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Cayman Compass

Marriott’s beach restoration a key test for Seven Mile Beach

On a typically scorching Cayman day this week, tourists in bathing suits step off the Grand Cayman Marriott Resort deck and straight into the clear blue water. Snorkellers, paddle boarders and wave-runners drift in the shallows. It’s an idyllic scene but one key ingredient is missing.

“Right now we have no beach,” said general manager of the hotel, Hermes Cuello.

“If we can get three or four rows of chairs back, we will be very happy.”

For years the resort has been ground zero for Seven Mile Beach’s erosion problem. Now it hopes a new replenishment project can be the start of a resurgence both for the business and for the famous attraction.