PM Gonsalves pays tribute to Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart
Gordon “Butch” Stewart, Jamaican hotelier and businessman, died on Monday January 4. Social Share
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says that someone like Gordon “Butch” Stewart comes along once every 100 years, particularly in small societies like ours.
Stewart, a Jamaican hotelier and businessman, died on Monday January 4.
He was 79.
No cause of death was given for the founder, owner, and chairman of Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts, and their parent company Sandals Resorts International, except to say that he died in the United States and that his death was related to a recent medical diagnosis which he had kept private because he did not want to “be anyone else’s burden.”
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Looking back on his life, that prediction was way off.
When Stewart passed away on Monday at the age of 79 he was lauded by Jamaica’s prime minister Andrew Holness as one of the region’s “most brilliant, innovative and transformative business minds.”
Other prime ministers in the region, including Dr Keith Rowley and Mia Mottley, expressed similar sentiments.
Stewart was born on July 6, 1941 and raised in Honeymoon Bay, Ocho Rios, by parents Gordon and Jean.
He was given the nickname “Butch” from an American sailor which was said to be inspired by the cartoon bulldog animated by Walt Disney of the same name.
The World Tourism Network mourns the death of Gordon “Butch” Stewart, A Tourism Visionary and founder of Sandals Resorts was a Hero from Jamaica. Stewart was 79 years old and lived by the principle: “When you do good things, do them quietly.”
The World Tourism Network joins with the Stewart Family, the Sandals Family, and the people of Jamaica in mourning the death of one of the Caribbean region’s tourism legends and a tourism hero. Gordon “Butch” Stewart, age 79, was the founder of the Sandals Resorts.
Stewart started his career with merely an idea and turned that idea into one of the Caribbean’s successful chain of all-inclusive resorts. The Sandals brand is known for quality, romance, and caring and outstanding customer service. He was the founder, owner, and chairman of Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts, and their parent company Sandals Resorts International.
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