tim
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Here's the challenge - list the island's deceased hotels in chronological order of their demise. The bodies are fairly well documented in the Hotel Closing thread, but I have two thoughts to add. My first is that the Carl Gustaf is not dead but merely in surgery. I've witnessed the reconstruction effort and feel sure that patient will recover. My other thought is that Autour du Rocher should probably be added to our list, but I know very little about it. Perhaps that should be our grand prize for the contest, a week at Autour du Rocher.... :-)
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tim
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Okay, Tim, since no one else will bite, I'll give it a try -
Francois Plantation
Christopher Hotel
St. Barth Beach Hotel
Le Manoir de Marie
Filao Beach
L'Hibiscus
Marigot Bay Club
Sea Horse
Les Castelets
Hotel Baie des Flamands
PLM Jean Bart Hotel
Autour du Rocher
How'd I do? Some of them are pure guesses.
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KevinS
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Tim,
I would move Marigot Bay Club up one notch.
I'm not sure which order L'Hibiscus and Seahorse should be in, but I think that L'Hibiscus may have closed first. L'Hibiscus was Le Clocher in '94, and I don't believe it was operating as a hotel.
Likewise I'm not sure in which order Autour and the PLM closed.
Edited by KevinS (06/30/08 08:39 PM)
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andynap
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QUOTE:" Okay, Tim, since no one else will bite, I'll give it a try "
LOL
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Mike R
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Hibiscus closed before Sea Horse...barely.....PLM closed before Autour I believe
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JEK
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Quote:
Okay, Tim, since no one else will bite, I'll give it a try -
Francois Plantation
Christopher Hotel
St. Barth Beach Hotel
Le Manoir de Marie
Filao Beach
L'Hibiscus
Marigot Bay Club
Sea Horse
Les Castelets
Hotel Baie des Flamands
PLM Jean Bart Hotel
Autour du Rocher
How'd I do? Some of them are pure guesses.
Mon Ami,
This may be too esoteric a quizz for this crowd, with a few notable exceptions. Now, another question: who has stayed in the most number of these august establishments?
I can claim only 2, even though I remember each of them.
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Mike R
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Mike R
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oh wait....2
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georgedp
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KevinS
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Voosh
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0 - perennial villa addiction.
I believe "Costliet" closed before Baie des Flamands.
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tim
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Here's a revision with the previous suggestions except for the last from Voosh. Voosh, are you confident about the order of Castelets and Baie des Flamands? I have no knowledge other than I've always heard they were both destroyed in Hurricane Luis in '95.
Francois Plantation
Christopher Hotel
St. Barth Beach Hotel
Le Manoir de Marie
Filao Beach
Marigot Bay Club
L'Hibiscus
Sea Horse
Les Castelets
Hotel Baie des Flamands
Autour du Rocher
PLM Jean Bart Hotel
FWIW, I've only stayed in two hotels on St. Barth, both of which are on the above list of the deceased.
Edited by tim (07/01/08 06:00 PM)
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