feb-2018c

56 THEWESTIN GRAND CAYMAN RESORT AND SPA added lanai patios to any rooms on the first floor facing the pool or the ocean.We also renovated our hot tubs, and all furniture and equipment was completely replaced. In Phase Two, in 2017, we will renovate all the guest rooms - all 343 of them.” According to Valldejuli, about 80 percent of the hotel’s guests come from the United States, while the other 20 percent come from Europe, Canada, and elsewhere. It stays open all year, and all sea- sons. “What makes this hotel very popular is that it happens to be on the best stretch of beach of the Seven Mile Beach,” Valldejuli states, “and Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman is one of the top beaches in the world. That’s how we sell the property and that’s how we garner our reputation. It’s our biggest and most precious advantage against our competi-