FEATURE THE CARIBBEAN: WEDDINGS & HONEYMOONS
of Palm Island, Petit St. Vincent and
Young Island - as well as remote deserted cays which make the perfect setting for an intimate wedding. “Couples need only be resident in SVG
for 24 hours before applying for a marriage license. New resort, Buccament Bay, set to fully open in early April, will have a dedicated specialist weddings team. In 2011 the tourist board will place wedding advertising in key bridal publications, as well as through online portals, and we’re developing our consumer website (www.discoversvg. com) to include wedding packages. We will also be adding a w&h module to our online training course.”
WHE R E TO BOOK IT KUONI
Their Caribbean Wedding... Sinead Keegan and Andrew Pakulis chose Compass Point (
compasspointbeachresort.com) in the Bahamas for their family and friends wedding. Around 60 guests made it to the special day and colourful Compass Point with its 18 brightly-coloured huts lining the cobblestone paths and appropriately named Love Beach next door. Most of the guests stayed at the Atlantis Resort (
atlantis.com), a short drive away on Paradise Island. Karen booked her wedding with Bahamas Flavour (
bahamasflavour.co.uk). The hotel offers a supreme island affair package for US$3,500 which includes a marriage officer or minister, marriage documents, bridal bouquet, grooms buttonniere, 100 photos on a CD, a one-hour DVD video, a flute or saxophonist at the ceremony, a round-trip limousine for up to eight people, round-trip bus transportation for up to 25 people, a private cocktail party for up to 25 people with champagne and appetizers, a calypso band and two tier wedding cake for up to 30 guests and the services of a personal wedding coordinator.
01306 747008,
www.kuoni.co.uk Seven nights half board at the four-and-a- half-star Jalousie Plantation, St Lucia, in a sugar mill luxury room with Virgin Atlantic from Gatwick and transfers in resort start from £1,135pp, for June 2011. ‘Just for Two’ wedding packages cost US$599 or are free from June to October when couples stay a minimum of seven nights.
CARRIER
0161 491 7620,
www.carrier.co.uk Seven nights at The House, Barbados, staying in a Garden View Junior Suite with daily breakfast and a complimentary wedding package, flights and private transfers are from £1,970pp. Couples also receive a three-night stay to celebrate their first wedding anniversary.
AZURE COLLECTION 01244322
www.azurecollection.com
Seven nights in a Star Infinity Pool Suit, with daily breakfast, at Jade Mountain, St
Lucia is priced from £4,595pp, including complimentary helicopter resort arrival transfer and return land transfer. During August and September 2011 free wedding packages are available.
ROOM R E PORT Cotton Bay Village (cottonbayvillage. com) in St Lucia is offering newlyweds savings of up to £1,240 with a new honeymoon package which includes a grocery hamper stocked with fresh produce waiting in their villa on arrival along with flowers and champagne, a champagne dinner for two at The Beach Club 14 degrees N 61 degrees W, a couples massage and breakfast in bed on the first morning, and a spa treatment each at Heaven Spa. Bookings by May 31, for July/December 2011 departures. True Blue Bay (
truebluebay.com) in Grenada has just opened 10 two-storey ocean view suites that include living, dining and sleeping areas and a private veranda with views across the bay. AM Resorts (
amresorts.com) (Secrets, Dreams, Now and Zoetry brands) won the 2010 Selling Long Haul ‘Travel Agents Choice Awards’ for hotel, group or resort you would first recommend to clients for weddings and honeymoons.
AGENT TRAINING ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
www.azantiguabarbuda.com AM RESORTS
www.amragents.com ARUBA ACADEMY
www.arubaacademy.co.uk CAYMAN ISLANDS
www.caymanislandsacademy.co.uk DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
www.domreps.co.uk JAMAICA
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Imagine marrying under a palm tree on sugar white sand before hopping on a tiny plane to fl y across sparkling seas to a honeymoon hideaway on Little Cayman. A Cayman Islands wedding is the wedding of your dreams, from fi ve-star fantasy to secluded island paradise. All this can be so easy to arrange thanks to our professional and experienced wedding planners who can create a bespoke ceremony just for you, be it an intimate setting for two or a celebration for 200 guests.
MORE INFORMATION
Cayman Islands Department of Tourism T: 020 7491 7771 W:
www.caymanvows.ky
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