Travelore News: Sandals Is Opening A Beaches All-Inclusive Resort In St Vincent And The Grenadines

Sandals is opening a new Beaches resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Sandals and Beaches Executive Chairman Adam Stewart made the revelation during the Skift Global Forum.

The new resort is a 360-room all-inclusive development planned for Mount Wynne Beach on the western coast of St Vincent – most notably, about a 10-minute drive from the Sandals Saint Vincent and the Grenadines resort.

The opening of Sandals’ first-ever Saint Vincent resort last year helped buoy a tourism renaissance in the country, including a wave of new flights. That will soon include new nonstop flights between Atlanta and St Vincent on Delta.

“It’s clear that all tides rise together,” Stewart said. “We’re excited to continue that momentum with plans to bring a new 360-room Beaches Resort to this incredible destination.”

The announcement comes as Beaches has several other expansions planned in the Caribbean.

That includes the imminent debut of the Treasure Beach Village at Beaches Turks and Caicos and new resorts in Exuma, Barbados and the Runaway Bay area of Jamaica.

In all, that adds up to more than $1 billion in new hotel investment by the company.

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This Caribbean Destination Has 32 Different Islands. JetBlue Just Started Flying There.

The island hopping. The sailing. The rainforest. Sought-after little islands like Bequia. Basil’s Bar. Princess Margaret Beach. Mayreau. St Vincent and the Grenadines is a world unto itself, with 32 different islands and cays from the “mainland” of St Vincent to the aforementioned, beloved little spots like Bequia and Mustique (the latter, of course, one of the Caribbean’s top celebrity hotspots). While it’s never been easy to get to, that has been starting to change. First, with the opening of its new airport back in 2017 and then with the new, expanded service on carriers like American Airlines and Air Canada. But perhaps the most important new route to St Vincent began this week, with JetBlue’s first-ever nonstop flights between New York and St Vincent.

The newest Sandals in the Caribbean is on the island of St Vincent. The carrier officially kicked off its new route on Wednesday, with nonstop flights that will be operating two times each week, with service on Wednesdays and Sundays. So what do you need to know about the flight? It takes about five hours, with the flight leaving JFK at 9:29 AM and arriving in St Vincent at 2:19 PM. The return trip leaves St Vincent at 3:54 in the afternoon, and arrives in Queens at 9 PM. What about prices? Right now, a flight in October from New York to St Vincent roundtrip this month starts with prices at $563 round trip. That is in JetBlue’s Blue Basic fare, which comes with restrictions. For a standard blue fare (which includes free seat selection and no change fees, along with a free carry-on, the fare goes up to $623 roundtrip.

A room at the Bequia Beach Hotel, which is reopening on Oct. 16. And if you’re planning a vacation to St Vincent, where do you stay? The biggest question is if you’re staying in St Vincent itself or heading on small carriers like SVG Air to one of the smaller surrounding islands. Since Hurricane Beryl’s passage, a number of these resorts are still shuttered due to damage. That makes choosing your accommodations a little bit harder. If it’s St Vincent, the best place to stay is undoubtedly the new Sandals St Vincent and the Grenadines, the island’s top resort and only all-inclusive, which reopened shortly after the storm. If you’re heading out, Canouan is probably your best bet, thanks to a strong recovery from the storm and the reopening this week of the Mandarin Oriental (and the Soho Beach House, which reopens in the middle of November.) https://www.caribjournal.com/author/alexander-britell/

Mandarin Oriental, Soho Beach House Reopening On Caribbean Island Of Canouan

It was one of the most devastating storms in the Caribbean in recent memory, as powerful as it was swift. Hurricane Beryl blew through the southeastern Caribbean in July, leaving devastation in its wake, particularly on islands like Union Island and Carriacou.

The only Mandarin Oriental in the Caribbean is reopening.
While the recovery of the Grenadine islands is still in process, one bright spot has emerged in the recovery effort: the reopening of three of the area’s top resorts, in an important boost for the local economy and the people who live and work there.

The Canouan Group, which has two resorts on Canouan Island in the heart of the Grenadines, has announced that both of its luxury resorts are reopening in the next month or so.

That includes the Soho Beach House and the Canouan Estate Resort and Villas, both of which are reopening to guests on Oct. 10.

The island’s most notable hotel, the Mandarin Oriental Canouan, will be reopening for operations in mid-November, a spokesperson for the property told Caribbean Journal.

The rebound “highlights Canouan’s resilience and its ongoing commitment to strengthening the island infrastructure against future natural disasters.”

To that end, the company said it would be allocating a portion of all future guest revenues to a new “Canouan Residence Fund,” which will focus on bolstering the island’s defenses for future storms.

The idea, the property told Caribbean Journal, is cultivating “a future that not only meets the demands of our guests but also safeguards our community and the environment.”

Ahead of the reopening of the resorts, “select services” are already open and operating, including restaurants, gyms, tennis courts and the kids club on Canouan.

“The speed of the recovery shows the strength of the infrastructure and the unwavering dedication of all those involved,” said Batu Erem, CEO of the Canouan Group.

Of course, Canouan wasn’t alone. Here’s more if you want to help nearby islands like Union Island (here’s how to help), and Petite Martinique and Carriacou in Grenada.

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