Happy Anniversary Guanahani

JEK

Senior Insider
Our first stay and a repeat for many of our own anniversaries.

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The original name was not Le Guanahani. It was to open as Le _______, but there were issues, the opening was delayed, and the name changed to Le Guanahani.

Can an anyone fill in the blank?
 
Another article from later that year, too long to cut-and-paste the entire thing:

http://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/16/t...ers-look-beyond-the-beach.html?pagewanted=all

"The island has no high-rises and the largest of its 36 hotels, the PLM Jean Bart, has just 50
rooms. However, that will change with the opening, scheduled on Nov. 30, of the new,
80-room Guanahani in Grand Cul de Sac on the north shore. The hotel was supposed to
open last winter as Le Warwick, but the opening was postponed, legal difficulties were
blamed and then a new management was appointed. With the addition of the Guanahani,
the island's total of hotel rooms will go up to about 600. In addition, there are hundreds of
villas and apartments for rent."
 
Another article from later that year, too long to cut-and-paste the entire thing:

http://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/16/t...ers-look-beyond-the-beach.html?pagewanted=all

"The island has no high-rises and the largest of its 36 hotels, the PLM Jean Bart, has just 50
rooms. However, that will change with the opening, scheduled on Nov. 30, of the new,
80-room Guanahani in Grand Cul de Sac on the north shore. The hotel was supposed to
open last winter as Le Warwick, but the opening was postponed, legal difficulties were
blamed and then a new management was appointed. With the addition of the Guanahani,
the island's total of hotel rooms will go up to about 600. In addition, there are hundreds of
villas and apartments for rent."


No mention of transat fees?
 
The original name was not Le Guanahani. It was to open as Le _______, but there were issues
. . . reminds me of a funny story about a Japanese company that bought a bunch of US hotels a number of (probably 30) years ago. With great fanfare -- press conference, all the usual "hand out" materials, etc. -- the hotel group's re-branding was announced with its new name: Anus Hotels. Someone in Japan forgot to check an American dictionary. Today, as a result, we have the re-named "Ana Hotels."
 
Our first stay and a repeat for many of our own anniversaries.

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Although we have never stayed at Le Guanahani, we share a 30th anniversary celebration! Gary and I will spend our 30th wedding anniversary on St. Barth the last week in April with our family! Our first trip to St. Barth was our 10th anniversary and we've never looked back! The island and its people are in our souls....you know how it is.:)

Twenty four days....but who's counting!! (We can't wait!!!!)

Gayle
 
Congratulations, Gayle & Gary . . . glad to read that you've found a special place to celebrate!
 
We too enjoy celebrating our March wedding anniversaries here on island.

Congrats on your 30th!
 
Congratulations, Gayle & Gary . . . glad to read that you've found a special place to celebrate!

Thank you very much for your well wishes, cec1 and Amy! The big celebration dinner will take place at Maya's. Our good friends will be on the island at the same time and will join us too. It's going to be a very memorable trip for sure!
 
We were one of the first guests in 1986. It was our first time to the island and one week, with breakfast and dinner cost $3,000 U.S. dollars.
 
Congrats on your 30th! We celebrated our 30th and few notable others on the island and at the Guanahani!
 
Congrats on your 30th! We celebrated our 30th and few notable others on the island and at the Guanahani!

Thanks so much, JEK! We will be making our way over to the Guanahani while on St. Barth in a few weeks as our friends are staying there. I'll make a toast to us all!
 
Wow. We also spent our first trip here too. Knew nothing about SBH. My job was to plan the honeymoon. The Amex travel agent I worked with suggested SBH and Guanahani. It's been downhill ever since. LOLWe have a bit to go before we hit 30, but maybe we should plan on going back for our 30th.The link JEK provided was real interesting given the other thread going on about development.I liked this quote: "We've been fighting for years to keep St. Barts away from the big developers," he said, "and each year there are attempts to bring casino gambling, discos and other forms of nightlife to the island. The answer is no!"Whatever happened to Mayor Daniel Blanchard?
 
Our first stay on SBH was the Guanahani as well! Surprise trip by Bob. We were in room soixante-seize. Beautiful room. Lovely breakfasts on our terrace. Rained the ENTIRE time. Jimny with bald tires included in our package. Charles Darden was on the piano at night. Saw the banana lady burlesque show nearby. Made our way through the rain to Annie and La Langouste. A real highlight! There was this nude couple (guy had a super hairy back) that we literally ran into at every beach (the four of us were the only lunatics going to the beaches in the rain). So far from an ideal trip yet something clicked. Interestingly we have never stayed at the Guanahani again. We became fans of Francois Plantation and Le Toiny and then it, like many, went the villa route and never looked back. Wow - time flies!
 
These posts bring back a flood of memories. Our first stay in St. Barth was also at the Guanahani--1988. And we repeated it for a few years before discovering the wonders of villa life. We so enjoyed Charles Darden and became good friends with him. We dined at the nearby Marigot Bay Club and, like Kara, went to the show at La Banane. We ran out to Grand Fond and back every day, lingered at the beach under the palm trees, rented mokes, shopped at Jean Yves Frement and Old Alma----and fell in love with the island. In subsequent years, the Guanahani expanded and renovated and changed ownership. Still a lovely hotel and a great choice, especially for first-timers.
 
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