Another top Antigua resort is opening its doors next month.
The luxe Carlisle Bay resort in Antigua will welcome back guests on Oct. 10, the property confirmed.
The beach resort set on the southern coast of Antigua joins a number of island resorts that have already reopened.
The property will be relaunching under its “A New Clean” set of health and safety protocols.
The program “will focus on cleanliness that will be visible to guests throughout their entire stay – in their guest suites, restaurants, gym, spa and in other public spaces,” according to Carlisle Bay.
October will see a wave of relaunches in Antigua, including signature all-inclusive resorts like the St James’s Club Antigua and Curtain Bluff, among others.
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The British Virgin Islands has announced a reopening date of Dec. 1, and that will coincide with the reopening of one of the destination’s top luxury destinations: Oil Nut Bay.
The Virgin Gorda luxury resort and residential community will be reopening that day, a spokesperson for the property confirmed to Caribbean Journal.
The destination, set on the coveted North Sound, consists of a number of luxury villas and estates, a number of which are available as vacation rentals.
That’s along with other accommodations like the property’s popular Cliff Suites.
“Oil Nut Bay was is a low-density, secluded haven that was built for social distancing,” said Shaylene Todd, Sales and Marketing Director at Oil Nut Bay. “Moving forward, guests and owners will be able to enjoy enhanced food and beverage delivery options, a recalibrated “Zoom Room” in the Beach Club for those mixing business and pleasure, representatives to assist remote learning and an increased number of private chefs available so that guests and can dine in the comfort of their own villas if desired.”
When Antigua and Barbuda reopened for tourism on June 4, it was among the first destinations in the Caribbean to do so — sending ripples across the region and, more importantly, a message that, even amid the challenges of COVID-19, tourism was possible.
Now, the destination continues to see its tourism numbers rise.
Indeed, since Antigua and Barbuda reopened the destination has seen monthly visitor arrivals more than double, as of the end of August.
In August, Antigua and Barbuda saw 4,761 visitors, with 67 percent of those coming from the United States, buoyed by daily flight service on American Airlines from Miami and routes on carriers like Delta and JetBlue.
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About 21 percent of travelers have come from the United Kingdom and Europe, 7 percent from within the Caribbean region and 3 percent from Canada.
“The Ministry of Tourism and the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority continue to carefully monitor the COVID-19 landscape within our main source markets,” said Charles Fernandez, Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Tourism. “We remain committed to working with the Ministry of Health and the entire Antigua and Barbuda Tourism sector to ensure that as the destination opens up further, we keep those protective measures in place that have been designed to safeguard our residents and those who visit our shores.”
The destination will continue its strong health and safety protocols, Fernandez said, including a requirement for a negative PCR test; the use of facial masks when social distancing is not possible and other protocols stipulated by the country’s Ministry of Health.
In October, a number of hotel reopening are also planned.
Curtain Bluff, one of Antigua’s most legendary places to stay, reopens in October.
That includes Blue Waters Resort, Tamarind Hills, Hermitage Bay, Antigua Village, Galley Bay, Carlisle Bay Resort, St. James’s Club, The Great House, Antigua Yacht Club Marina, Ocean Point Resort, Curtain Bluff Resort, and Hawksbill.
“Each hotel or accommodation offering that has opened has been inspected by the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Health, to ensure that they are adhering to the covid-19 protocols set for tourism accommodation. Over two hundred properties have been inspected to date ranging from small bed & breakfast styled properties, to the larger all-inclusives.”
