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Best Sandals Resort in St Lucia

“Which is the best Sandals Resort in St. Lucia?” With three amazing Sandals Resorts to choose from in St Lucia we are often asked this question. Especially since we’ve seen them all!

St. Lucia is one of our favorite Caribbean destinations offering a wealth of history, soft adventure, romantic escapes and some of the most stunning natural beauty of any Caribbean island. We also love that St. Lucia is home to three Sandals Resorts, which means triple the amount of Sandals amenities to enjoy! Each resort has it’s own personality and matching the resort that fits you best ensures the best vacation experience.

Regardless of which Sandals Resort in St Lucia you decide to stay at, you are free to relax and enjoy the best of all the Sandals Resorts in St Lucia.

Sandals Grande St. Lucian

Sandals Grande St. Lucian is located on a peninsula with Rodney Bay on one side and the Atlantic on the other. Clear days offer a peek at neighboring Martinique from this resort. If you love water sports then this resort is perfect, offering water skiing, paddle boarding, diving and snorkeling to name a few options. Non-motorized AND motorized water sports are included in your Sandals Resorts vacation package. If you are a beach lover and you love beach activities then this is the resort is really where you want to be due to the calm waters of Rodney Bay and the resort’s mile long stretch of beach.

Accommodations at Sandals Grande St. Lucian range from swim-out suites, club level rooms with direct views of Rodney Bay, unique Grande Beachfront Rondovals and ultra luxurious, all-inclusive overwater bungalows!

Sandals Grande St. Lucian Key Points To Remember

• Located on a mile of one of the best beaches on St Lucia
• Located on the calm, turquoise waters of Rodney Bay
• Best resort for water sports lovers
• Best resort for beach lovers
• Pidgeon Island National Park is accessible from the resort
• Beachfront category rooms will have views of Rodney Bay
• Oceanfront category rooms will have views of resort and Atlantic
• Has overwater bungalows
• Overwater wedding chapel
• Unique butler Rondoval suites with plunge pools
• Club Level and Butler rooms offer room service
• Great nightlife

Sandals Grande St. Lucian is our choice for the best Sandals in St. Lucia for beach lovers, destination weddings and honeymoons.

Sandals Halcyon

The boutique Sandals Halcyon resort is located exactly 15 minutes away from both Sandals Grande and Sandals Regency La Toc. This is the smallest of the 3 Sandals resorts in St Lucia, but is also the most recently refreshed. In fact the new Paradise Pool at this resort is 600 feet long and meanders throughout the resort!

Accommodations here are in low rise, Caribbean inspired buildings. Butler walk-out rooms offer unparalleled access to the beach and some of the best priced butler rooms on island. The newest butler suites at Sandals Halcyon even offer private pool sanctuaries and a relaxed luxury that you won’t want to leave!

Due to where this resort lies on the Caribbean Sea the water can get rough at times and water sports may be red flagged. Not to worry though, you’ll just transfer on over to Sandals Grande St. Lucian and enjoy protected, calm Rodney Bay those days.

Sandals Halcyon Key Points To Remember

• Intimate, boutique resort
• Personalized service
• Newly refreshed
• Equal distance from the Grande and Regency La Toc
• Lush gardens
• Only butler rooms have room service at this resort
• New butler suites offer private pool sanctuaries
• Authentic creole cuisine at Kelly’s Dockside overwater restaurant
• Water can be rough at times
• Water sports can be red flagged depending on water conditions
• If red flagged then guests will be transferred for water sports
• Best for guests with mobility issues

Sandals Halcyon is our choice for the best Sandals in St. Lucia for guests who prefer lower staff to guest ratios, exceptional service or who have mobility issues.

Sandals Regency La Toc

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Sandals Regency La Toc offers a lush retreat with a lively environment. Pool lovers will enjoy St. Lucia’s largest pool at Sandals Regency La Toc. The resort also has a 9 hole course with complimentary green fees for guests. Caddies are mandatory, but for a nominal fee. Guests staying at the other Sandals Resorts in St Lucia may also enjoy the golf amenities at Regency La Toc.

Dining at Regency La Toc is excellent and we encourage everyone to try the fantastic French cuisine at La Toc restaurant, or the amazing cliffside views and dinner show at Kimonos Teppanyaki restaurant.

