Remembering Gordon âButchâ Stewart, Founder of Sandals Resorts
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How Sandals – and its ebullient founder – reinvented holidays in the Caribbean
James Henderson looks back on the impact Gordon Butch Stewart, who died this week, had on tourism in the Caribbean
The swim-up bar: first seen at Sandals
Such was the familiarity of the Godfather of Jamaican and Caribbean tourism that everyone simply called him ‘Butch’. Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who died on January 4, was an affable man, ebullient and immensely energetic, a giant in the tourism industry who would talk to anyone. He was a salesman and a great communicator, for his businesses and for Jamaica, and his influence stretched throughout the Caribbean and beyond.