Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants to Open First Hotel in the Caribbean

Grand CaymanKimpton Hotels & Restaurants will open its first Caribbean resort with the development of a 263-room hotel on Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Developer Dart Realty (Cayman) Ltd. has given Kimpton the opportunity to manage Grand Cayman’s first design driven, boutique-style hotel and the first new development on Seven Mile Beach in a decade when it opens in 2016.

The new hotel will offer five restaurants and lounges, a cascading oceanfront pool, expansive indoor and outdoor meeting and function space and a destination spa. The property will also include 56 residences and six beach front bungalows. 

In addition to the coming Grand Cayman property, Kimpton currently operates the Firesky Hotel & Spa in Scottsdale, Ariz., the Amara Resort & Spa in Sedona, Ariz., the Surfcomber Beach Resort in South Beach, Miami, the Vero Beach Hotel & Spa in Vero Beach, Fla., the Hotel La Jolla in San Diego, the Canary Hotel in Santa Barbara, Calif. and the Sky Hotel in Aspen, and has plans to establish new hotels in such destinations as Palm Springs, Calif. and Savannah, Ga.

“Expanding into the Caribbean was an easy decision for us because of our already strong presence in the major feeder markets such as South Florida, New York, Washington, DC, Chicago and Dallas,” explained Kimpton Chief Executive Officer Mike Depatie. “Grand Cayman, with its pristine beaches, world famous diving and diverse, sophisticated melting pot of cultures, made this particular island an especially good fit for a debut of the Kimpton experience in the Caribbean.”

According to Dart, Kimpton was selected largely due to the match between the two companies’ approach to workplace culture and customer service, as well as Kimpton’s renowned emphasis on chef-driven restaurants and bars as popular with locals as hotel guests.

“Perhaps most importantly, we felt that Kimpton’s expertise in creating hotels and restaurants that are distinctly ‘of the place’ in the markets in which they operate, made them an ideal partner for creating a truly modern Caribbean resort and residences that embody the charm of a tropical paradise that is also a world financial center,” said Jackie Doak, Chief Operating Officer of Dart Realty. 

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