What happened to those guests during that storm was a tragedy and all of us are very sympathetic to your loss and everyone else who is here for the candle ceremony. The unveiling of the fountain is to honor those guests and the hotel is not being compensated by anyone for the unveiling.
Grand Paradise Hotel has brought joy and relaxation and amazing adventures and family memories to countless guests for 85 years this year. If it had stayed closed after the storm, the people who depend on the hotel for their livelihoods would have lost their homes and their jobs. All of our future guests would have lost out on a one-of-a-kind vacation experience. The island would have lost its caretakers. When he bought the island, Mr. Waithe didn't feel that adding more tragedy to tragedy made things better.