A
timeless unspoiled island we may be... but at Juliana's we're constantly
working on ideas to improve your stay; from accommodation upgrades to
special events we're always striving to enhance your Saban experience!
February
2008 Meet us at Duikvaker! Juliana's Hotel will be at Duikvaker Trade show in Holland during February 9th and 10th 2008, Stand # E18! If you're in Holland please stop by for info! For info about the show please link to: www.duikvaker.nl
January
2008 Bring in a new century... Our century old Flossie's cottage has had some minor upgrades with new linens and curtains in a "delft blue" style, the cottage still boosts its historical theme with timeless pictures on the walls and its classical Saba style build with its beautiful wooden floors and well manicured gardens.
Happy Holidays and a great 2008! Happy Holidays and a great 2008!
Happy New Year from all at Juliana's & Tropics, may 2008 bring you back to visit us on Saba or other great destinations!
December
2007 New Year Festivities! Once again Tropics Café hosted an exciting evening with a champagne party and a ½ hour fireworks display to bring in 2008!
New Faces at Juliana's Hotel and Tropics Café! We have two new faces on the property.
Hensley our new Chef at Tropics Café; he's originally from Curacao, and before coming to Saba he was working at Oyster Bay Beach Resort on St. Maarten. Hensley has great new daily specials and a great Caribbean Night, so stop by to taste some of his great dishes!
Karen is the new face at our front desk, she's originally from South Africa and has been on Saba for almost a year now starting out as an "Ecoteer" (volunteer) at the Ecolodge Rendez-vous, after several months of volunteering there and her many other jobs she found afterwards on Saba; (including being lobster packer make sure to ask her how she got involved in that job!), she came to work at Juliana's Hotel, so come check in to meet Karen!
November
2007 While
you were out! Juliana’s most popular cottage
has had a makeover, walls have been painted, new artwork linens, living
room furniture, appliances and dishware;
all sporting the new Tropical theme. We would like to thank Paul for all
his help and touches!
October
2007 Front Desk
Face Lift!
Local artist Robby Lynn
has done it again! He's transformed the office into a tropical paradise,
so you'll have to come down again and come check in!
September
2007 Surprise Paula! While Chef Paula
was on vacation the kitchen at Tropics Café got re-modeled, new
kitchen appliances has been purchased and now the kitchen is roomy and
cooler! Chef Paula was really surprise when she returned to work and is
super happy behind her new stove and oven!
July
2007 It’s a Boy!
On July 1st, weighing in at 7.7lbs Trevon Leandro arrived on planet earth
courtesy of Leanna (and of course Travis), both mother, daddy and son
are healthy proud and very happy! Congratulations to them both!
June 2007
New face at Tropics Leanna is on maternity leave awaiting
the birth of her first child, no worries Mellanie van Djke has traveled
across the pond from Holland to fill in for her while she’s away.
Already a hit with staff and guests alike, Mellanie will be with us till
August.
May
2007
Upgrades AGAIN!
Our garden view rooms have had a long anticipated face lift, fully redecorated
with brand new fittings, linens and curtains all round!
March
2007 New Computers!
Now you can browse the web even faster with our two brand new computers
in the internet café located in our recreation room!
February
2007 Boardwalk on Saba!
We now have easier access to Orchid Cottage! We have extended
the deck at Tropics Café with a “boardwalk” towards
Orchid Cottage, don’t worry there is still lots of privacy with
our new gate leading up the pathway. Come down and check it out!
January
2007 Happy New Year from all at Juliana's
& Tropics, may 2007 bring you and yours health & happiness!
December New Year goes off with bang & bubbly at
Tropics! A magical evening
was had poolside on New Years Eve as Tropics hosted it's first Champagne
and fireworks night, the air was full of laughter and the sky was full
of light as nearly 70 people partied in the New Year with
style...
Staff Christmas Party The staff of Juliana's & Tropics
Cafe partied the night away at the Brigadoon. The evening was filled with
great food, drink, a secret Santa gift exchange & laughter.
November2006
Juliana's Gets Botanical!
Stewart Chipka (Saba Orchid Research Center) has catalogued and posted
signs of all the flora on and around Juliana's premises, he also plans
to write a detailed handbook to accompany the signage.
