Business View Caribbean | March 2021

63 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN MARCH 2021 it is small, but we made an extra beach area with imported sand from French Guinea.” Another distinctive feature is the resort’s beautiful pier, incorporating stairs angled at 45-degrees that allows guests to walk into the ocean safely and easily without being swept away. These unique features don’t allow Rietveld to sit back and relax. “We have been busy, despite the world going berserk,” he says, before listing all the current projects. These include 32 new studios, a swimming pool 25-meters long, another restaurant, a 1,200-square-meters fitness club, and even state-of-the-art conference rooms. Rietveld adds, “Each of these rooms will have a system that kills all bacteria and viruses in the air, so only fresh air is coming in. It’s an extra investment of approximately $200,000, but we spent the money. It is going to be safe to have conferences at Delfins and I think that’s important.” The studios should be completed sometime in April 2021 with the remaining projects in September. Rietveld is proud of the studios that are designed for disabled divers and are fully wheelchair accessible. He notes, “We haven’t had any disabled divers yet because of the travel restrictions due to COVID-19, but the studios are adapted towards them. What I understand DELF INS BEACH RESORT