The Storming of St. Barth’s

 

2010

... American hotelier André Balazs, is causing a frenzy. Many locals fear that Balazs’s proposal for a 40-bungalow “eco-resort” on the island’s most pristine (and protected) beach, Saline, has the backing of President Bruno Magras and St. Barth’s powerful ruling families

St. Barths: The Jewel Of The Caribbean

 

"I was told to prepare not only for major relaxation in St. Barths, but be prepared for the decadence and partyinglike nowhere else in the Caribbean."

St. Barthelemy, also known as St. Barths and St. Barts, is located in the Caribbean and sits across from St. Marteen/St. Martin. St. Barts is a seventy-five-minute flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is on New York time during the summer and an hour ahead in the winter. The island was discovered by Christopher Columbus and named after his brother, Bartolomeo.

The island is only eight square miles in size. It is very French -- practically everyone speaks how do you say? Ah yes, Français. There aren't any cruise ships that are allowed in the waters around St. Barts, and there is little tourism promotion.

St. Barths NYE (New Year's Eve) is when you find celebrities partying aboard the yachts of the world's elite and powerful

 

The regular holiday crowd includes Revlon chairman Ronald Perelman and modern-art collector Peter Brant

(he collects Jeff Koons art) and his newly reconciled wife, Stephanie Seymour. Some wealthy visitors like the island so much they have bought homes there—for instance, art dealer Larry Gagosian, Jimmy Buffett, Steve Martin, photographer Patrick Demarchelier, David Letterman, and legendary French singer Johnny Hallyday, who sometimes performs spontaneously at parties, just as Mikhail Baryshnikov sometimes sweeps a pretty girl off her feet on the dance floor.

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Having Roman Abramovich make a splash at St. Barths caused regular Paul Allen pic of him with Paris Hilton to head out to Australia on NYE in 2014 because he thought the Russians had taken over the party scene in St. Barths.

Rachel Chandler mentions St. Barths NYE to a photo of her posted on Instagram. It would be good to know who the man is that she is with. (There is a place btw, in NYC called St. Bart's Café). In her P. Diddy photo (when she was 14, so 2001?) she mentions Bungalow 8, which is a nightclub in NYC. P. Diddy has traveled and partied at St. Barths (some call it St. Barts), but also has gone to Bungalow 8

[link](St. Barths https://stylecaster.com/diddys-amazing-yacht/) He was also refused service in St. Tropez in 2007

https://qmap.pub/read/3148 https://qmap.pub/read/3154

St. Barths seems like the ideal place for someone like Balazs to open a niche resort.