December 7th, 2018
Richard Branson’s legendary British Virgin Islands resort has been magnificently restored after its near total devastation from hurricane Irma. Following months of post-Irma construction and refurbishment, Necker re-opened in October, 2018. Highlights are a completely rebuilt and restored Great House with two brand new rooms and an additional Balinese style house; Leha Lo. Other highlights include beautiful new tennis courts and a watersports centre offering activities from kitesurfing to Hobie Cat racing and kayaking to snorkeling.
Sir Richard Branson’s 74-acre private island is unquestionably the most idyllic place in the British Virgin Islands. First purchased by Richard in 1978, Necker Island is much more than the sum of its individual parts. This is the definition of a luxury private island, but their version of luxury isn’t just about top class food, the latest activities and the best facilities, although you can of course expect all of these. Visitors to the island often arrive as guests but leave as friends. You can take the island exclusively or during selected weeks you can book an individual room.
Necker Island: [email protected] | [email protected] (USA Office)
BVI Traveller was created in September of 2017 to help tourism in the British Virgin Islands recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Irma.
To that end, we met our goals. In the past 7 years there have been over 1.2 million visits to the website and over 3 million pages have been viewed. There are over 1,000 pages on the site featuring news posts and detailed listings on all hotels, villas, restaurants and sailing charters located in the BVI. The BVI Government and many business, hotels, villas and sailing charters have all agreed that the site “moved the needle on tourism” after Irma.
The site, however, has run its course. It has served its purpose by bringing visitors and local businesses together to rebuild the tourist industry and it is now time to shut down operations for good.
I want to thank everyone for your help and support.
Chuck Metter