After a lifetime of hopping around the planet, the last 30 years of which has been spent working for Marriott, Jean-Paul Nel has settled in St. Thomas as general manager of Marriott's Frenchman's Reef and Morningstar Beach Resort Hotel.

 Dore Griffin, a graduate of Eudora Kean High School, received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Texas. She has been a member of the Marriott’s Frenchman's Reef Beach Resort family since May 23, 1995.

A trailer fire that erupted Sunday afternoon with flames visible from the waterfront is still under investigation.

The governor's State of the Territory address spoke of hard times and tipping points, but for the Marriott Frenchman's Reef, the next couple of months is a time to reinvest and "reposition" the hotel as one of the premier destinations in the Caribbean.