Frommer's Review
Separated into three distinct sections, each built over an 8-year period beginning in the mid-1980s, this megaresort, with its sprawling convention facilities, is the largest hotel on the island. Even with its failings, it's the closest thing on either side of the island to a Las Vegas-style blockbuster resort. It has a rather anonymous feeling (it's always full of conventioneers and giant tour groups), but it is completely modern and up-to-date, with lots of facilities that were enhanced after a US$30-million upgrade in 2001. Set on a 4-hectare (10-acre) tract that straddles the busy, and often congested, coastal road adjacent to the crescent-shaped Maho Beach, the hotel's scattered structures are painted a trademark cream and white.
The rooms are fairly spacious and conservatively but comfortably furnished. Each has wicker furniture, Italian tiles, a large TV, comfortable upholstered pieces, a walk-in closet, and good soundproofing (which is important, since you hear the thundering noise of planes landing at the nearby airport several times a day when you're on the hotel's beach). Bathrooms are spacious, with bidets and tub/shower combinations.
Because of its size, the hotel contains three separate restaurants that are managed directly by the hotel, with another half-dozen on-site that are independently managed. The Casino Royale, across the street from the hotel's accommodations, is the largest casino on the island, with a cabaret theater for shows loaded with girls, razzmatazz, and glitter. The Q-Club, attached to the Casino Royale, is the island's splashiest late-night spot for drinking and dancing, complete with sophisticated light shows and catwalks looking down on the action below.
Facilities: 9 restaurants; 5 bars; cybercafe; 2 outdoor pools; golf (nearby); 4 tennis courts; fitness center; spa; business services and 25,000 square feet of meeting space; shopping arcade; babysitting; laundry service; rooms for those w/limited mobility; casino; showroom; dance club
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