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By toni foxx
Sad news.. the founder of Sandals Resorts International has passed away.
His story is just fascinating. He was born in Jamaica and actually started out in sales. In 1968, he started his own company, importing and selling mostly air conditioning units. Then, in 1981, he bought a couple of abandoned hotels in Montego Bay and that was the early start of Sandals Resorts. He built that into Sandals Resorts International, which is the Caribbean s leading all-inclusive resort company. Not only that, but he built a conglomeration in Jamaica, that collectively is Jamaica s largest non-governmental employer.
I have been so lucky that I ve been able to travel to a few different Sandals and Beaches resorts in the Caribbean and they are gorgeous. The rooms are nice, the service is terrific, the food is fantastic and the views are breathtaking. To think that the guy who started all this began as a salesman is really inspiring.
Gordon “Butch” Stewart- Photo Credit: Getty Images
Caribbean tourism mogul and founder of Sandals Resorts International, Gordon “Butch” Stewart dies at a hospital in the USA. He was 79 years old. His son Adam Stewart who is currently the Deputy Chair of the Sandals and ATL group, announced his father’s death, saying he was recently diagnosed with an illness but did not disclose the cause of his death.
Gordon Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica leaving his wife Cheryl and seven children. He formed his own business, Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) in 1968, which specialized in the importation and sale of air-conditioning units, water coolers, stoves and other appliances.