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house party including a Pat Cash Tennis Academy, Liverpool FC Football
A new Cave House and Folly at Grenada’s Mount Hartman Academy and the Harlequin Performing Arts Academy.
Bay Estate has eight suites built into the hillside on a private
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peninsula. The Gaudi-esque property boasts its own beach and island shake-up
an internal waterfall. From £730 per suite per night. When Scrub Island opens this spring it will be the British Virgin
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Islands’ first new resort in 15 years. Peter Island, one of the BVIs
queue for cuba most prominent resorts, is mid-way through a major upgrade,
The urge to see Cuba “before it changes” has helped the which sees the addition of an Ayurvedic treatment programme
destination rise by 35% for Caribtours. The operator will be and a new Island Host concierge concept.
revamping its product for 2010 to include more cultural and
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historical tours. The island has few high-profile luxury hotels, but puerto plenty
the five-star Paradisus Varadero has opened a new spa and all The W Retreat & Spa Vieques Island (pictured above) opens in
three Sol Melia city hotels now offer the Royal Service concierge. April and will be only the second W Retreat in the world. And the
Morgan Hotel Group, of St Martin’s Lane London fame, has taken
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hidden charms over management of the San Juan Water & Beach Club. Puerto
Helen Tabois says St Kitts and Nevis are appealing to ITC Classics Rico appointed UK representation in December, but it may be some
clients looking for something a little more rustic. “They’re how time before operators are convinced of its viability as a luxury
Barbados and Antigua were 20 years ago,” she says. BA’s second destination. Virgin Atlantic has reported a positive response to
flight to St Kitts begins on March 27. A new racing stadium, the launch of its seasonal flights to San Juan (due to run until April).
Beaumont Park, opened in December and the island will also
host several of the Twenty20 cricket matches this summer. aruba arrivals
The Aruba Tourism Authority says working closely with American
ups & downs Airlines to offer business class seats (as opposed to charter flights)
The announcement by Six Senses that it is to open a property on from the UK will help grow its presence in the luxury market.
Salt Cay in Turks and Caicos by 2013 is welcome news, especially Ritz-Carlton is to open a 320-room property on Palm Beach and
as the Dellis Cay development – which was due to include a Richard Gere will open the island’s first International Film
Mandarin Oriental – has been put on hold. Turks and Caicos did Festival in June.
gain The Veranda Resort Grace Bay this year and Parrot Cay is
about to get some swanky new villas. more for MAYA
A $71-million project to restore 1.3 billion gallons of sand to
new arrival Cancun’s beaches is nearing completion, as resorts had all but lost
The opening of Buccament Bay on St Vincent is set to be one of their beachfronts to erosion. Cancun will be the site of the family-
the biggest launches of the year. The first in a series of luxury, friendly Now Riviera Cancun Resort & Spa with seven
family-friendly properties from Harlequin Hotels and Resorts, restaurants and 550 suites. Real Resorts’ Royal Playa del Carmen
it has 1,200 rooms and suites, 12 restaurants and activities has added 15 royal master suites, and five royal presidential suites.
competition
Win a Porsche for the weekend with Elite Island Resorts
Elite Island Resorts is offering you the opportunity to drive About Elite Island Resorts: From Long Bay on Tortola in the
the Porsche Boxster S – one of the sexiest supercars on the British Virgin Islands, to Nelson Spring on seductive Nevis, we
road – for a long weekend this summer! have the perfect escape for your clients. Our other hot hotels are
Palm Island, a private paradise in the Grenadines, the Village Inn
& Spa in tropical St Lucia, or in historic Antigua, The Verandah,
Galley Bay and St James’s Club, with its new Royal Suites.
What you win: The stunning Porsche Boxster S will take you
from zero to 62mph in 5.4 seconds, and with the press of a
button, the roof opens in 12 seconds. Fully insured and with a
tank of petrol, it’ll be yours for the weekend!
How to enter: Just answer this question: What are the names of
the new suites at St James’s Club? Email your answer to:
competitions@ttglive.com, with “Porsche” as the subject. Please
include your name, agency and contact details. The deadline for
entries is April 12. See www.ttgluxury.com for more details.
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