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(Barbados GIS) – Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will host a special conference on Friday, July 3, which will see Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley handing over the reins to incoming chairman, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Twentieth Special Meeting of CARICOM will be held via video conference throughout the region beginning at 10:00 a.m.
CARICOM Heads decided at their Ninth Special Meeting in April this year to stage the handing-over ceremony at the beginning of July.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the Forty-First Regular Meeting of Heads of Government to be rescheduled to September 2 and 3 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
During Friday’s virtual meeting, CARICOM leaders are expected to also address a number of procedural matters.
As CARICOM Chairman, among other things, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley hosted the 31st Intersessional Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, from February 18 to 19 in Barbados, and held a number of Special Meetings in March and May to map out a strategy to deal with the COVID-19 crisis.
In addition, as Conference Chairman, Ms. Mottley was able to facilitate a high-level meeting between CARICOM Heads of Government and owners/chairmen of leading cruise lines to discuss mutual matters of interest.
The relationship which was established between the cruise ship principals and the Conference of Heads enabled the members of the Community to have frank and cordial discussions with cruise industry representatives about the impact of COVID-19 on cruises in and around the Caribbean.
Prime Minister Mottley also has lead responsibility for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy in the region’s quasi cabinet.
The Caribbean Community has 15 member states – Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
It also has five associate members – Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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Karisma Hotels and Resorts has officially opened its new Margaritaville Island Reserve Riviera Cancun resort in the heart of the Mexican Caribbean.
The Cancun-area all-inclusive, which is the first product of a partnership between Karisma and Margaritaville, received its first guests on July 1.
“The launch of the Margaritaville Island Reserve Riviera Cancun is our first of many Island Reserve resorts, with properties in Riviera Maya and Cap Cana [in the Dominican Republic] on the horizon for 2021,” said Bill Linehan, president of Premier Worldwide Marketing, the exclusive worldwide representatives for Karisma Hotels & Resorts. “Margaritaville Island Reserve is much more than an all-inclusive resort – it is the epitome of a Caribbean oasis where everything is included.”
The resort has a total of 148 rooms and suites, along with four eateries, six bars and an 8,000-square-foot spa.
Notably, each room comes with its own “customizable” in-room bar, “complete with all the glassware and tools needed for true personalization,” according to Karisma.
The launch of the resort comes with Karisma’s new “Peace of Mind” health and safety plan, which covers enhanced sanitization and social-distancing protocols for its resorts.
The next Margaritaville Island Reserve in the pipeline, the aforementioned resort in the tony Cap Cana enclave of Punta Cana, broke ground last year, with plans for a 228-room property on Juanillo Beach. That property is slated to debut in 2021, according to Karisma.
It’s joined by a Riviera Maya resort also under construction.
The Mexican Caribbean officially reopened for tourism last month.
For more, visit Margaritaville Island Reserve Riviera Cancun.
— CJ
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The adults-only Pineapple Beach Club will reopen for business on July 10, 2020, according to Elite Island Resorts.
The Antigua says that the health, safety and comfort of its guests are its top priorities.
Prior to travelers’ arrival, their guest rooms will be cleaned and sanitized using professional, hospital-grade electrostatic sprayers with an EPA-rated disinfectant.
This same process will be used throughout the resort’s restaurants, bars, common areas and facilities.
The resort’s staff is engaging in enhanced health and safety training and its “Clean Team Ambassadors” are ensuring that common touch surfaces are disinfected.
Guests will enjoy contactless check-in, more space between seats in dining rooms and more space for social distancing around pools and on the beach.
Antigua officially reopened for tourism in early June.
For more, visit Pineapple Beach Club.
— CJ
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