Posted By: Carol_Hill
Mercure hotel is open - 02/24/2018 02:02 PM
Daily Herald linkI was surprised to read also that the owner of the hotel has purchased Layla's and Mai Tai beach. Would be interested in checking out Layla's, since Dreams is gone.
Posted By: BillandElaine
Re: Mercure hotel is open - 02/24/2018 04:59 PM
Layla's is also gone. Seems the hotel has bought the property. There is nothing of Layla's left except kitchen and bathrooms, with no roof. All the trees are gone too. And today there is a bashed up airplane in the middle of the property.
Our favorite place on the island, so terribly sad.
Posted By: wildbill069
Re: Mercure hotel is open - 02/24/2018 05:22 PM
Going to miss Layla's It was a Great Place !!!
I hope you guys have found us a new place as good !!!
Posted By: pat
Re: Mercure hotel is open - 02/24/2018 05:52 PM
Did I understand correctly that Mercure has actually purchased those beaches as well as the Layla and Mai Tai abutting properties? What happened, once again, to all BEACHES being public?
Posted By: BillandElaine
Re: Mercure hotel is open - 02/24/2018 06:05 PM
They CANNOT purchase the beach! Just the property the restaurants were on. All beaches are public.
Posted By: pat
Re: Mercure hotel is open - 02/24/2018 06:43 PM
That’s what I thought but reading the news article I wondered if something had changed, particularly on the French side. Thanks for the clarification.
Posted By: Carol_Hill
Re: Mercure hotel is open - 02/24/2018 06:51 PM
Elaine--I understood from the article that they are going to do lots of upgrades at Layla's.
Posted By: BillandElaine
Re: Mercure hotel is open - 02/24/2018 06:52 PM
Since it's an empty lot, there's only one way to go, up!
Posted By: islandgem
Re: Mercure hotel is open - 02/24/2018 06:57 PM
Mercure is going to open Layla's by Dec 2018 according to the published article. I imagine it will be open to the public like most restaurants owned by hotels. Interesting to see what will actually happen as time progresses. They have been very active in getting the hotel open for tourists again so that is encouraging.
Posted By: BillandElaine
Re: Mercure hotel is open - 02/24/2018 08:37 PM
Took these about a month ago.