Sandals loves Exuma and Exuma loves Sandals
That is the general feeling of several Exuma residents who say their island’s economy has bounced back in the three years since a broken world economy forced Four Seasons to close its Emerald Bay, Exuma property.
Almost immediately Sandals made the move to acquire the property, after the embattled Four Seasons closed its doors and left hundreds of Exumians out of work.
And, when the complaints of a lower pay scale than Four Seasons and a lack of community involvement that beset Sandals in it’s first days on Emerald Bay were done, according to businessman Ricardo Morley, Exuma began to reap benefits from the Caribbean’s largest hotel chain.
Mr Morley, who owns Shop Rite Mart in George Town, said Exuma saw growth after Sandals came to the island – it brought with it new airlift that was subsidised by the resort.
