Category: Island Life

Sandals Expands Barbados All-Inclusive With New Suites

 

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Sandals’ newest resort in the Caribbean has gotten even bigger.

Sandals has officially launched 50 new luxury suites at its all-suite Sandals Royal Barbados resort, the company announced on Monday.

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It’s the third major expansion that’s taken place at Sandals Royal Barbados, which debuted last year as the second Sandals-branded resort in Barbados.

“We are extremely proud that every one of these developments and modernization efforts were executed by the finest professionals from Barbados; from the contractors who built and finished the resorts to the nearly 1,200 local team members who have been trained to the highest levels of service and are now running the operations of the resorts, and who themselves are now training the next generation of our Sandals family,” Sandals Resorts International Chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart told Caribbean Journal in a statement. “We have seen the enhancements made, and that are being made and we have every confidence in the future of Barbados.”

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South Seas Swim-Up Club Level Ultra Suite, one of the newly-added accommodations.

Sandals Royal Barbados now has a total of 552 suites at its property on the south coast of Barbados.

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Sandals is calling the new units some of the “most over-the-top luxury suites” at the resort.

The new units join a resort that has some of the brand’s most unique amenities in the Caribbean, from a rooftop bar with ocean views to the first-ever bowling alley at a Sandals.

Sandals Royal Barbados first launched on the island at the end of 2017.

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Sandals has embarked on a widespread expansion and upgrade push in the Caribbean in recent years.

For more, visit Sandals Royal Barbados.

— CJ

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Controversy escalates over alleged extra-judicial killings in St Lucia

By Melanius Alphonse Caribbean News Now associate editor melanius@caribbeannewsnow.com CASTRIES, St Lucia — Just days after national security minister, Senator Hermangild Francis, attempted to blame Saint Lucian whistleblowers for the imposition of Leahy Law sanctions on the island’s security forces by the US, former MP Peter Josie has now attempted to shift blame onto the […]

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Barbados takes notice of Suriname; seeks closer integration

By Ray Chickrie Caribbean News Now contributor PARAMARIBO, Suriname — On Friday, the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, concluded a three-day visit to Suriname, after being welcomed and blessed by traditional African leaders of Suriname in the districts of Para and Brokopondo where maroon communities lived a history free of slavery. Accompanied by the […]

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Southwest Airlines Adding New Cayman Islands Flights

 

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Southwest Airlines is adding another new route to the Cayman Islands.

The carrier has is planning to launch a new route from Baltimore/Washington to Grand Cayman, Caribbean Journal has learned.

The new service, which will launch June 15, 2019, will operate weekly on Saturdays.

The route, which is still subject to government approval, will operate seasonally.

Southwest already operates flights between Fort Lauderdale and Grand Cayman.

— CJ

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Norwegian Bliss Is Coming to Miami

 

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest ship is coming to PortMiami.

The new Norwegian Bliss will make its way to Miami Nov. 17 to begin operating a series of Eastern Caribbean cruises.

The ship will run seven-day cruises to the Eastern Caribbean through the middle of March, when Norwegian Bliss will cross the Panama Canal to sail cruises on the Mexican Riviera.

“Norwegian Bliss’s inaugural season surpassed anything we could have imagined, with guests and travel partners alike championing her innovation and beauty,” said Andy Stuart, president and chief executive officer of Norwegian Cruise Line. “Miami has long been home to Norwegian Cruise Line, and we are especially excited to bring Norwegian Bliss, our latest ship, and one of our most innovative vessels, to the East Coast for a winter of Caribbean cruising.” 

Next fall, the ship will sail cruises from New York City to the Caribbean, the Bahamas and Florida.

— CJ

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