Marriott Site Showing Storm Damaged Caribbean Properties
Oct 29, 2017, 5:38 pm
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Marriott Site Showing Storm Damaged Caribbean Properties
Oct 30, 2017, 9:35 am
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This site only covers properties damaged by Irma or Maria.
It doesn't cover properties damaged by Harvey (in Texas) and it doesn't cover fire damaged properties such as in Northern California.
That's because it's not a site covering all damaged properties everywhere. It's a site about a particular region.
It doesn't cover properties damaged by Harvey (in Texas) and it doesn't cover fire damaged properties such as in Northern California.
That's because it's not a site covering all damaged properties everywhere. It's a site about a particular region.
Oct 30, 2017, 9:42 am
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Correct. I should have said Caribbean properties.
Can a mod update the thread title?
Can a mod update the thread title?
Oct 30, 2017, 11:57 am
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I can't image what the damage must be like if some of these properties aren't going to reopen until late 2018
Oct 30, 2017, 12:03 pm
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As well as the optics and repercussions of doing a bad deal like Puerto Rico's power infrastructure contract, what was taking a while just took even longer.
David
Oct 30, 2017, 12:46 pm
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Thanks for posting!
Wonder what the difference is between closed for reservations and closed for new reservations means. Are the properties partially open?
Wonder what the difference is between closed for reservations and closed for new reservations means. Are the properties partially open?
Oct 30, 2017, 7:43 pm
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I would be very surprised if the hotels on St. Croix and St. Thomas actually open on schedule because of the significant delays in getting supplies and qualified workers. Additionally, there has been a large exodus of many locals. I read that over 5,000 Virgin Islanders (out of a population of 100,000) have left for the mainland.
Oct 31, 2017, 11:54 am
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From a limited data point, I question the accuracy of this list. Mainsale's Scrub Island property will not be open before July or August of 2018.
Oct 31, 2017, 4:44 pm
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I would be very surprised if the hotels on St. Croix and St. Thomas actually open on schedule because of the significant delays in getting supplies and qualified workers. Additionally, there has been a large exodus of many locals. I read that over 5,000 Virgin Islanders (out of a population of 100,000) have left for the mainland.
Oct 31, 2017, 5:57 pm
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Frenchman's Reef and the Ritz on St. Thomas match what I've heard... the Reef sustained significant structural damage to multiple structures. The old harbor wing basically has to be rebuilt.
Frenchman's Cove, the timeshare, is not accepting new reservations until Feb 2018, although they are hoping to open for existing reservations by Christmas week this year.
Frenchman's Cove, the timeshare, is not accepting new reservations until Feb 2018, although they are hoping to open for existing reservations by Christmas week this year.
Nov 1, 2017, 7:25 am
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All the properties on St. Thomas needed renovations. Hopefully they will use this time not only to repair the properties, but upgrade them too.
I feel for all the people impacted by the storms. Just look at Freeport Bahamas if you want to see what the long term damage can be. Frances and Jeanne permanently crippled the island.
I feel for all the people impacted by the storms. Just look at Freeport Bahamas if you want to see what the long term damage can be. Frances and Jeanne permanently crippled the island.
Nov 2, 2017, 5:06 am
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That's true. Having lived on St Thomas I can tell you that there were many buildings, commercial and residential, between Havensight and the Ritz-Carlton in Red Hook that looked bombed out. They were never rebuilt after Marilyn and Hugo.