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Sandy Lane is a luxury five star beach-front resort situated close to Holetown and Paynes Bay, in Saint James on the island-nation of Barbados. Sandy Lane was first opened in 1961 after Ronald Tree, a former British politician, had an idea to build a luxury hotel and golf course on what was an old sugar plantation named 'Sandy Lane'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The History of Sandy Lane )〕 In 1998, after being put up for sale by Granada plc, a group of five Irish businessmen including J. P. McManus, Dermot Desmond and John Magnier, bought the hotel. The original resort was then demolished and for three years underwent a $450 million upgrade and renovation.〔 The brand new resort, designed by Richmond International was then reopened in March 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Sandy Lane, Barbados )〕 In 2009 Sandy Lane became a member of The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW).〔(The Leading Hotels of the World - Sandy Lane )〕 == Features == The resort features 112 guestrooms and suites as well as a five-bedroom villa, a Spa, four restaurants, seven bars and three golf courses. The reef just off the coast from the hotel, Little Sandy Lane, contains Barracuda, Lobster and several other species of small fish.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Barbados Dive Sites )〕 Sandy Lane is known as one of the Caribbean's most stylish and family-friendly hotels, as well as being a haven of the rich and famous. Past guests said to have stayed at the Sandy Lane hotel include Maria Callas, Andrea Corr (co-owner Dermot Desmond's daughter-in-law), T. S. Eliot, Queen Elizabeth II, Elton John, Rihanna, Jacqueline Kennedy, Aristotle Onassis, Oprah Winfrey,〔(Oprah Winfrey's in Barbados )〕〔(Rihanna's Oprah's Next Chapter )〕 Michael Winner, Simon Cowell, Robin Van Persie and Sidney Poitier On 5 October 2004, professional golfer Tiger Woods married his Swedish fiancée, Elin Nordegren, at the resort. It was reported that Woods booked out the entire hotel for his guests who included Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates and Michael Jordan.〔 The owners of the hotel, who include Woods' close friend J.P. McManus, reportedly threw the wedding at the hotel as a gift for the couple. On 11 November 2011, NBC's ''Today'' filmed the day five segment of ''Where in the World Is Matt Lauer?'' pool-side and on the beach of the resort hotel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sandy Lane (resort)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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