On September 6th, Hurricane IRMA passed directly over St Barths Island with winds over 180 mph causing widespread damage to roads, power lines, homes, and businesses across the island. Although the restoration of roads and utilities is happening surprisingly fast, many of the island’s 9,700 residents are without power, running water, phone service, and in some cases temporary shelter.

HOTEL UPDATES ST BARTHELEMY | Friday 9.22.2017

Hotels that have confirmed they will open by December 2017:
Les Villages St Jean,
Baie des Anges,
Petit Morne.

Hotels reopening in 2018, dates TBD:
Eden Rock,
Cheval Blanc,
Bartholemew,
Le Toiny,
Christopher,
Villa Marie,
Tom Beach,
Emeraude Plage,
Tropical.

HOTEL UPDATES ST BARTHELEMY | 9.18.2017

Le Barthélemy Hotel and Spa

Thank you all for your thoughts and support.

We are glad to report that all our team is safe after that hurricane Irma hit St Barths.
Important damages were caused to the island unfortunately and to the hotel, but we’ll all work on the next steps as hard as possible.
We will give more information as soon as we can.

Thank you all and see you soon,
The Le Barthélemy’s team

Cheval Blanc St-Barth Isle de France

Following the passage of hurricane Irma on our beautiful island of Saint-Barthélemy, we are relieved to announce that all Cheval Blanc and Taïwana ambassadors are safe and sound. Since the hotel was closed for its annual renovation, no guests were staying with us. We thank you warmly for all your messages of support and comfort, and our thoughts are turning to those who suffer from the damage caused by the hurricane.

Christopher St Barth

Our island may have suffered with one of the most violent hurricanes of the century, St Barth’s beautiful spirit is untouched and we’re so proud to be part of this amazing wave of solidarity and friendship to make the island as beautiful as before.

Our hotel has also suffered and we’re not able to tell you when we will reopen yet, but we’re joining all our strength and arms to make it happen as fast as possible!

✉️ For our guests who have planned a stay with us in the near future, our reservation team will write you back shortly! Thank you for your understanding!

With all our love from beautiful and strong St Barth,
Christopher’s team

Eden Rock – St Barth | St Jean

9/21/2017
CLOSED UNTIL SUMMER 2018

The best things in life are worth waiting for and St Barths 2.0 is underway…

Incredible solidarity has been driving the island during the past few days and services are now mainly restored.The Eden team onsite in St Barths is working hard cleaning up our beloved rock and beach.

Oetker Collection, ER Team and experts are gathering to finalize our reopening plan. We are working on making the Eden shine again as soon as we can, and plan to be hosting you back starting summer 2018.

The Eden Rock Villa Rental Team is also doing an inventory of our villas and so we are looking forwards to be welcoming you in our cozy nests starting December 2017.

Please stay tuned as we keep you posted about the island revitalization.
Thanks for your continuous love and support sent to us from all around the world…

#CaribbeanStrong #WeAreStBarths

9/11/2017

Dear Past and future Guests, Friends and Partners,

From the bottom of our hearts, we would like to thank each and everyone of you for the countless messages of support and encouragement. As for many incomparable men and women who have experienced similar situations, we know that our current pains will also become our greatest strengths. Today, and due to the damages caused by Hurricane Irma the hotel’s reopening – planned for October after its annual closure – is postponed until further notice. We are currently completing a much detailed assessment of all reservations and will be able to start contacting all guests and our travel industry partners in the next week.

Please stay tuned as we keep you posted – à très bientôt!

Le Guanahani St Barth | Grand Cul de Sac

To our dear friends, loyal guests and future Le Guanahani visitors,

We are incredibly thankful for the outpouring of your positive messages of support during the past week. As you all may know, Hurricane Irma has deeply affected our beautiful home of St. Barth. We will be providing updates on our reopening date and our rebuilding efforts next week. We thank you for your patience during this difficult time as we assess the damage, we look forward to welcoming you back to our island paradise. #StBarthStrong

Les Ilets de la Plage | St Jean

9/20/17
Happy to report no further damage from “Maria” .. she just delayed our cleanup & gave everyone a day of rest! All back to work today!

Update…. Melane & her bump are safely in France for some well deserved R&R. At Les Ilets.. to respond to the hundreds of requests… tortoises ok & cats are ok!!!
We’re busy cleaning & clearing & will update further of timescales when we can

Bonjour… as you know, but just to reiterate… all staff safe & well… Les Ilets battered & bruised but still standing!

