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C A R I B B E A N CARIBBEAN CLUB BONAIRE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Caribbean Club Bonaire, the 26-unit resort located north of Kralendijk at the foot of Bonaire’s scenic route and hills, has announced that it is now under the new management of Solar Management as of October 1, 2006. “We are very pleased to add Caribbean Club Bonaire to our portfolio,” says Solar Management’s Managing Director, Ruud van Baal.“It complements our other properties perfectly. Although we will use the potential synergy within our group, like our other properties, Caribbean Club Bonaire will be branded and operated separately giving the property its own identity and serving a specific market segment.” “Where Buddy Dive Resort operates in the (hard core) dive market within the 3 – 3-1/2 star segment and Belmar Oceanfront Apartments in the more upscale leisure and dive segment, Caribbean Club Bonaire clearly will be the affordable alternative within the budget dive, leisure, family & Eco-adventure markets.The tag line “Dive, Relax & Explore” reflects that philosophy,” adds van Baal.“All of Solar Management’s properties can be defined by providing an excellent value-for-money ratio with outstanding operations and services while the personal attention of our staff makes the difference.Caribbean Club Bonaire will have those characteristics as well.” Caribbean Club Bonaire features 20 one- and two-bedroom cottages as well as four studios and two penthouses with ocean views from Bonaire’s West coast.Together with its own on-premises full service dive shop, restaurant, bar and swimming pool, Caribbean Club Bonaire is the perfect place for divers, leisure travelers and outdoor adventurers looking for affordable accommodation with full service resort facilities.The Hilltop Bar & Restaurant offers daily breakfast, lunch, dinner and a weekly entertaining BBQ. Daily rates start at $60 per day for a studio while complete Dive & Explore Packages start at $476 per week and include seven nights accommodation and car rental, transfer from/to the airport, daily breakfast, six days unlimited shore diving and all taxes based on five persons in a two-bedroom cottage.The diving portion of the package may be exchanged with an Adventure Package that includes a Kayak Mangrove trip, a Cave Snorkel Excursion, one day mountain bike use and one day snorkel set use. Besides diving, Caribbean Club Bonaire is the perfect place to discover the many other eco-adventures Bonaire has to offer. Bird watching, hiking, mountain biking, cave exploration, snorkeling, kayaking, parasailing and trips to the Washington Slagbaai Park or the Goto-lake are just a few of the activities to explore while staying at the Resort. One of Bonaire’s best dive and snorkel sites, Oil Slick Leap, known as “fantastically easy” is a giant stride away. Within a 10-minute driving range, more than 10 other well-known dive sites are within reach. In the coming months, the property will be upgraded with a focus on replacing furniture and inventory in the cottages, soft renovations, restocking and redesigning the on-premises dive shop, and improving services within the daily operations.The upgrading of the property will not effect or disturb the guests in-house. Presently, the construction of eight two-bedroom units is being executed outside the existing resort area, and these will be integrated at the end of 2007. One or two phases more phases will follow which will result in a 50+ unit resort by the end of 2008. Caribbean Club Bonaire, 800-906-7708, reservations@caribbean clubbonaire.com, www.caribbeanclubbonaire.com ALMOND RESORTS INTRODUCES ALMOND SMUGGLERS COVE Almond Resorts has finalized the purchase of the property formerly known as Club St. Lucia. “It is an attractive location and the spacious grounds will give us room to develop and bring the resort up to Almond standards,”says Chairman Ralph Taylor of the resort chain. “We have our work cut out for us, with extensive renovations and an expansion which will include the building of a new lobby area, an additional restaurant and an Almond-style Kids Club for our younger guests. Our informal, village style tropical setting on this spectacular St. Lucian bay is designed to provide a high quality, all-inclusive vacation experience for singles, couples and families.” Situated on the northwest coast of St. Lucia in Cap Estates, Almond Smugglers Cove will have a selection of four gourmet restaurants offering fine wines and a variety of cuisines. There will be a choice of five bars, including a swim-up one at the pool, all serving premium brand drinks as part of the resort’s all-inclusive program. Adjacent to Almond Smugglers Cove resort is The Great House, a gourmet restaurant acclaimed as one of St. Lucia’s finest dining experiences. This grand plantation house is not part of the Almond premium all-inclusive program, but as a special consideration, guests of Almond Smugglers Cove wishing to dine at The Great House will receive a credit to use against the expense. Almond Smugglers Cove is scheduled to open on February 1,2007. The resort will have 360 rooms in five categories ranging from standard to deluxe and one bedroom beachfront suites,each freshly refurbished and with a patio, air conditioning, in-room safe, king size or twin beds, Cable- TV, hairdryer, tea and coffee machine, iron and board. The hotel will offer room service for lunch and dinner. Internet access will be available at a nominal charge. In addition to watersports like snorkeling, windsurfing, sailing, kayaking, water skiing and banana boat rides, Almond Smugglers Cove offers golf at the nearby Cap Estate Golf Course. The Racquet Club will have seven tennis courts, a squash court and the resort will have a fitness center and beauty treatment rooms. The 60-acre resort will have five freshwater swimming pools and will feature Almond Resorts’ signature Kids’ Club. For the convenience of guests with infants and small children, private babysitting services will be available at an additional charge, payable locally. The resort will offer nightly entertainment. Almond Resorts, 800-4ALMOND, www.almondresorts.com 12 • TRAVEL WORLD NEWS • DECEMBER 2006
