Trident Hotel & Villas

In 1961 Mr. Earl Levy bought a rocky five-acre seaside property at Anchovy and transformed the rugged barren moonscape into a magical garden edged with small cottages.
In February 1968 the hotel opened for business.
In 1979 there were eight strutting peacocks mixing with guests on 11 acres with 19 units.
In August 1980, tidal waves from Hurricane Allen struck the hotel and it was almost totally devastated.
Eleven months later the peacocks and doves were back roaming the manicured gardens as if the hurricane had never been.
By 1985, the hotel had became a popular filming venue, including US television programs as "Saturday Magazine", "Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous" and "As the World Turns". The gardens provided the backdrop for numerous fashion catalogs and the hotel had been featured in more than 30 glossy magazines.
In December 1986 the hotel reported 85% occupancy level.
In December 1992 the hotel reported an occupancy level of 20%, but that reservation trends could increase that level to 90% by Christmas Day, and could be maintained for at least the next four weeks.
In 2008 Michael Lee Chin purchases the hotel and spends US$15 million to refurbish. It becomes villas only.
Still there. There are 13 villas, but in 2023 only 11 ocean front villas are being rented.