We are currently in the process of assessing the situation at Les Ilets; once this has been fully completed we will provide further updates. If you are holding a reservation you should have received an email from us or will be imminently, however it is impossible to give a timescale on the repairs at this stage. Our electricity is intermittent so please forgive us if we don’t respond to any messages straight away.. we will in due course

Concerning the situation in general on the island. Firstly we must tell you that St Barths is very sturdy and although there has been widespread damage, the island is far from destroyed and the island stepped quickly into gear to start the recovery process. The authorities have a firm grip on the situation, the port is operational, the airport is operational, electricity has been restored in many parts and the water is back on in 90% of the island. All main roads have been cleared. Even the boulangerie is open…things are moving very fast!

Meanwhile please bear with us and trust that the clear-up process is underway in earnest and our beautiful, beloved island will get back on its feet.

Thank you for your continued support, St Barths is strong!

Hôtel Les Mouettes | Lorient

9/20/2017
CLOSED FOR THE 2017-2018 SEASON
The hotel sustained significant damage and will not be open for the 2017-2018 season. They hope to open by the end of 2018…sooner if repairs go well.

Le Sereno St Barth | Grand Cul de Sac

Dear Friends,

We appreciate all your messages of support. Thankfully our staff are safe and sound. Le Sereno has sustained flooding and some damage due to the strong seas and winds, but all the buildings stood strong. Our thoughts are with everyone in St. Barths and the wider Caribbean, and we know that our beautiful island will pull together to bounce back from this very challenging time for the region.

Hotel Le Toiny St Barth

Dear Friends of Family,

The island of St. Barth and its neighbouring islands of St. Maarten and Anguilla were severely impacted by hurricane Irma.

We are so very grateful for your wonderful expressions of support and concern. This storm hit during a time that the island’s many resorts, including our own, were customarily closed for seasonal upgrades – so it looks like we will have a little more work on our hands now. We are conducting our assessment and will provide a more detailed update soon.

Whilst the damage to the island has been considerable the spirit of its people is strong! Recovery and clean-up plans and activities are already underway. From the bottom of our hearts we thank you and look forward to welcoming you back soon.

#StBarthStrong #SeeYouSoon #ThankYou #LeToiny

Tom Beach Hotel

💙☁️Our Paradise ☁️💙

#Irma just hit us really hard, but nothing that could not be fixed or built again !
Thank you all for the support !

We’ll see you soon at La Plage Restaurant & Tom Beach Hotel

#hurricane #irma #stbarth #laplagestbarth #keepfighting #love #hope #prayforsaintbarth

Thank you to everyone who has made a donation in the first days of the campaign. We have purchased chain saws, generators, sat phones, protein bars, and related gear. First shipment arrived via Tradewind relief flight last Tuesday. More supplies are being flown down. We are meeting with government employees based at the airport organizing the rebuilding effort to determine what supplies to buy next, and how best to distribute them.

Thanks to Tradewind Aviation and WIMCO Villas for their enthusiastic support.

September 12, 2017 Hurricane Irma Updates St Barthelemy

Basic necessities and food for infants and young children are available at the dispensary.

The Saur will distribute water in different quarters of the island.

LA company opens its workshop to sharpen chain saws in Lorient, near the nursery.

Good news! Some of the local bakeries have resumed on the island, you can find bread at La Petite Colombe: Open Colombier, Lorient
Boulangerie Choisy bakery: Open in Gustavia and Lorient.

Scheduled passenger flights resume at St. Barths airport

September 11, 2017 Hurricane Irma Updates St Barthelemy

25 Quarter restaurant and bar in Gustavia will reopen tonight and be serving drinks!

Bistro Josephine in Gustavia opening for limited service
11am to 3pm and from 6pm to 10pm. Within the limits of available stocks and supplies.

Electricity restored at WIMCO offices, Marche U, and Mayas To Go. Internet is now up at these locations as well.
Electricity restored in Gustavia and Saint Jean Roadways are operational

Garbage: Normal garbage collection will resume. Plant debris must be deposited in Saint-Jean, in front of the airport, and the other debris type plate in Saline, at the old site of Batibart.

Telephone network, internet: The wi-fi points will be multiplied, including a full coverage of Cul de Sac. As for the telephone network, all Orange equipment and technical teams are there or about to arrive. A gradual return to normal is announced by the end of next week.

Water production is underway

September 10, 2017 Hurricane Irma Updates St Barthelemy

St. Barth Collectivite (government) issues the following updates:

The distribution of petrol with a 20 euro ration per vehicle will resume in the next two days.

The port of commerce will reopen on Monday 11 September. General Resupply, including food, will be effective.

Food, Water: The Super U store in Saint-Jean is due to reopen this afternoon. The ships loaded with goods will start arriving today

EDF generators are operational, power will be distributed on a cattier by cattier basis as soon as lines are repaired. Working in parts of Gustavia now for hospital and govt offices. Public next

More information at – facebook.com/comstbarth