The Platinum Coast is a stretch of powdery white sandy-beach in Barbados

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

. Located to the North of Holetown

Holetown

Holetown , is a small town located in the Caribbean island nation of Barbados. Holetown is located in the parish of Saint James on the sheltered west coast of the island.-History:...

. Its area title has been broadened in more recent times to include much of the coastline of the parish of Saint James. The Platinum Coast is a spot consisting mostly of "nouveau riche" to the country of Barbados. Upscale hotels in the area include the Royal Westmoreland and Sandy Lane Beach resort

Sandy Lane (resort)

The Sandy Lane Beach Resort and Spa is an upmarket, five-diamond luxury hotel and beach resort situated close to Holetown and Paynes Bay, in Saint James on the island-nation of Barbados. The Sandy Lane Beach Resort was first opened in 1961 on what was formerly a sugar cane plantation...

 where golfer Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...

was married.

The area is a hotspot for wealthy global people and many locals in the area are quick to point out the homes of the 18 global billionaires said to live in the Platinum Coast area.

The original name for this area was the "Gold Coast" but the name has change in recent years.