October 2006 New Barbeque at Orchid Cottage
To complete the Orchid Cottage make-over we've added a new area for barbecuing
at the rear of the property, which increases the already ample deck area!So now you can enjoy a barbeque under the
stars.
September2006
Maintenance upgrades to Orchid Orchid cottage has
been freshly painted, new plants and flowers have been planted in the
gardens, and the “outdoor” bathroom area has received a sprinkler
and lighting systems so that Orchids and ferns will enjoy there new homes
on the rock!
July2006
The underwater world comes
to Julian’s Front Desk
Deck. Robbie Lynn does it again! Robby has recently been developing a
range of marine themed furniture, his second piece of the series being
a tubular sponge table base. He has kindly agreed to have his work on
show outside of the Front Desk at Juliana’s. Many have already commented
on how realistic it looks as you can see its detail threw a large tempered
glass tabletop. This artistic addition now provides a great place to enjoy
a sociable drink as the sunsets over the ridge
.June
2006 New menu at Tropics Tropics has a complete
new menu, but don't worry our Burgers are still there! We've expanded
the appetizers section to include Nachos, Quesadillas
and wraps, our breakfast menu has also been extended, still a great place
to dine poolside!
New Pond Lily Pond
Artist Robby Lynn has created another masterpiece. Our
front entrance now boosts an amazing waterfall and pond with metal lilies
created by Robby Lynn. Come down and check out our new water feature!
May2006 Staff Courses
Leanna, Paula and Lieke attended SESNA’s Customer
Service course, a three night course taught by Saban Carol Zagers. They
all enjoyed the course and said it was a nice refresher on the importance
of showing Tropics and Juliana’s guests an excellent service.
April2006 New face at the Front Desk
Lieke Dellaert has joined Juliana’s staff, she will
be on Saba for 5 months working on a market research study as her graduation
project for the AVANS Hogeschool, where she studies International Business
& Management.
March
2006 Rec.
Room Transformation and Additional Computer!
Robbie Lynn has done it again! He’s transformed the Rec-room into
another master piece of artwork! A new library book case, and “cottage
area” for the computers, now with 2 computers for guests use. Don’t
for get to bring down your laptops, wireless is available for free!
February 2006 Duikvaker
Juliana’s Hotel and Sea Saba Dive Center shared a booth in Utrecht
Holland at the Duikvaker show. If your in Holland pop by to say hi and
taste some Saba Spice.
January 2006 New Gateway to Saba...
Step into Saba through Juliana’s new Arbor! Pewee Johnson built
an arbor reflecting Juliana’s gingerbread edgings at Juliana’s
rear entrance making this “short cut” into town look great!
Juliana's
Hotel & Tropics Café would like to
wish everyone a happy and safe 2006!
December 2005 Christmas
Dinner
Juliana’s and Tropics Staff enjoy Christmas dinner together on December
13th before Francia leaves to go home for her Christmas vacation. Many
surprises were in store from Santa’s Secret gift exchange and a
raffle with gifts from Wim and Johanna.
November
2005 Getting a fresh look
Armond or maintenance man (also know as Picky) is painting the buildings
and roofs so that everything will receive a fresh clean look for the coming
New Year.
Malachy has also illustrated a beautiful new hotel sign
on one of the exterior walls of the Hotel.
October 2005 Local Artist finishes Masterpiece
in Mango! Local
artist and neighbor Robbie Lynn has made Mango Apartment into a fabulous
getaway within the branches of his Mango Tree vision. The entire apartment
has been redecorated with painted Mango trees that extend across walls
and over ceilings. New blinds, linens and a unique mosquito effect awning
in the bedroom have been added creating a truly unique jungle feel. Well
done Mr. Lynn! Look out for further touches from Robbie at Tropics pool
area in the near future...
September2005
Tropics Café Re-opens!
Everything's finished on time, the new
bar, signage, recovered seat & hand painted signage! Tropics opened
again for business on the 16th, everyone was very impressed by the totally
rebuilt bar area, lot's more space and everything in its place...
Tropics Café Upgrades
Tropics will be open for deliveries only till September 15th, there are
a couple of maintenance projects planned, which include building a new
bar and recovering the booth in the back. Once Tropics opens again on
the 16th you can expect the same great theme nights and excellent atmosphere!
August2005
New Intern
Maike Hofstra has now joined the staff
at Juliana’s Hotel. Maike studies Tourism in Groningen and will
be working on several projects during her 8 month stay here on Saba.
