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and serviced by the resort and six additional
exclusive vacation homes.
The employment staff is the island’s larg-
est at 330, and covers the hotel and its three
affiliated restaurants, fitness center and ten-
nis courts, in addition to an assortment of
water activities. Sanford said the staffing
level has remained “pretty steady” over the
years, thanks to a relative absence of seasonal
hiring that goes on at other properties.
Guest traffic swells from November
through April – providing an occupancy
rate of 78 to 82 percent in that stretch – and
Sanford said incentives are offered to local
residents and visitors from other Caribbean
islands to help boost the numbers in other
months, which he labeled as “pretty decent.”
Sixty percent of overall traffic comes from
the U.S., primarily the Northeast region,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Texas and the South-
east. The United Kingdom is good for about
20 percent of the overall number, with the
remaining 20 percent divvied up among
Canada, Germany, Italy, France and the Ca-
ribbean.
And when it comes to why they’re visit-
ing, Sanford is quick to provide a testimo-
nial.
