Thirty-five years on Pinney’s Beach: Four Seasons Resort Nevis marks an anniversary

Four Seasons Resort Nevis opened on February 14, 1991, and in February 2026 it marked 35 years. The anniversary was celebrated with a ceremony on the resort’s opening date, and the occasion drew attention to a property that has become part of the island’s economic and social fabric as well as its skyline.

Year the resort opened, on February 14

1991

Share of staff who are Nevisian, per the General Manager at the anniversary ceremony

90%+

How it began

The resort stands on a former sugar and coconut plantation dating to the late 1790s, and the remains of a stone windmill can still be seen from the golf course’s second tee. Founder and Chairman Isadore Sharp and his wife, Rosalie, first came to Nevis in the early 1990s, when the island was largely undiscovered by international travellers.

When it opened, the resort was the brand’s first in the Caribbean, and according to a February 2026 release, only its second property in the Americas. It covers 350 acres, running from the slopes of Nevis Peak down to Pinney’s Beach.

The anniversary ceremony

VON Radio reported that the 35th anniversary ceremony took place on February 14, with General Manager Avi Phookan and Deputy Premier Eric Evelyn among the speakers. The station described the resort as having played a transformative role in Nevis’s economic and social development.

Mr. Phookan told the ceremony that more than 90 percent of the resort’s employees are Nevisian. VON Radio noted that the resort created jobs on an island whose economy had depended mainly on agriculture and fishing, including for some residents of St. Kitts.

An employer on the island

VON Radio described the resort as the second-largest employer on Nevis, behind only the Nevis Island Administration. It also reported that seven local managers had recently been selected for a pilot eighteen-month leadership development course.

For a small island, those details matter. A resort that trains its managers locally and draws the great majority of its team from the community is a neighbour as well as a business.

A resort that has grown with the island

Today the resort has 189 rooms and suites, an 18-hole Robert Trent Jones II golf course, eight tennis courts and four pickleball courts, three pools and a spa. Its fact sheet also lists 80 residential units and 20 villa and residence rentals.

The 35th year also brought a Kids Tennis Camp for ages 5 to 12, running from March 16 to April 10, 2026 with professionals from Peter Burwash International. The anniversary coincided with wider news from Nevis in 2026, among them a multi-year restoration of the Bath Hotel, described as the first hotel in the British Caribbean, and the Nevis to St. Kitts cross-channel swim, scheduled for March 28, 2026.