Business View Caribbean - Nov 2014 75
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
Rosewood Little Dix Bay resort hotel
WHAT:
Caribbean beach resort with 95 rooms,
six villas and six vacation homes
WHERE:
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
WEBSITE
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Dix-Bay-Virgin-Gorda
“The way the volcanoes have created some of the is-
lands is simply stunning. You have the quiet waters of
the Caribbean Sea. The temperature is pretty much
steady year-round, and you never have a need for a
jacket down here. It’s not difficult to come up with a
reason to be here.
“We have this nice cache where we’re No. 1 in some
magazines for honeymoons, and in others we’re No. 1
for families. It’s a nice balance that we have to tread.”
Another distinction from other venues: There are no
TVs in the guest rooms and only one on the entire
property – in the activity center – a reality that Sanford
said occasionally leads to a dissatisfied guest, but al-
lows the property as a whole to stay true to a desire to
provide a low-technology respite.
“Once they get past that first night and they realize
they’re not missing a lot, and they’re able to enjoy the
beauty of this island and are able to unplug,” he said,
“it’s usually not a problem.”
The resort will close from Aug. 27 to Oct. 12 for a 2014
improvement project that will include a new paved ser-
vice road with a walking lane, installation of a $1.6
million IT infrastructure/phone system, new beach
chairs and cushions, a new adults-only pool, resurfac-
ing a pair of tennis courts and renovation work on the
property’s three restaurants.
Also tentatively planned for that stretch is the conver-
sion of some existing quad units to one-bedroom units;
but overall, the progress made over the next several
years will far more cosmetic in nature than fundamen-
tal, Sanford said.
“We will have a fresher look and a cleaner look, but
one thing that people have come to appreciate about
Little Dix Bay is that it doesn’t really change a lot,” he
said. “Sometimes the guests will let us know how they
feel. A few years back, we were looking to change the
color of our beach towels, and they let us know how
they felt about that and we didn’t do it.
“People like things the way they are here. So you won’t
see a lot of major changes.”
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
