June 7, 2013

NEW YORK CITY, New York – During Travel Agent’s ongoing coverage of the annual Caribbean Week events, we sat down with Mark Anthony Graham Brantley, Nevis’ newly elected tourism minister, and learned that the sister island to St. Kitts is looking to add Aman Resorts to its portfolio of luxury boutique resorts.

Brantley told us that although “there are still some small matters that need to be finalized,” the plans call for a roughly 40-room resort to be built on the opposite side of the island of the Four Seasons Nevis, currently the island’s most popular luxury resort. The Aman Resort would be located roughly 15 miles away and will also include an array of villas as well as a new golf course.

“We really think this is a great fit for the destination,” he says “If you know Aman, then you know they usually like to pick these off-the-beaten path destinations and Nevis is exactly that in the Caribbean.”

Press Release of February 6th which confirmed Mark Brantley’s call to me about the Fuel Storage Terminal. The announcement was, in terms; ‘...The Administration cannot continue with the proposed facility…

Within the first week of taking office the new Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory had announced that there would be no fuel storage facility in Nevis.

The Big Island, USA

The chain of islands that comprise Hawaii are all formed by ancient volcanoes of which the big island of Hawai’i is the youngest. Each island is characterized by volcanic summits with lush tropical forests on the windward side, and dry grass like plains on the leeward side, yet each island possesses unique micro landscapes, culture, history and amenities to be explored. Long before Westerners arrived, the Hawaiian people created the ahupua‘a, a land division that ran continuously from the mountain to the sea, mauka to makai. Starting with the fundamental idea of the mauka-makai trails, the resort is organized such that the daily experience of moving to and from the private suites to the public areas [(Dining / Living / Reception, Pool, and Spa)] will occur along a series of streets that are organized to lead you from the uplands down to the sea. This daily ritual of moving down to the sea and back up towards the framed view of the distant volcanic peaks will become a fundamental aspect of the guest experience and will reinforce the ancient and geologic principles of the land, the people and the culture. [Furthermore to reinforce the Hawaiian idea of place, the streets will be paved with basaltic lava stones further accentuating the underlying geologic lines of energy. These pedestrian streets will collect at the heart of Hotel's Pavilion which will serve as a platform to the sea and the horizon and with its northwest orientation, to the commanding views of the Haleakalaa Mountain on the Island of Maui across the Alenuihaha Channel.

Amanresorts interest in managing the proposed hotel and villas

recognise the site as having the natural beauty required for an Amanresort

Regards Adrian Zecha

Banda Neira...I pass through the grounds of the Hotel Maulana...While he was showing me around the old Dutch buildings by the waterfront, my guide pointed out a crumbling colonial relic that has recently been acquired by Adrian Zecha