The former Dawn Beach Hotel, which was
destroyed by Hurricane Luis in 1995 and remained a blight on the
landscape for 10 years, will debut on Dec. 13 as the 317-room
Westin St. Maarten Dawn Beach Resort, Spa and Residences, following
a $120 million, multi-year development project.
The facility
consists of 311 guest rooms, six suites and 99 three-bedroom,
private condominium residences, which may increase by another 30
two-bedroom residences in the future.
Already a number
of residences have been purchased at prices that range from
$895,000 to $2 million, according to Columbia Sussex, the
Kentucky-based owner/developer/operator and management
company.
Columbia Sussex
has 85 hotels and seven casinos worldwide.
Westin is flying
its flag under a license agreement with Columbia Sussex. The Westin
St. Maarten is the first residence resort property on the
island.
Hotel facilities
include several restaurants, two lounges and a swim-up bar; the
Hibiscus Spa; a casino; retail shops; St. Maarten's largest (to
date) infinity pool; and 20,000 square feet of meetings and
convention facilities.
For details,
visit www.westin.com.
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