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One of the Caribbean’s top all-inclusive hotels is relaunching next month, Caribbean Journal has learned.
Antigua’s Curtain Bluff resort will reopen its doors on Oct. 24, the property confirmed.
The all-inclusive on the stunning south coast of Antigua will be reopening with a series of new health and safety protocols, from enhanced sanitization of guest rooms to enforced physical distancing to frequent disinfecting of high-touch surfaces.
The family-owned resort has a total of 72 rooms and suites, all set along the property’s iconic Surf Beach.
That includes the resort’s Hulford Collection, Curtain Bluff’s two most luxurious suites.
Curtain Bluff is also making a doctor available on call to guests for a fee.
Antigua and Barbuda first reopened its tourism sector in the first week of June.
If you’re planning to visit the twin-island destination, you can find its travel protocols for incoming visitors here.
For more, visit Curtain Bluff.
– CJ
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A new-build villa in the Leeward neighborhood of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos has listed for $1.795 million, Caribbean Journal has learned.
Villa Rise, set in the Kira Isles area, has four bedrooms, four full bathrooms and 5,000 interior square feet.
It’s being listed with Patrick Staples of Turks and Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty.
The property was completed just before the beginning of the pandemic, with a range of impressive amenities ranging from a private pool and outdoor kitchen and dining area to a number of “smart” features including a smart energy cooling system, solar-powered security cameras and a smart lock.
Most notably, it includes 60 feet of canal frontage and a private dock.
“The villa is completely ‘turn key’ as a sparkling and new vacation rental business or as your escape from the rest of the world,” Staples says.
For more, visit Villa Rise.
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Press Release – The European Commission has confirmed its interest to participate in the COVAX Facility for equitable access to affordable COVID-19 vaccines everywhere, for everyone who needs them. As part of a Team Europe effort, the Commission is today also announcing a contribution of €400 million in guarantees to support COVAX and its objectives in the context of the Coronavirus Global Response.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said: “Global collaboration is the only way to overcome a global pandemic. Under the Coronavirus Global Response and the Global Goal Unite campaign, we have seen the world come together as one. Almost €16 billion have been pledged so far and the most talented researchers and organisations are pooling their efforts to deliver vaccines, tests and treatments, which will be our universal, common good. Today, the Commission is announcing a €400 million contribution to COVAX for working together in purchasing future vaccines to the benefit of low and middle-income countries. I’m confident this will bring us closer to our goal: beating this virus, together.”
Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, said: “It is only by working together globally, in solidarity, that we can defeat the coronavirus. We need an inclusive international approach and as we are showing today, Team Europe – European Commission and the EU Member States – is committed to ensuring the success of the COVAX Facility and facilitating access to a vaccine in an equitable manner for all people across the world.”
Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International partnerships, said: “Only by securing equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine across the world will we end the pandemic and ensure a sustainable recovery; working with our partner countries is crucial so that we can build back better and healthier.”
The COVAX Facility, co-led by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and WHO, aims to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines and to guarantee fair and equitable access for every country in the world.
As part of an EU joint engagement (Commission, Member States and European financial institutions, notably EIB) to mobilise resources for the Coronavirus Global Response, the Commission intends to mobilise up to €400 million in guarantees to support COVAX and its underlying objectives as part of a Team Europe effort. The detailed terms and conditions for the EU’s participation and contribution will be worked out in the coming days and weeks. Team Europe is ready to put its expertise and resources at work within COVAX to accelerate and scale-up development and manufacturing of global supply of vaccines for citizens across the world, in poor and rich countries.
The EU’s participation in COVAX will be complementary to the ongoing EU negotiations with vaccine companies that aim at scaling up manufacturing capacity of vaccine producers, contributing to global efforts.
Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) pushes countries to join and invest in the COVAX facility to guarantee fair and timely access for everyone to the COVID-19 vaccine.
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