56 June 2016 - Business View Caribbean
Divi Carina Bay Resort
and Casino
A Piece of All-Inclusive Paradise
When hurricane season arrives, the folks at Divi Ca-
rina Bay Resort and Casino pay attention.
The property’s original hotel on St. Croix – the largest
island in the U.S. Virgin Islands chain – was destroyed
when Hurricane Hugo swept through the territory in
1989 and the land sat undeveloped until the Divi Re-
sorts group arrived with rebuilding plans nine years
later.
A new hotel was built – and construction on a newly
legalized casino was nearly completed – when another
significant storm, Hurricane Lenny, destroyed the lat-
ter facility and prompted yet another rebuild that was
completed by March 2000.
“The long and short of it,” said Andreas Conhoff, the
property’s general manager, “is that hurricanes have
played a particularly big role in the history of the prop-
