LVMH Acquires St Barth Hotel

By: - August 1st, 2013

Above: the Hotel Saint-Barth Isle de France’s beach

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton has acquired the Hotel Saint-Barth Isle de France from majority owner Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners.

The 39-room boutique hotel has a spa and restaurant, set on the shore of Baie des Flamands.

LVMH’s hotel management will be operating the hotel, as part of what it called a “natural extension of LVMH’s activities across the luxury spectrum.”

Above: the property’s La Case de l’Isle restaurant

The company operates several hotel properties around the world, including ones in the Maldives, Saint Tropez and Paris, among others.

AJ Capital Partners had acquired the hotel in 2010.

“Given LVMH’s world-renowned leadership in creating luxury experiences, through its wide array of brands as well as its hotel properties, AJ Capital knows that Hotel Saint-Barth Isle de France will further enhance its position as one of the leading resorts in the Caribbean,” the company said in a release.

The hotel has regularly appeared in rankings of the region’s best hotel properties.

Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

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