Scuba Lodge & Ocean Suites

What Scuba Lodge & Ocean Suites does

Scuba Lodge & Ocean Suites is a family-owned boutique hotel business in Curaçao, operating through two wholly-owned properties: Scuba Lodge City Beach in Willemstad's historic Pietermaai district and Scuba Lodge Lagun Beach on the west coast (acquired January 2026 from Bahia Apartments & Diving). The Pietermaai flagship spans five restored 19th-century UNESCO World Heritage monumental buildings and contains 28 hotel rooms and 11 apartments/suites, including the signature Zeelandia Suite. The property is operated by the legal entity 2B Holidays B.V., traces its origins to the Dap family opening Buona Sera Inn in January 1992, and now operates under the Scuba Lodge brand. Revenue is generated across four streams: accommodation (which is the core), dive services via a PADI 5-Star IDC Dive Center (Dive Center Pietermaai) with access to 80+ dive sites, food and beverage (De Heeren @ Sea oceanfront restaurant and La Reina coffee shop), and ancillary services (airport transfers, car rental partnerships, package deals). The original headcount is reported at 9; the January 2026 Lagun acquisition adds a previously 34-employee operation and complementary apartments and shore diving. The company runs a direct-to-consumer go-to-market model with no third-party OTA presence, using a multilingual website (Dutch, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese), phone, email, and WhatsApp as booking channels. It is a privately held, family-controlled business with no institutional investment, public listing, or external funding rounds disclosed in the source material.

Name

Scuba Lodge & Ocean Suites

Legal name

2B Holidays B.V.

Website

https://scubalodge.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Scuba Lodge & Ocean Suites is a family-owned boutique hotel in Curaçao operating two properties (Pietermaai and Lagun Beach) with 28 rooms, 11 apartments, and a PADI 5-Star dive center, serving leisure divers and travelers seeking authentic Curaçao hospitality.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Boutique Hospitality and Dive Resort

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Traveler Accommodation (7211)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Beachfront & Island Luxury Resorts (THAGACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dive Centers & Scuba Training (PADI/SSI, certifications) (THAAAIAA), Diving Experiences (Scuba Dives, Dive Trips, PADI/SSI Courses) (THAJAJAD), Coastal & Island Eco-Resorts (THAAAHAG)

Keywords

• Boutique hotel operations
• Scuba diving services
• Dive resort hospitality
• UNESCO heritage accommodation
• Oceanfront vacation rentals

Headquarters

HQ city

Willemstad

HQ country

Curaçao

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Accommodation: Room and suite rentals across 28 hotel rooms and 11 apartments in 5 historic UNESCO buildings. Includes Standard, Superior, Deluxe City View, and Deluxe Ocean View rooms, plus 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom suites and the Zeelandia Suite.
2. Diving Services: PADI-certified diving courses and guided dive packages through Scuba Lodge Dive Center. Includes Discover Scuba Diving, certification courses, and boat dives to 80+ dive sites around Curaçao.
3. Food & Beverage: De Heeren @ Sea restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily (08:00-00:00). La Reina coffee shop serving breakfast, lunch, coffee and cocktails (Mon-Sat 07:30-17:00, Sun 09:00-16:00).
4. Package Deals: Combined stay packages such as City & West Coast Experience (8 nights, 4 at City Beach + 4 at Lagun Beach with car rental) and seasonal specials like Blue Wave 15% discount.
5. Ancillary Services: Airport transfers (US$50 or free for 5+ nights), car rental partnerships, and miscellaneous guest services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Scuba Lodge & Ocean Suites runs two boutique hotel properties in Curaçao — City Beach (Pietermaai, Willemstad) and Lagun Beach — offering hotel rooms, suites, and apartments alongside on-site dining. The group also operates a PADI 5-Star IDC Dive Center providing dive courses, guided dives, and instructor development, plus two food-and-beverage outlets (De Heeren @ Sea, La Reina Coffee, Food & Lifestyle).

