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Re: Is Club Orient Resort Gone for good?
[Re: sxmmartini]
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07/16/2019 06:59 PM
07/16/2019 06:59 PM
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ruralcarrier
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IMHO It was a bad idea bringing back the beach chairs, umbrellas, Perch Lite, Billboard club orient sign, raft etc. Club orient resort was known around the world as a clothing optional beach and tourist destination. If Cedrick and other former employees did not bring back the most popular tourist destination in the Caribbean maybe the SXM French Government would not have let it go to ruins after Irma. I thought you personally were happy with how things were going at what once was Club Orient.
J.D.
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Re: Is Club Orient Resort Gone for good?
[Re: sxmmartini]
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07/17/2019 09:37 AM
07/17/2019 09:37 AM
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Having spent more than 75+ nights on the Island since 2008 (which is nothing compared to many on this forum!), we have only spent 2 nights at Club O and probably 60+ on the beach at Club O. It was wonderful to return just a few weeks ago and I loved that the "spirit" of Club O beach is very much the alive and well! We made lots of new friends and on some days couldn't even find a chair on the "front" row. It's a great thing for the recovery of SXM to see how many long time Club O resort patrons have returned and are bringing tourism dollars to other rental properties, restaurants, etc. In fact, I have never seen the Village so crowded and happening in all of our years staying there. I think the red tape of the Co-pro, owners etc., would halt rebuilding regardless of whether or not there are chairs to rent and drinks to buy @ the Perch Lite. While I would LOVE to see Club O rebuilt - in the interim, I say Kudos to Cedrick for maintaining the best (imho) part of Orient Beach!
Last edited by bethy2120; 07/17/2019 10:41 AM.
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Re: Is Club Orient Resort Gone for good?
[Re: Tonythepilot]
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07/17/2019 09:38 AM
07/17/2019 09:38 AM
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Yes, the owners continue to have their annual meetings (this year's was in June and actually occurred on the island). There are also regular communications amongst them. Legal proceedings are still slowly winding through the courts. Unfortunately until that process runs its course, or the hold outs stop being [censored; this is a family friendly website! ] rebuilding is likely to remain on hold. Entirely, 100% my opinion; the government could and should get involved; Club O was one of the biggest employers on the island. It is really unfair for such a small group of hold-outs to keep all those people unemployed.
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Re: Is Club Orient Resort Gone for good?
[Re: jenniboston]
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07/17/2019 09:51 AM
07/17/2019 09:51 AM
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Jenni--realistically, IS there anything that government could do in this situation? Anyone that follows my posts knows that I regularly pound the French side for things they should be doing, or should be doing FASTER, but I wonder what the government could do, even if they wanted to?
Carol Hill
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Re: Is Club Orient Resort Gone for good?
[Re: jenniboston]
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07/17/2019 11:01 AM
07/17/2019 11:01 AM
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Yes, the owners continue to have their annual meetings (this year's was in June and actually occurred on the island). There are also regular communications amongst them. Legal proceedings are still slowly winding through the courts. Unfortunately until that process runs its course, or the hold outs stop being [censored; this is a family friendly website! ] rebuilding is likely to remain on hold. Good to know, however doesn't the insurance payout have a time constraint? For our condo at Les Balcons, we filed our claim in April 2018. The insurance provided us with 70% of our claim and we have to finish repairs and provide receipts by April 2020, or loose the other 30%.
--ChiTownHarry
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