One of Antigua’s most popular all-inclusive hotels is back, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The adults-only Pineapple Beach Club, part of the Elite Island Resorts collection, is open and welcoming back guests. 

The property, set on a quarter mile of white-sand beach on the eastern coast of Antigua, is the latest Elite Island Resorts property to relaunch in Antigua, joining the Hammock Cove; St James’s Club and Villas and Galley Bay resorts.

It’s home to 180 guest rooms on a 30-acre site with five dining concepts, three bars and a signature wellness center called the Tranquility Body & Soul Spa. 

That’s along with pools, a water sports center, two tennis courts and a fitness center.  

The relaunched property has also unveiled its newest addition: a beachfront, infinity-edge pool.

The company’s other resort in Antigua, the family-friendly Verandah Resort and Spa, recently announced that it would be reopening on Feb. 15, 2021. 

Antigua and Barbuda as been open again for tourism since early June. You can find the destination’s travel protocols for visitors here. 

For more, visit the Pineapple Beach Club. 

— CJ

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The SoCo Hotel company is expanding with a new resort in Saint Lucia, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The company, whose first hotel was in Barbados, will debut a new all-inclusive in Saint Lucia on May 1, according to a SoCo spokesperson. 

The 76-room property is called The SoCo House, which will be set on a peninsula in historic Rodney Bay. 

It will be a mix of 32 deluxe rooms, 16 junior suites, 20-courtyard rooms and eight suites. 

The all-inclusive program will feature a la carte dining for breakfast, lunch and dinner, along with afternoon tea as well. 

Menus will be a “fusion of international and Creole flavors served al fresco style,” the property said in a statement. 

There will be three bars across the property: a lobby bar, a pool bar and a restaurant lounge. 

The adults-only resort will feature an “expansive pool and terrace,” with a location a “stone’s throw” from the island’s renowned Reduit Beach. 

It’s a major expansion for the company, with the newest SoCo far larger than its 24-room sister resort in Barbados.

Saint Lucia first opened for tourism in June of 2020. You can find more on the island’s protocols for visitors here. 

For more, visit SoCo. 

— CJ

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With the recent rise fo remote work, more and more Caribbean destinations are courting longer-term visitors to take their “mobile” office with them. 

But one Caribbean hotel is taking things a step further — they’ll even give you an office right on the beach. 

Aruba’s Boardwalk Beach Hotel has launched a new program that provides beachside “workstations” for guests. 

The new workstations include beachside desks covered by a palapa (that’s along with poolside desks as well.)

Each “workstation” is equipped with Wi-Fi, a desk, a chair and “everything you need to work remote,” the hotel says. 

It’s the perfect setting for Aruba’s recently-launched “Workation” program, which gives visitors the opportunity to stay up to three months working remotely on the island. 

And it’s just about the ultimate zoom background. 

“At our small and lush property we noticed that guests flocked to Boardwalk not only to vacation, yet also to find peace of mind, a place to reconnect with others in a safe, outdoor environment and for a change of scenery after months of staying in one place,” the hotel said in a statement. “With our guests often staying for multiple reasons and for longer periods of time came the request for a ‘workable’ environment, providing the opportunity to get work-related mails and calls done in a quick and professional manner.”

For more, visit the Boardwalk Boutique Hotel.

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