"Our schedule right now is to get the hotel operational the very first day of May," said Alfred Gorlick, CHA, Vice President & General Manager of the 340-room beachfront property.  The hotel has been closed since last November 6 after being struck by Hurricane Michelle.  "It has taken quite a bit of time to not only to do clean-up work, but to enhance certain features of the resort as well."
   
"A negative situation has allowed us to turn the Sheraton Grand into a positive scenario," said Gorlick, "because it has enabled us to upgrade certain public areas of the resort, including putting in new exterior landscaping, new carpeting and furniture in the lobby and upgrading two of our four restaurants.  We're close to being finished and returning it to the way it was just after we completed our $10 million renovation less than two years ago."
    
Located next door to the world-famous Atlantis Casino, the Sheraton Grand also is within walking distance of duty-free shopping, nightlife and downtown Nassau.  It is also nearby championship golf and a wide variety of tourist attractions.
    
The 14-story resort features four restaurants, three bars, on-site fitness center, day and night tennis, Bahama Divers scuba and snorkel shop, oceanfront freshwater swimming pool, and a white-sand beach that rivals any beach in the islands.
    
In addition, every guest accommodation, including rooms and suites, have a guaranteed view of the ocean and private balcony.  Accommodation amenities include minibar, safe for valuables, direct dial telephone with voicemail and data port, cable TV with pay-per-view-movies, hair dryer, iron and ironing board, and coffeemaker.