70 January 2016 - Business View Caribbean
LaLuna Beach Resort and Villas
Living the caribbean dream
Nestled in lush, emerald hills and facing the pristine
waters of Portici Beach near Grenada’s Quarantine
Point, LaLuna Beach Resort and Villas is the mani-
fested dream of its owner, designer, and host, Bernar-
do Bertucci, who came to the island 15 years ago in
search of paradise. The fashion designer and former
consultant to Prada, Armani, and La Perla, Bertucci
says he got the land on which his resort sits by pure
luck. “I wasn’t looking in Grenada,” he says. “Every
couple of months, I was flying down from New York, go-
ing around with a real estate agent. I went to Tobago,
St. Kitts-Nevis, Antigua, and Barbados. Then when I
came to Grenada, I was lucky enough to find this beau-
tiful piece of land on this beautiful island. When we ar-
rived, I bought two and a half acres; today we own 35
acres in the same bay, so we own the entire bay. We
were pretty lucky.”
Whether by luck or design, Bertucci’s dream has
achieved international fame as one of the Caribbean’s
most beautiful, albeit, most remote, luxury resort des-
tinations. Well-known as a laid-back site for company
retreats, as well as a setting for photo shoots and film
backgrounds, LaLuna was recently inducted into Trip
