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The Caribbean Travel Awards 2020

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - December 10, 2019
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Caribbean Hotelier of the Year: Stephen Wright, Grand Case Beach Club, Saint Martin

Running a Caribbean hotel is never easy. Running a three-star hotel with the attention-to-detail and thoughtfulness of a five-star hotel is practically magic. But that’s long been the case for the Grand Case Beach Club’s Stephen Wright, who has helped turn a small beach hotel in St Martin into one of the most beloved resorts in the Caribbean, a beautiful, friendly hotel aimed at passionate travelers. But Wright’s greatest work just may have been calmly guiding the resort from the depths of Hurricane Irma to a triumphant return — and, now, renaissance. 


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