which will be required in order to jump start the destination. The hotel will feature the following:
- 450 rooms (depending on whether we get the permits for the increased height)
- 5 restaurants including a burger joint from the famous TV personality, Guy Fieri
- 20,000 sq ft Casino
- A Planet Hollywood Beach Club on the adjacent land.
- A world class spa
And much more"