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they acquired in 1999, on Reduit Beach in the Gros
Islet part of the island. The Destangs called on Ber-
thia Parle to captain the ship at the Resort and shortly
thereafter, Waltrude’s duties were expanded to in-
clude management of both the Bay Gardens Hotel &
Inn, when Berthia moved to the Beach Resort. With
the establishment of this four-star hotel, and its 72
luxury rooms, the Bay Gardens group was complete.
Sanovnik Destang, the son of Joyce and Desmond, is
the Executive Director of the three establishments. He
explains why the creation of the Beach Resort and Spa
was important to the Destangs: “The Bay Gardens Ho-
tel and Inn had always done well in terms of occupancy
- in the 70 and 80 percent range; the one disadvan-
tage we had, was we were not on the beach. That lim-
ited what you could do, what you could offer, and how
much you could charge. The Beach Resort helped us
