The restaurant had already shut down even before the hotel closed, serving drinks and snacks only. That was around 2002 or 2003. Lack of maintenance doomed the rest of the poolside facilities in the following years after it reverted to multi-family residential. Hurricanes finished the job. Why did the hotel close? Well, that's a very long story that is uniquely French. Suffice it to say that Mont Vernon had such a bad reputation in the hospitality industry that no chain or professional management company wanted anything to do with it. At the end they tried to run it with local talent and they lacked the experience and resources, especially, to succeed.