The pool area of La Jacmelienne
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The Globe's complete coverage — in stories, video and photos — of La Jacmelienne and its owners' difficulties
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The fabled La Jacmelienne is closed, its staff out of work and its ownership marred in a long-running family dispute. The truth is that the heyday years of the hotel had long been slipping away before the massive earthquake of Jan. 12 split open its walls
It just bloomed ... It just never stopped.— Marlene Danies
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Video: A hotel falls silent
In Pictures: Photo gallery of La Jacmelienne
Marlene Danies (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
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The gates of the heavily damaged Jacmelienne Beach Hotel remain locked; little has changed on the legendary property aside from the colour of the stagnant water in the old pool, which has deepened to a mossy green.
We have had some 'interested' people, but up to now, nothing has materialized — Marlene Danies
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Story: Update on the hotel
In Pictures: Postcards from Jacmel
Marguerite Danies, second wife of hotel founder Eric Danies, surveys the damaged caused by the earthquake. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
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Business at Haiti’s hotels is booming thanks to the steady stream of foreign workers and journalists, but not at La Jacmelienne.
I hope some day my grandchildren can sort it out. — Marlene Danies
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The Hotel Jacamelian's doors remain locked, the future of the legendary hotel still in question. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
