Hotels
A Little Elegance From RIU
RIU Hotels & Resorts reports its Riu Palace Tropical Bay in Negril, Jamaica is fully refurbished following an extensive renovation. The chain’s first hotel in Jamaica when it opened in 2001 now offers completely updated facilities, but maintains the Riu Palace range’s “characteristic elegance and sophistication and the RIU chain’s exclusive 24-hour all-inclusive service.” The bond between RIU Hotels and Jamaica was forged in the late 1990s, when the chain became interested in the destination after its representatives’ visited the island. Jamaica is now one of its...
Bahia Principe Celebrates Canadian Agents
Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts reaffirmed its commitment to the Canadian market by hosting an entertaining evening in Toronto last week (Nov. 15) to thank the travel agent community and update them on the latest brand news. The private event was hosted by Bahia Principe’s sales and marketing team. The evening included a thematic show where each of Bahia Principe’s three brand experiences were presented through skits: Treasure, hotels in unique and off-the-beaten path locations; Escape, signifying adults-only properties; and Family & Friends, hotels that provide a...
Spotlight on Bahia Principe
Bahia Principe is inviting disco enthusiasts to enjoy the sounds of silence. Sal Buccellato of Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts' Toronto office told a Thursday Toronto gathering that the company's adults-only properties in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Jamaica now offer “silent discos,” with those who want to demonstrate their dance moves to music, but don't want to hear “thumping” music able to don headphones, select their music and dance to music no one else nearby will hear. Others can “stand there and watch everybody” dancing silently, he said. Buccellato...
Things Are Cooking At Coconut Bay
Coconut Bay Beach Resort & Spa continuous improvements with new dining options following September upgrades to the resort's à la carte restaurants. New packages for Canadians bring more added value to a winter getaway ideal for the whole family at Splash as well as couples in the resort's adults-only Harmony wing. New menus are fiybd at the resort's four à la carte specialty restaurants where guests enjoy unlimited dining. A new tandoori clay oven at Silk brings bubbled naan and skewers of meat or seafood to the table. A Latin twist comes to the contemporary Caribbean menu at...
Sandals Invites Canadian Agents to Talk Groups
As part of its ongoing webinar series, Sandals Resorts is inviting Canadian agents to learn more about the benefits and lucrative nature of group travel. Topics include sales and marketing tips and strategies for agents to grow their groups business with Sandals and Beaches Resorts, as well as details Canadian-specific group incentives. The “Let's Talk: Groups” webinar is being held Nov. 22 from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. EST with Grant Lawlor, national groups manager, Canada. The succinct webinars are just 30 minutes long and by registering, agents also receive a recorded version...
An Inside Look at The Newly Revamped Club Med Turkoise
Sometimes a negative can turn into a positive. After sustaining damages from Hurricane Irma, Club Med pushed up and increased the scope of its enhancement plans for Club Med Turkoise. Located on Grace Bay Beach in Turks and Caicos, the resort has been upgraded to 4-Trident property (the equivalent of a four-star resort.) “Turkoise is located on the best beach in the world. This is not us who says that, it’s TripAdvisor. It was rated No. 1 so we had the beach, but we needed to tweak the rooms a little bit,” Carolyne Doyon, Club Med’s Senior VP, Canada & Mexico, told...
When in Rome: Iberostar Expands Its City Portfolio
Situated in a historic building between architectural treasures like the Pantheon and its namesake, arguably Rome's most well-known fountain, the Iberostar Fontana di Trevi is set to open in 2019. The five-star boutique hotel, which marks Iberostar Hotels & Resorts’ first hotel in the Italian capital, is housed in a six-storey 19th-century building that combines elements of Renaissance and Neo-Renaissance style. In addition to the 67 rooms and a wide range of exclusive services, the hotel features a rooftop terrace that serves as an ideal spot to take in the skyline. The...
Sunwing Offers Agents 4X STAR Points
Until Nov. 30, Sunwing is offering agents 4X STAR Agent Reward Points on all new bookings to select Royalton Luxury Resorts, Planet Hollywood Resorts, Grand Memories Resorts, Hideaway at Royalton Resorts and Grand Lido for departures through April 30. Plus, each time an agent makes a booking with a participating resort, they’ll be entered into a weekly contest for a chance to win an all-inclusive vacation for two to a select resort included in the promotion. Hotels participating in this promotion include all Royalton Luxury Resorts (with the exception of Royalton resorts in Cuba),...