July
2005 Windwardside Map on-line!
The new Windwardside map is online click
hereto
check it out, with over twenty 360 panoramas and information on all that
Windwardside has to offer, it's possibly the most in-depth interactive
map in
Caribbean!
New
Delivery Service at Tropics Café
Experience all the great food that the restaurant has to
offer without leaving your home click
hereto
download our brand new delivery menu.
June
2005
Dive Buddies’ Buffet
Tropics now boasts a new theme night! A pool side Dive
buddies' Buffet, where people mingle with the instructors from all the
dive centers on Saba, sharing their underwater experiences with fellow
divers & dive crews. Enjoy an all you can eat buffet with kebabs hot
from the BBQ, an open bar with beer, punch and all soft drinks from 6
- 9pm.on a Sunday evening. A must for Saba dive vets and newbies alike!
$20.00 per person.
A
Magical Evening...
Tropics hosts a magic show by “The magic Doctor” a visiting
magician from Germany. Money disappeared, cards reappeared and a few things
went up in smoke! To keep with the magical theme Tropics screened Disney's
Aladdin. A great evening was had by all.
New Menu at
Tropics Café
We've updated our menu incorporating information about
our theme night's and our special house cocktail list it has a fresh new
look and has everything on offer presented clearly.
May
2005 Staff
Fun!
Tropics Staff enjoyed a day off together, which they spent
in a cooking class and a wine tasting course at the Gate House. It was
Tropics Café Poolside in the afternoon where the gang was joined
by families who together enjoyed pizzas and the new hot tub!
Flossie’s face lift
It’s been 2 years and Flossie’s floor has been
re-varnished again. We have also built a beautiful deck which can be used
for tanning, relaxing and evening BBQ’s. There is also a hot tub
which is great for star gazers in the evenings.
Hot Tubs!
Juliana’s now has two hot tubs, one at Flossie’s
Cottage and the other at Tropics Café. So come and enjoy the sunset
with a refreshing daiquiri while relaxing in the hot tub!
March
2005 New theme night add at Tropics Café!
Tropics Café now
boosts a great Caribbean Night with local and Caribbean dishes, such as
fresh lobster and fish and goat stews served with fresh Saba veggies (such
as christophenes), rice n peas and Johnny cakes. Menu changes weekly depending
on local produce availabilities.
February 2005 New Hammocks Juliana’s Hotel now has
new hammocks on all the porches! The sun had faded all our old ones, so
now you can swing in the sunshine in our new parachute material hammocks.
ENJOY!
January 2005 Juliana’s Hotel would like to
wish everybody a happy and prosperous 2005! Baby
Boom
Congratulations Drinni and Elizabeth! Both Drinni and Elizabeth
are pregnant and are both due in August. This will be Drinni’s second
child and Elizabeth’s third child, we wish them and there families
all the blessings, happiness and joys to come.
December 2004 We’ve
got lots of news this December!
White Lab Christmas
Miss Kane? Haven’t see our new addition Rosco? Kane
and Rosco now have there very own Christmas
card.
Photo Competition! Al Tims and Kathy
Hansen were our first Photo contest
winners!!!! Hopefully these beautiful pictures will bring Al and Kathy
back to Saba real soon, so that they can receive there 10% return customer
discount, a free upgrade and a free meal at Tropics Café!
Staff Christmas Dinner
We were all
finally able to sit around the table together and share a great Christmas
meal. Chefs Carl and Rudolph spoiled us all at YIIK. Afterwards we all
had some drinks at Swinging Doors, where Eddy now has Stella on tap!
Radios
All our rooms have received a new amenity, they now have
CD radios, so bring down some of your favorite CD’s and listen to
them in the comforts of your room.
We’re
starting to create a CD book, so that you can pick out some music if you
forgot to bring down your own.
November 2004 Photography Competition Juliana's Hotel is running
a photography competition for the hotel premises and the Island of Saba,
so come on all you guys! Send in your favorite pictures from over the
years and stand a chance of winning some great discounts on your next
stay. Winners will be annonced quartly begining December 1st 2004. Send
your photographs toinfo@julianas-hotel.com
please mark the subject either "Pictures of Saba" or "Pictures
of Juliana's" all entries will be featured on the site.
