OYSTER BAY–After nine months of reconstruction and remodelling due to Hurricane Irma, Oyster Bay Beach Resort (OBBR) officially reopened June 1 with close to half of its accommodations and all of the amenities online.
The remainder of the resort is expected to be complete by year’s end. As rooms are completed, they will be available to guests.
The resort has been taking reservations since February 22. Most of the more-than-80 available rooms were filled on opening – mostly by timeshare owners and Interval International members. There is still availability for the next several months, but the summer and fall seasons are filling up quickly and the resort advises future guests and owners to make reservations early, according to the resort.
“In most cases there’s completely new furniture, bedding and drapes, artwork and appliances,” said OBBR General Manager Ricardo Perez. “The rooms have also been fitted with new upgraded windows and doors throughout.”
All of the amenities of the resort have been re-constructed (and in many cases improved), including the resort’s signature ocean-front Infinity Pool. The pool has been upgraded with a new pool deck and water features.
There are also a completely redesigned and refurbished lobby, gym (with new fitness equipment), guest laundry (with new washers and dryers), bodega and spa. The spa has been renamed The St. Maarten Nectar Wellness Spa at Oyster Bay Beach Resort. The Infinity Restaurant is open daily 7:30am to 10:00pm.
The first rooms renovated were in the ocean-front Mainsail building, several ocean-front buildings, and buildings located along Oyster Bay Marina. All available rooms have either ocean or Marina views. The Mainsail penthouses are also open.
The OBBR staff provided a special welcome in the newly-renovated lobby as the first guests checked in. They received welcome gifts, hugs and kisses from almost everyone.
“Our staff, including Ricardo Perez, Mientje Brown, Lorenzo Bryan, Anju Snow, Mitch
Mardenborough, Adil Benjamin, Ursula Illis and Cindy Clarke, as well as many of the contractors worked day and night for this opening. They’re all heroes to us,” said Pearl Development Managing Director Mike Dolente. Pearl Development is the developer of OBBR and is located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
The resort is planning a grand reopening celebration later this year, once most of the construction is completed and when more of the owners can attend. Almost all of the construction work and finishings were performed by highly skilled island contractors.
Dolente said his company was especially pleased with contractors Simon and Skeith Warrington, Remy Bernard, Bert Lamerigts of Electec, and Windward Roads Infrastructure.
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/77433-oyster-bay-resort-reopens-after-repairs-remodelling
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