The 2 latest resorts in St Thomas now have new operators, Caribbean Journal has discovered.
Marriott’s Westin Seaside Resort and Spa and Morningstar Buoy Haus Seaside Resort at Frenchman’s Reef in St Thomas have tapped Davidson Hospitality Group as their new operator.
The properties reopened final 12 months following a large-scale renovation after shuttering within the wake of Hurricane Irma in 2017.
The 2 properties mix for 486 rooms and suites, 10 eating places and bars, a spa and round 85,000 sq. toes of assembly area.
Aimbridge Hospitality had been working the resorts. Fortress Funding Group, which owns the motels, didn’t reveal a particular motive for the change.
“We noticed great potential to rebuild and reimagine the properties of Frenchman’s Reef, and after a very transformational $400 million renovation, we’re excited to see these new resorts reestablish their place as an iconic and idyllic Caribbean escape,” stated Tom Pulley, Fortress International Head of Actual Property. “We’re assured that the Davidson Resorts group shares our uncompromising imaginative and prescient and method to delivering an expertise that discriminating vacationers will cherish for a few years to come back.”
Davidson’s portfolio contains 86 motels and resorts, together with 200 eating places throughout the USA, below manufacturers like Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Kimpton and Nobu, amongst others.
The 2 resorts are Davidson’s first within the Caribbean.
“We’re so proud to be stewards of those extraordinary resorts in an unparalleled, vibrant vacation spot,” stated Davidson Hospitality Group Chief Government Officer & President Thom Geshay. “We’re uniquely geared up to drive distinctive efficiency and create worth for our companions whereas additionally delivering enriching visitor experiences by means of the management of Davidson Resorts, which is comprised of among the world’s most revered and celebrated resort veterans that actually perceive the nuances of managing complicated resorts.”
The change comes because the US Virgin Islands has been experiencing a continued tourism increase.
The twin-resort complicated performed host to the current US Virgin Islands Tourism Summit final month.