DELTA’S NEW NONSTOP SERVICE TO TOBAGO STARTS FEBRUARY 17 Effective February 17, 2007, Delta Air Lines' international expansion will include new weekly nonstop service between the airline's largest hub at Atlanta and Tobago's Crown Point International Airport. The new flights complement Delta's recently announced service between Atlanta and Port of Spain, Trinidad; both new routes are subject to foreign government approval. The new flights build upon Delta's ongoing expansion into Latin America and the Caribbean, where, since last fall, the airline has added, announced or applied to serve more than 40 new routes.Today, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer customers access to more than 400 weekly flights to 48 destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean. From its global hub in Atlanta,Delta in December will inaugurate service to new Caribbean cities including Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe; Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic(a); and Fort de France, Martinique. Delta's newest flights to the Caribbean will be operated with 150-seat Boeing 737-800 and are scheduled as follows: flight departs Atlanta at 2:50 p.m. on Saturdays and arrives in Tobago at 8:25 p.m.; flight departs Tobago at 9:05 a.m. on Sundays and arrives in Atlanta at 1:10 p.m. Delta Air Lines, delta.com C A R I B B E A N PALACE RESORTS ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST PROPERTY IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Palace Resorts has announced that Moon Palace Casino,Golf & Spa Resort is the latest addition to the Palace Resorts’ line of all-inclusive luxury resorts and their first venture into the Dominican Republic. This beach front resort, which is slated to open in two phases in 2008, will reside in the resort area of Punta Cana, located on the easternmost tip of the Dominican Republic. The resort, which is currently under construction, will be home to 1,743 well-appointed rooms complete with double-Jacuzzis, balconies that feature remarkable views,luxurious Farouk bath amenities, a fully stocked in-room liquor dispenser, as well as a mini-bar replete with sodas, bottled water and domestic beers. In addition to the luxurious accommodations, the property will also be home to nine large outdoor pools, a full casino, eight distinct restaurants featuring Mexican, American, Italian, Oriental, Thai, Caribbean and Brazilian cuisine, six bars each featuring a different theme and offering top-shelf drinks, a theater with nightly productions, a luxurious spa complete with 54 treatment rooms, and a disco. If its business that needs attention, Moon Palace Casino, Golf & Spa Resort will also feature a top-of-the-line convention center with more than 60,000 square feet of flexible, unobstructed meeting space that is divisible into 32 sections through the use of the facilities ballroom.The convention center will feature individual lighting, audio controls, wireless Internet, digital display boards and air conditioning.This flexible meeting facility is also an ideal setting for a cocktail party or festive gettogether, being that it can accommodate groups as large as 2,560. The first phase of Moon Palace Casino, Golf & Spa Resort is currently slated to open in late 2007, followed soon after by phase two in 2008. Opening dates are subject to change. Palace Resorts, 800-635-1836, www.palace resorts.com FORT YOUNG HOTEL & DOMINICA RECEIVES AWARDS The Fort Young Hotel has announced they have been selected as one of the winners of the 13th Annual World Travel Awards, voted on by Travel Agents worldwide. The Gala Awards Ceremony took place in Beaches Turks and Caicos September 20, 2006. Fort Young Hotel was named Dominica’s Leading Hotel. In addition,Scuba Diving Magazine will be releasing their 2007 Readers' Choice Awards in the January 2007 issue. Dominica took First Place for Top Marine Life and Top Small Animal Encounters; Second Place for Top Dive Destinations Overall; and placed in the Top Three for Top Destinations for Underwater Photography and Healthiest Marine Environment. The World Travel Awards were established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate the enormous achievements to be found in all sectors of the global travel industry. In the years since, new technology has ensured that travel has maintained its position as one of the fastest-growing industries on Earth. Also during that time, dedicated travel professionals and their clients have come to regard the World Travel Awards as the best endorsement that any travel product could receive. Candidates for nomination are based upon the previous year's voting. Voting is cast by travel agents in over 200 countries around the world. Regional geographical categories are broken down from the Whole World category into eight smaller areas - Africa, Asia/Pacific, Caribbean, Central & Latin America, Europe, Middle East, North America and South America.These are then further divided into all areas of the travel industry. Additional worldwide awards covering specific markets, such as World's Leading Sports Resort,World's Leading Private Island, to name but two, broaden the scope of the voting. Thousands of votes each year are registered online at the official World Travel Awards website, with most of the leading travel internet sites offering additional online voting facilities. Fort Young Hotel, 800-581-2034, fortyoung hotel@mindspring.com, www.fortyoung hotel.com DECEMBER 2006 • TRAVEL WORLD NEWS • 13
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