The Caribbean Boutique Hotel Awards – 2019

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - September 19, 2019 - 9:54 pm

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The new OLV Fifty Five in San Juan’s hip Condado district.

New Boutique Hotel of the Year: O:LV Fifty Five Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico The Caribbean’s newest boutique hotel is also the sexiest hotel in the Caribbean right now, with a contemporary, voluptuous, avant-garde design that takes the best of urban hotels in New York or London and inserts them into a spirited Puerto Rican environment. From the rooftop hot tub with a view of the Condado Lagoon to Chef Mario Pagan’s superb Raya restaurant, it’s a destination boutique hotel in the heart of Condado, one of the Caribbean’s capitals of chic.

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