Most room categories at this resort have French balconies (French doors that open up, but no balcony extends out). Guests who prefer balconies and patios will want to book a room listed as having a balcony or patio. The rooms perched on the Sunset Bluff are like an exclusive resort within a resort. This section offers a variety of butler accommodation including the ultra luxurious and exclusive Millionaire Suites that offer panoramic, unobstructed views of the Caribbean Sea from your bed, your infinity pool, and your living area. The Sunset Bluff has a pool, a bar, an excellent Italian restaurant. The beach is just a few minutes away via your butler driven golf limo.

Due to where this resort lies on the Caribbean Sea the water can get rough and water sports may red flagged. If that occurs guests will transfer over to Sandals Grande St. Lucian for water sports on protected Rodney Bay.

Sandals Regency La Toc Key Points To Remember

• Lush property built into a hillside
• Largest pool in St Lucia
• Great for walkers and golfers
• Golf-9 holes with complimentary green fees
• Coved beach
• Offers the most variety of butler suites
• Sunset Bluff area is a “resort within a resort”
• Not all rooms have a patio or full balcony, some rooms have French balconies or picture windows
• Water can be rough at times and water sports can be red flagged depending on water conditions
• If red flagged then guests will be transferred to the Grande or a marina for water sports
• Club Level and Butler rooms offer room service
• Guests with mobility issues will want to stay close to the main resort buildings
• Millionaire suites offer spectacular views and are limited in number so book early rather than later

Sandals Regency La Toc is our choice for the best Sandals in St. Lucia for for golfers, hikers, and clients who want to stay at Sandals on a budget or have an affordable butler suite.

We hope this helps you decide the best Sandals Resort in St Lucia for your vacation! If you still have more questions we are always available to take your call ,or email, and answer them for you.

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Sandals Resorts is a Jamaican operator of all-inclusive resorts for couples in the Caribbean and part of Sandals Resorts International (SRI), parent company of Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts, Grand Pineapple Beach Resorts, Fowl Cay Resort and several private villas. Founded by Jamaican-born Gordon 'Butch' Stewart in 1981, SRI is based in Montego Bay, Jamaica and is responsible for resort development, service standards, training and day-to-day operations. Sandals Resorts International has properties throughout the Caribbean islands of Jamaica, The Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Turks & Caicos, and most recently Barbados, and Grenada with sixteen Sandals Resorts, three Beaches Resorts, one Grand Pineapple Beach Resort, one Fowl Cay private island resort and four villa properties in Jamaica.

Properties[edit]

Sandals Resorts properties include:

• Sandals Montego Bay
• Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort & Private Island
• Sandals Ochi Beach Resort; (formerly Sandals Grande Riviera Beach & Villa Golf Resort)
• Sandals Negril Beach Resort & Spa
• Sandals South Coast (formerly Whitehouse European Village & Spa)
• Sandals Royal Plantation Ocho Rios, Jamaica
• Sandals Grande St. Lucian Spa & Beach Resort
• Sandals Regency La Toc Golf Resort & Spa in St. Lucia
• Sandals Halcyon St. Lucia
• Sandals Grande Antigua Resort & Spa;
• Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort & Offshore Island
• Sandals Emerald Bay Great Exuma, Bahamas
• Sandals Barbados Resort & Spa
• Sandals LaSource Grenada Resort & Spa Grenada
• Sandals Royal Barbados Resort & Spa

Former resorts:

• Sandals Dunns River Ocho Rios, Jamaica;
• Sandals Inn Montego Bay (formerly Sandals Carlyle), Jamaica

In July 2009, SRI partnered with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia to bring customizable Martha Stewart Weddings to brides and grooms having a destination wedding at any of the 16 Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts beginning January 1, 2010. The companies also announced that they will introduce Martha Stewart Crafts classes for adults at Sandals Resorts and craft camps for families at Beaches Resorts in 2010.^[1]

In August 2009, SRI announced the purchase of the former Four Season Great Exuma, which debuted as Sandals Emerald Bay, Great Exuma, Bahamas on January 22, 2010.^[2]

In December 2020 SRI announced the purchase of the former Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort on the island of Curaçao with plans to open it as a Sandals Resort in the 4th Quarter 2021^[3]

Leadership[edit]

Adam Stewart is the current Chairman of Sandals Resorts International (SRI). Adam became Chairman upon the death of his father Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, the Founder of SRI, on January 4, 2021. Gebhard Rainer is the current CEO of Sandals Resorts International.

