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"