Hell's Gate Triathlon For the second year running
Saba will be hosting the Ennia Hell’s Gate Challage Triathlon 2004
on December 5th 2004. So come on down to Saba this December, there is
more than just a triathlon it’s Saba day weekend.
October 2004 Sea
& Learn on Saba a great success!
Once
Again! Sea and Learn a great Success!
The Grande Finale evening of Sea and Learn was held at Tropics, about
100 people showed to win prices and celebrate the event. Check out the
website for more details!
Sea
and Learn off to a great start.
This years Sea and Learn has more sponsors, more experts
and has become a non profit organization. Check out www.seaandlearn.org
for updates!
Mal here to stay...
Mal has fallen in love with Saba or is it just Juliana’s
Hotel. University friend Mal, will now join the Juliana’s team,
his great marketing and design experiences will be put to use everywhere,
wait for lots of snazzy new ideas.
August
2004 Jesca’s
Journey
Jesca will be doing her internship at Juliana’s Hotel for the coming
6 months, she will be involved with the setting up of our second annual
Sea and Learn on Saba event, and also with the Hell’s Gate Challenge
triathlon on Sunday December 5th 2004.
Tropics goes al fresco
We added great new outside dining facilities at Tropics; we’ve added
four rum barrels which were transformed into great outdoor tables. Tropics
has also added a unique “swingers” table…….the
table chairs are actual swings……..Swing at your own risk!
June
2004
NBA Finals on the big screen Tropics
Cafe hosts the Lakers & Pistons final two matches on the big screen,
with a sports arena menu to match the ocassion!
April
2004 Queen’s
Day
Saba’s Queens Day was celebrated the Dutch way! Tropics served Dutch
pancakes, poffertjes, apple flaps and croquettes. We also had Dutch themed
games, such a pin the crown on the queen, flag hoisting competition and
kopsijkeren.
Easter Brunch
Tropics celebrated Easter Sunday with a refreshing brunch, fresh juices,
homemade muffins and cakes, and an Easter egg competition for the kids.
New
Chef hired!
Paula Childs has been hired as the new chief at Tropics Café. She
adds to the Tropics experience with her local dishes and great daily lunch
specials. We’re all glad to have Paula on board.
March
2004 Surf
and Turf
Tropics introduces a new theme night! Monday nights Surf and Turf with
Live Steel Pan Music (only place on island regularly) played by Karel
Sorton. Chief Bernt from the Ecolodge Rendez-Vous joins Wim and Johanna,
and serves BBQ grilled Lobster or Steak.
February
2004 Movie
Nights
Tropics now has Saba’s only Cinema. This out door movie theater
boast a 12 x 18ft screen and entertains Tropics guests & locals every
Friday night with a Dinner and a movie (Any choice of burger; beef, chicken,
fish or chicken) for only $10.00, Opening night we showed Finding Nemo.
Valentine's Dinner
About 25 couples spent a romantic evening at Tropics, enjoying a 3 course
dinner surrounded by Floral displays lovingly crafted by our Tourist board
manager Glen.
January
12 2004 Tropics
New Management
Tropics Café located in Windwardside across from Juliana's Hotel
is now under the management of hotel owner/operators Wim & Johanna.
The restaurant previously served only vegetarian/natural foods, and the
couple wanted to offer their customers a fuller menu, including meat and
eggs, particularly requested by their tourists dive packages. The restaurant
will be open every day from 7am until 9pm or closing; whichever comes
first. The full menu will be served all day long, so tourists with a longing
for burgers for breakfast may order at will.
December
2003 Saba
Triathlon a success!
42 participants joined the first annual Triathlon, called the Hell’s
Gate Challenge. The quickest time of 1hr 55 min went to a St. Maarten
participant and the second running up went to Saba’s Chris Porterfield
with a time of 1hr 58min
Juliana’s wins best public
garden award.
Juliana’s Hotel wins the best public garden award at Saba Day’s
memorial service. Thank you Martje for the great work!
November 20 2003 New Staff
Member?
Is there a new staff member at Juliana’s Hotel? What will his position
be? Wim and Johanna are the happiest couple on island due to the new arrival
of there Labrador puppy Kane. Kane came down with Nurse Suzanne from Canada.
Thank you Suzan, you’ve made us even happier now!
