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We have been surprised and honoured to be featured in so many press publications we admire so soon after opening our boutique luxury resort on the island of Eleuthera. The rebirth of The Potlatch Club seems to have captured the imagination of the Caribbean and international media and we hope after reading some of these reviews, you will want to come and visit us with your loved ones.
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Beach Sanctuary Winner: The Potlatch Club, Bahamas
Elizbeth Taylor holidayed at The Potlatch Club, Greta Garbo felt the pink sand between her toes here and, in 1969 a honeymooning Paul McCartney wrote Beatles songs on the hotel notepaper.
On my first afternoon at The Potlatch Club, I swam in the ocean until my fingers pruned and my eyes were rimmed red from salt, emerging from the water like a barnacle that had washed ashore. I collapsed onto a sun lounger, reviving myself with sips of homemade iced ginger tea; just as I felt myself dozing off, a pod of dolphins appeared, splashing in the shallow waters not 10 feet away from shore.
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New York, NY (October 22, 2024) - Winners of the 20th Annual Davey Awards have been announced by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA), with Nucleus winning another Silver for its website for The Potlatch Club.
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New York, NY – 2 October 2024
The winners of the 19th Annual w3 Awards were announced by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA) and amongst thousands of entries from around the world Nucleus won Silver for its website for The Potlatch Club, Bahamas.
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The 11-room resort The Potlatch Club just opened its doors last month, but scroll through the Bahamian resort’s Instagram page and you’ll see an eight-year photographic love story dedicated to the historic property. In the comments, guests of days long past recall playing checkers on the clubhouse’s black-and-white floors or swimming in its pools...
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In 2016, business partners Bruce Loshusan and Hans Febles discovered the unexpected during a casual beach walk along Eleuthera’s deserted blush pink sands: an abandoned boutique estate with a storied, glamorous past. Known as The Potlatch Club in its mid-20th-century heyday, the exclusive Bahamian hideaway lured East Coast socialites, silver screen icons such as Greta Garbo...
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One of Eleuthera’s most legendary hotels, the Potlatch Club, just reopened on a secluded sandy beach after a meticulous multi-year renovation.
The property, which was once a magnet for celebrities such as Paul McCartney (who honeymooned here in 1969) and Greta Garbo, sits on a picture-perfect stretch of coastline on Central Eleuthera...
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The pink sand, the historic cottages, the chic beach bars and luxe villas. You may be thinking of Harbour Island. But this is another increasingly hip destination in The Bahamas: Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera, which just welcomed a brand-new boutique hotel. The area in central Eleuthera, is the home of the recently-debuted, dramatically transformed Potlatch Club.
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A Bahamian Belle Reborn. In the late 1960's and '70's Eleuthera's Potlatch Club was a magnet for eccentric New York Socialites, European Royals, Hollywood A-listers along the lines of Greta Garbo, and the occasional rock star. After a seven-year restoration, the Potlatch Club is back open, and billing itself as Eleuthera's first proper luxury boutique hotel...
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When we first visited The Potlatch Club on the ruggedly beautiful Caribbean island of Eleuthera in November 2023, we knew we had glimpsed something special, but returning seven months later, what we found exceeded our already high expectations. If you are looking for somewhere special, a few days at The Potlatch Club leaves you with a true tropical tingle...
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Travelers who want to feel like they’re summering at a friend’s beachfront estate will thoroughly appreciate the laid-back vibe of The Potlatch Club. The lush property has only 11 keys on 12 acres, a seamless service team—led by general manager Kezang Dorji—who’ve worked together for more than 20 years, and a stretch of beach that you and your loved ones will likely have all to yourselves.
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Owners Bruce Loshusan and Hans Febles acquired the dilapidated property in 2016. The property fell into disrepair in the 1980s. In the 1960s and 70s, The Potlatch Club was popular with socialites, hosting Greta Garbo, Richard Widmark, Raymond Burr, and Rita Gam. In 1969,Paul McCartney honeymooned at the hotel with his first wife Linda.
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The Potlatch Club, the first truly luxury boutique hotel on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, has opened its doors after an extensive restoration. Eleuthera is an island escape known for its wild, pristine beauty and 135 empty beaches. The secluded hideaway has only 11 keys in a former private home, popular with New York socialites in the 1960s and 70s.
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