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The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. plans to open The Ritz-Carlton, St. Lucia, and The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Lucia, a 275-room oceanfront resort and residential retreat situated on Half Moon Bay, near Laborie, St. Lucia. All rooms will have ocean views and guests will benefit from a tranquil, protected bay at Half Moon Bay with views of St. Lucia's Piton volcanoes.

The Ritz-Carlton, St. Lucia, projected to open in 2009, will be the eighth location in The Ritz-Carlton portfolio of Caribbean properties, joining existing hotels, and sites under construction, in St. Thomas, (U.S. Virgin Islands), Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos. The project will feature a 20,000-square-foot spa and access to two 18-hole golf courses overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with a shared clubhouse facility. Arnold Palmer will design the main golf course, with eventual plans for a second golf course designed in a "links" style by the Irish golf course architect Christy O'Connor Jr. The resort will include a specialty restaurant with pool grill, a 30-seat lobby lounge, and a 130-seat clubhouse restaurant and bar situated close to the oceanfront golf course.

St. Lucia is one of my favorite islands, and The Ritz-Carlton opening is just a little icing on the cake!

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