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St Croix’s Renaissance Carambola Targeting Winter Return

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - June 19, 2018

By the Caribbean Journal staff

One of the leading resorts in St Croix is planning a relaunch.

The US Virgin Islands’ Renaissance St Croix Carambola Resort is targeting a reopening in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to an update from Marriott’s Paradise by Marriott page.

St Croix.

The property’s potential return would be a significant boost for an island that has already been seeing a remarkable tourism recovery.

Indeed, from Frederiksted, which has even seen the debut of a major new boutique hotel, to Christiansted, which continues to serve as a hub for historic and culinary tourism, St Croix is showing strong resilience in the wake of last year’s storms.

— CJ

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