Product overview

Scuba Lodge & Ocean Suites is a boutique hotel portfolio consisting of two distinct properties: Scuba Lodge City Beach (Pietermaai) and Scuba Lodge Lagun Beach. The Pietermaai property offers 28 hotel rooms and 11 apartments across 5 restored 19th-century monument buildings in Willemstad's UNESCO World Heritage district. Accommodations are organized into Standard, Superior, and Deluxe categories (City View and Ocean View), plus Suites ranging from 1-bedroom to the signature Zeelandia Suite. The property features a PADI 5-Star IDC Dive Center, two pools (garden and ocean), and direct beach access. On-site dining includes De Heeren @ Sea restaurant (breakfast, lunch, dinner, daily 08:00-midnight) and La Reina coffee shop. The 2026 acquisition of Lagun Beach expanded the portfolio to a second location featuring 19 apartments focused on nature immersion and shore diving.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scuba Lodge City Beach (Pietermaai) Boutique hotel property in the Pietermaai district of Willemstad, Curaçao, occupying renovated UNESCO-listed colonial buildings and offering rooms, suites, apartments, on-site dining, and direct access to the PADI 5-Star IDC Dive Center.
• Scuba Lodge Lagun Beach

Quantifiable outcome

• 10 years of PADI dive center excellence recognized by industry
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bahia Apartments & Diving (Peter and Thea Koster)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 January 2026Transfer of ownership of Bahia Apartments & Diving in Lagun to Scuba Lodge. Peter and Thea Koster founded the business 21 years ago; property now operates as Scuba Lodge Lagun Beach under Olvert Sophia and Christina Sieperda.
• Project AWAREcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMonthly cleanup dive events held on the first Sunday of every month in partnership with Project AWARE. Scuba Lodge organizes Dive Against Debris® activities to protect Caribbean reefs and marine environment.
• PADIcoreTechnology or IntegrationPADI 5-Star IDC Resort providing professional diving certification courses and continuing education. Dive Center Pietermaai is the first PADI 5-Star IDC in the district.
• Olvert Sophia and Christina SieperdacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeadership partnership for Scuba Lodge Lagun Beach. Olvert (native Curaçaoan, tourism educator and entrepreneur) and Christina (tourism professional since 2004) now manage the west coast location.
• Pro Dive VibesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrant partner in Curaçao Teen Instructor Grant program alongside Scuba Lodge Dive Center, offering a Curaçao resident the opportunity to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor and Emergency First Response Instructor.
• Car Rental PartnerminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLongstanding partnership with trusted car rental provider. Vehicles delivered and picked up at hotel. 10% discount offered to direct bookers.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sandals Resorts: Caribbean-wide all-inclusive resort brand offering dive programs at multiple islands — represents the larger incumbent alternative that some Caribbean travelers consider over boutique dive properties like Scuba Lodge.
• Divi Flamingo Beach Resort & Casino: Larger Bonaire all-inclusive resort with on-site dive operations — broader incumbent in the Caribbean dive-resort space that competes for the same dive-tourist wallet as Scuba Lodge.

Direct peers

• Captain Don's Habitat: Long-established Bonaire dive resort with on-property accommodations and PADI dive center, catering to the same leisure-diver segment as Scuba Lodge's Dive Center Pietermaai.
• Ocean Frontiers Dive Resort: Cayman Islands dive resort pairing accommodations with a PADI-affiliated dive operation, closely comparable to Scuba Lodge's hotel + PADI 5-Star IDC business model.
• Lions Dive & Beach Resort: Curaçao beachfront resort with its own PADI dive center and oceanfront rooms — the closest direct competitor to Scuba Lodge's combined hotel + diving offering on the same island.
• Buddy Dive Resort: Bonaire-based PADI 5-Star dive resort with on-site rooms, dive center, and shore diving access — directly comparable to Scuba Lodge's integrated hotel + PADI 5-Star IDC + shore-diving model in the southern Caribbean.
• Sunset House: Boutique Grand Cayman hotel with an on-site PADI dive shop and shore diving, comparable to Scuba Lodge's integrated lodging + PADI dive center proposition.
• Coral Divers: Curaçao-based PADI dive operator offering courses and guided dives — directly comparable to Dive Center Pietermaai's PADI 5-Star IDC Resort services.
• Avila Beach Hotel: Historic Willemstad beachfront boutique hotel in the same Curaçao market, competing for the same UNESCO-heritage-seeking leisure traveler segment.

Regional players

• Kura Hulanda Lodge: Curaçao heritage-themed boutique lodge operated by a different local group, targeting culturally curious leisure travelers in the same Curaçao market as Scuba Lodge.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ScubaLodgeCuraçao
• Instagraminstagram.com/scubalodgecuracao
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scuba-lodge-boutique-hotel

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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