History[edit]

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In 1981 Gordon 'Butch' Stewart purchased an old hotel (the Bay Roc hotel) on one of Montego Bay’s largest beaches, despite having no hotel experience and opened it as Sandals Montego Bay.^[4]

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As of 2007, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart controled what analysts estimate to be a billion dollar, privately owned Jamaican-based empire that includes 25 Caribbean resorts, Appliance Traders Ltd., and The Observer newspaper.^[5]

Adam Stewart is the current Chairman of Sandals Resorts International (SRI), which owns and operates Caribbean-based Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts and Grand Pineapple Beach Resorts. Stewart oversees all areas of SRI operations, which is headquartered in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He has held this position since 2021 upon the death of his father Gordon 'Butch' Stewart.

In 1984, Sandals launched the Caribbean's first swim-up bar at its Montego Bay Resort in Jamaica.^[6]

In March 2009, Stewart launched The Sandals Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts International.^[7]

In August 2009, Adam Stewart was appointed as Deputy Chairman of the family-owned ATL Group comprising the Jamaica Observer and a chain of appliance outlets.^[7][8]

Sandals Corporate University (SCU) - a regional adult education program for the 10,000 employees of Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts - was launched in March 2012. Through partnerships with internationally-recognized universities, professional organizations, and local education institutions, SCU provides courses on skills such as customer service, leadership, the art of selling, and professional communications. ^[9]

Controversies[edit]

Policy on gay couples[edit]

The company had a long-standing policy dating from 1981 that banned gays from their 'couples-only' resorts. The policy was variously stated by characterizing the accommodations as 'resort for couples (heterosexual) only', or 'Couples only. A couple is defined as one female adult and one male adult', 'policies require male/female couples only', or 'couples of the same gender are not accepted.' Sandals' anti-gay policy received a great deal of publicity when stays at their resorts were offered as prizes in various promotions by companies such as Microsoft, Yahoo!, and US Airways in 1999.^[10] Later reports indicated that some resorts also made no accommodations for people with disabilities, prompting the ACLU to opine that companies offering Sandals stays as prizes, or otherwise doing business with Sandals resorts, might be the targets of lawsuits. The companies involved promptly severed their relationships with Sandals, stating they were unaware of its discriminatory practices.^[11] Adverts for the company were banned from the London Underground in 2003 after public objections were raised.^[12] One possible cause for this policy may have been that homosexuality was illegal in Jamaica. Sandals ended its policy of refusing service to gay couples in August 2004 after further protest.^[13]

Corruption allegation settlement[edit]

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In January 2013, the government of Turks and Caicos Islands and Sandals agreed to a settlement of US$12 million around local corruption allegations, without admission of any liability.^[14][15][16]

References[edit]

1. ^Inc., Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. 'Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Sandals Resorts to Launch Martha Stewart Weddings Program in the Caribbean'. www.prnewswire.com.
2. ^Resource, Hotel News. 'Sandals Resorts International Purchases Four Seasons In Great Exuma, Bahamas'. www.hotelnewsresource.com.
3. ^https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sandals-resorts-announces-expansion-to-curacao-301190810.html
4. ^http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/sandals-resorts-international-history/
5. ^Allen, Desmond (2007-02-02). 'Gordon 'Butch' Stewart – Jamaica's First International Superstar Businessman'. Bonita Jamaica.
6. ^Claire Ballentine (4 October 2019). 'Love It or Hate It, the Swim-Up Bar Isn't Going Anywhere'. Bloomberg.
7. ^ ^abEvans, Hope. 'Sandals Foundation Now a Reality'. Jamaica Gleaner. Archived from the original on 2010-02-21.
8. ^'The Luxist Awards'. Luxist.
9. ^Linda Hohnholz (27 May 2020). 'Sandals Corporate University: Higher Education with a Higher Purpose'. eTurboNews.
10. ^'Gay rights travel flap snares Microsoft, Yahoo'.
11. ^JA. 'The Microsoft & US Airways Anti-Gay Sweepstakes Controversy - February 1999 - complete information, press releases, screen captures'. www.wiredstrategies.com.
12. ^Muir, Hugh (June 5, 2003). 'Tube bans 'anti-gay' holiday firm adverts'. The Guardian.
13. ^Zezima, Katie (October 24, 2004). 'TRAVEL ADVISORY; Sandals Resorts Ends Single-Sex Policy'. The New York Times.
14. ^'US helps Turks and Caicos recoup millions from Sandals Resort'. The Miami Herald. 23 January 2013.
15. ^'BUTCH STEWART SPEAKS OUT'. Turks & Caicis Sun. 22 May 2013.
16. ^'MAJOR CHANGES TO BEACHES DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT'. Suntv. 24 May 2013.

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