Tragedy has struck the luxe Rock House Hotel in Harbour Island, Bahamas. The hotel's designer, J. Wallace Tutt III, was found dead on Saturday morning in a grassy area of Harbour Island, known as The Narrows. He was just 53. Police are investigating the death but the AP reports that the hotel will close for a week.

Tutt transformed a rental villa and former schoolhouse in the Rock House Hotel in 2003. But Tutt, who was also responsible for the interior designs of houses owned by Gianni Versace and Cher as well as the Angler's Boutique Hotel in Miami, didn't turn this into some sleepy island getaway. ]]> juliana 2010-06-14T09:00:51-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/21/144847/848 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/pinksands_br.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>The celeb-fave getaway <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Pink+Sands+Hotel/ian/172337"><b>Pink Sands Resort</b></a> on Harbour Island in the Bahamas (Drew Barrymore, Diane Von Furstenburg and Uma Thurman are fans) is now offering private residences. <blockquote><p>Purchased from former Island Records owner Chris Blackwell, Pink Sands is expanding the property to include 46 residences consisting of 30 villas and cottages, and 16 condo-hotel units for private ownership. </blockquote></p><p>Groundbreaking on the new residential units, which range from $1.5 million to $8 million, is expected this year.<p>Have no fear, the property and its two freshwater pools, spa, tennis courts, beach cabanas and WiFi access are still open to regular hotel guests who aren't in the market for a second (or third) home. Although the rooms aren't cheap. In juliana 2008-01-21T15:00:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/3/10/132135/350 You would be amazed by the joys of reading, but no, all you people want to do is click, click, click. OK, Generation Click, here you go, our Bahamas Harbour Island hotel stories in a nice clickable round-up for ya.

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The  Dunmore Beach Club is old school. Blue hairs and beach chairs. The kind of place where a fellow guest might turn to and start a sentence with, "when I was your age"... ]]> markj 2006-03-10T13:06:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/3/9/18447/25612

Chris Blackwell is the dude that "discovered" Bob Marley. He started Island Records back in 1959 and these days he runs Island Outpost, a company that owns five Caribbean resorts, including Harbour Island's Pink Sands. So let's get this straight--he spent most of his adulthood running a record company, and now he lives in the islands operating hotels? This might be the only dude that has a better life than Jack Johnson. ]]> markj 2006-03-09T19:08:52-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/