Acclaims & Reviews

Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report, June 2007:

Listed as one of eight “Hot” resorts based upon readers’ reports. Comments include:
“An unpretentious, non-glitzy Caribbean Oasis”
“warm staff … fine new managers”
“the most fabulous deserted beach”

National Geographic Adventure Magazine, February, 2007 :

"The state of mind here? In a word, unplugged ….. set in one of the most pristine curves of white-sand beach you’ll ever leave prints on. "

Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report, October, 2006, Readers Requests :

"Q. Which Caribbean resort has the most spectacular beach?
A. Your editor’s personal favorite is the secluded Meridian Club, located in the Turks and Caicos just south of the Bahamas. Nestled on a privately owned 800 acre island, the enchanting and delightfully informal 13 room resort is skirted by a sensational two mile long, virtually deserted, white sand beach."

Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report, September, 2006 :

Rated 5th best International Hideaway with 50 or fewer rooms.
Rated 17th best International Resort

Elements Magazine, Spring, 2006 :

“…. A rarified, oh-so-private realm reserved for the select few who want to vanish within its inviting natural setting….And if the Meridian’s guests list boasts the quietly rich who eschew publicity, it’s only natural that they want to keep this very special place a secret as long as they can.” Marion Laffey Fox

Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report, September, 2005 :

Rated 13th best International Hideaway with 50 or fewer rooms.

Town and Country Travel, Winter 2005 :

"Meridian Club, Pine Cay, Turks and Caicos A New England couple developed 800-acre Pine Cay in the 1970s as an enclave for families who yearn for the days when summer houses had no telephones or TV. The club offers cottages set back from the beach, a pool and tennis; a family can also rent one of nine houses (twenty-seven others are privately owned), each of which comes with a golf cart and bicycles - the only way to get around on the island and the ideal speed for the lifestyle here."

Saltwater Fly Fishing, April/May 2005 :

The best characterization of what Pine Cay offers fly fishing enthusiasts. Meridian Club's bonefishing guide, J.R. Delancy, takes you to the shallow bonefish flats on the south side of Pine Cay. Read Article

Caribbean Travel & Life January/February 2005 :

Pine Cay is one of the featured locations in Caribbean Travel & Life's January/February 2005 Ultimate Beaches issue, which highlights 50 of the very best beaches in the Caribbean. Pine Cay made the cover and the lead article on “eight beaches that will leave you speechless”:

"Sand Dollar Point, Pine Cay
It's a two-mile hike from one end of Pine Cay's beach to the other, along a great crescent of white set between low-lying dunes and the clearest, most inviting water you've ever waded into. The most intriguingly beautiful spot is Sand Dollar Point, where the shoreline threads its way into the turquoise shallows and you can walk, Being There-like, on water. And you have it practically to yourself because the beach is the preserve of the Meridian Club, an exclusive but low-key resort on its own 800-acre islet in the Turks and Caicos, with a sprinkling of 30 cottages, a modest 12-room hotel snuggled into the dunes and 13 tiki huts on the beach. No TV, no radio, no bright lights other than the stars, no cars, no pollution, no noise: At Pine Cay you have all the time and space in the world to contemplate pure, natural beauty. In fact, there's not much else to do except bonefish, ride bikes, watch birds and snorkel - there are corals and sponges galore in water six to 15 feet deep. It's so serene as to be not of this world. " Ian Keown.

Caribbean Travel & Life, September/October 2004 :

The Meridian Club is included in the “Live the Island Dream” article featured in this September/October 2004 issue.

Islands Magazine, September/October 2004 :

Featured in a three-page story by Lawrence Millman, “Pining for Nothing to Do” in the September/October issue, extolling the casual yet, barefoot informality of The Meridian Club.

Hideaway Report, December 2003 :

The Meridian Club is included in a global roundup of 15 hotels with five-star views:  "Island romantics take note: the view at this easygoing Caribbean gem is a spectacular, virtually deserted, seemingly endless white-sand beach lapped by translucent azure waters." 

Hideaway Report, December 2002 :

The Meridian Club was one of two in the category for "Most wondrously unspoiled and deserted Caribbean resort beaches." 
  
Celebrated Living, Winter 2002 :

"The Meridian Club is a genteel mixture of island homeowners and those who holiday in the handful of beachfront cottages along one of the most striking expanses of unbroken white-sand beach, framed by crystalline turquoise water."  
  
Hideaway Report (The World's Best Hotels & Resorts), September 2002 :

This annual reader survey ranked The Meridian Club #8 in its Top 20 International Resort Hideaways listing (less than 50 rooms).  In addition, The Meridian Club was ranked as #20 in the Top 20 International Resort Hotels and was the only Caribbean resort included on this worldwide hotel list. 
  
Travel & Leisure, July, 2001 :

The Meridian Club was named one of the 25 best Caribbean resorts by readers of this leading travel publication (quite an accomplishment considering that we have only 13 rooms - and many fewer former guests - compared to the much larger resorts on the list). 
 
The Sunday Sun, Toronto, Canada, February 18, 2001 :

"On the edge of burnout?  This place can make you forget you have a job."  

Expedia Travels magazine, January/February 2001 :

"What The Meridian Club does have is mind-altering tranquility, as well as delicious food, an attentive staff, and a perfect two-mile long beach...The atmosphere here is old-money casual: men are asked to wear collared shirts to dinner, but shoes are optional."  

Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report, October, 2001 :

"It's always a pleasure returning to The Meridian Club...The kitchen seems to improve with every visit we make and, as always, guests are cared for by one of the nicest, most warm-hearted staffs in the West Indies."  From a special feature on "Favorite Caribbean Hideaways Revisited." 

Hideaway Report, October 1999 :

"A delightful air of natural simplicity and barefoot informality characterizes this enchanting escapist gem where sophisticated island purists can unwind in seclusion along one of the Caribbean's last great untrammeled beaches."