Organization
of Triathlon
The island's first triathlon event, "The Hell's Gate Challenge,"
will take place on Sunday, December 7, the last day of the Saba Days weekend
celebration. Organizer Johanna van t'Hof of Juliana's said that the rigorous
courses were recently set out by the St. Maarten Friendly Island Triathlon
Association (FITA) in cooperation with the Saba Conservation Foundation.
The first section, swimming, will start and end at Well's Bay, with a
trajectory marked by buoys. The bike portion leads from Well's Bay through
The Bottom and Windwardside, finishing at the end of the Mountain Road.
The running segment will follow a loop from Rendezvous to Queen's Garden
and over the Sandy Cruz trail ending at the Hell's Gate Roman Catholic
church. The triathlon may also be executed by teams, with members taking
only one or two segments, handing off to a team member for the next segment.
October
31 2003 Sea
and Learn a success!
Almost 100 adults and children attended the final evening of what promises
to be the first annual Sea & Learn on Saba. Tropics, The Natural Café,
hosted the event. Organizers set up the facility as an outdoor amphitheater
with a huge screen and well equipped sound system.
The event was made possible through a grass roots cooperative effort headed
by Lynn Costenaro of Sea Saba Dive Center and Johanna van t'Hof of Juliana's
Hotel. Expert speakers were invited from as far away as York University
in England but they also took advantage of local and regional expertise
both on island and from the neighboring islands of Tortola, St. Maarten
and Antigua. A different speaker at a different venue was scheduled each
night in October. Topics ranged from rainforests and insects to turtles
and muck diving. "Sea & Learn 2004 promises to be even bigger
and better.
We would like thank
our sponsors: The Edge ferry boat, Winair and LIAT airlines, local hotels:
El Momo Cottages, Ecolodge Rendezvous, and Juliana's Hotel as well as
selected restaurants: The Brigadoon, YIIK, Tropics. Café, Rainforest
Restaurant Swinging Doors, British Airways and The Royal Historic Society
in the United Kingdom.
September
2003 Flossie’s
Cottage Floor gets a fresh look.
Flossie’s antique floor restored to its original condition. After
stripping the original coating the floor was sanded smooth and re-varnished
to show the splendor of its original color.
August
2003 Rec.
room floor gets rebuilt
Carpet out…tiles are in. The rec. room seems to be allot more work
than anticipated. While taking out the carpet Wim and Martje realized
that also the beams had to be replaced. Lots of work, but with a new tiled
floor, the rec. room will now host a roomier internet café, library,
conference room, game section and DVD area. Sea Saba’s dive classes
and Suzanne Nielson’s Yoga classes will still be held in the rec.
room as well.
July
2003 Vanessa
Leaves.
We were all sorry to see Vanessa leave! Vanessa has moved away to be with
her boyfriend in the united States, We will definitely miss Vanessa, and
hope that she’s able to make her dreams a reality.
June
2003 Internet
Café!
Juliana's joins the information superhighway and offers an internet cafe
to it’s clients. Set up in a quite corner of the Juliana's rec.
room. Access is password-protected. At $5 for 30 minutes, length of time
on the .net is calculated on the honor system. Guests can also down load
pictures from their digital cameras, and email these home in advance of
their return. The hotel's computer is equipped with a CD burner, so that
guests can make a record of their trip or leave that special photograph
behind with their new Saban friends.
May
2003 Introduced
DVD players in Cottages
and Apartment
We have now upgraded the cottage with a DVD player, guests can now bring
down DVDs of choice and enjoy these in there private cottages.
April
2003 New
gardener hired.
Marje has been hired as the new garden at Juliana’s Hotel, Martje
is the Ecolodge Rendez-vous gardener and now joins the Juliana’s
team in the afternoons 3 times a week. Glad to have you on board Martje.
March
2003 Front
desk office gets a new look.
The Front Desk office gets a paint job and new furniture. Painted in a
pale blue, it gives the office a refreshing look, underwater paintings
from artist Heleen Cornet are hung up and are also for sale.
February
2003 Flossie’s
and Orchid upgrades
New bed spreads, curtains and artwork are hung up in both Flossie’s
and Orchid. Flossie’s has been given a historical theme with old
pictures from Will Johnson’s collection and Orchid cottage has been
given a nautical theme with underwater paintings.
January
2003
New Management arrives
at Juliana’s Hotel.
(Please see your hosts for more information.).
