Don’t fear ‘Butch’

Veteran Caribbean hotelier and former recipient of the Caribbean Hotelier Of The Year Award, Sir Royston Hopkins, has warned Barbadian colleagues of the consequences of failing to embrace Sandals Resorts.
Speaking to the WEEKEND NATION just hours ahead of attending and speaking at the official opening of the latest property in the Sandals chain, Sandals La Source in Grenada, earlier this week, Sir Royston noted Barbados stood to gain immensely from the entry of the world-famous brand.
Sir Royston owns and operates Spice Island Beach Resort in Grenada, a 60-room luxury boutique hotel that commands rates that rival Barbados’ best known tourism property internationally, the five diamond Sandy Lane Hotel.
“Anyone who speaks in a negative way about Sandals coming into their country has to be insecure, because Sandals is the leading Caribbean brand.
It is the most recognised and biggest individual hotel company owned by an individual, so nobody has more recognition worldwide as a brand than Gordon “Butch” Stewart – he is the don, he is the leader in the Caribbean and his is the biggest privately owned hotel company in the world.  (RRM)