About Hotel Chocolat: Hotel Chocolat sounds like a clever brand name for premium sweets until you learn that the company does run a resort on its West Indies chocolate plantation – then Hotel Chocolat seems like the world’s greatest idea. The company’s UK-based founders started out with the simple goal of turning out better-tasting chocolate under the Hotel Chocolat name. Their quest led them to the historic Rabot plantation on St. Lucia, where the company now pays local farmers a premium for fine cocoa, makes its own chocolate on-site, and offers resort guests a tropical retreat that includes cacao massage and delicious sweets.