Bay Gardens Resorts

Business View Caribbean 3 Beach, the tranquil Bay Gardens Hotel, and the inti- mate and romantic Bay Gardens Inn. Bay Gardens began in the early 1990s, when two for- mer school teachers, Joyce and Desmond Destang, consolidated their earnings from a fabric store and several residential and commercial real estate inter- ests, and bought a property in Rodney Bay, on the northern end of the island. At the time, there was not a lot of activity there and only a few hotels. But the couple decided that since tourism to the island was beginning to increase, the timing was right to get into the business. So, in 1994, they founded the original 45-room, Bay Gardens Hotel which was subsequently expanded to its current 87 rooms. AT A GLANCE WHO: Bay Gardens Resorts WHAT: A group of three unique and authentic Caribbean hotels WHERE: St. Lucia in the Lesser Antilles Website : www.baygardensresorts.com