Fairmont Opens Luxury Resort in Anguilla

Fairmont Hotels and Conch Bay Development Ltd announced that the Fairmont Anguilla, a new luxury mixed-use resort, is now scheduled to open in 2010 on the Caribbean island of Anguilla.

Located on over 400 acres of beachfront property on the south side of the island, the resort will encompass a hotel, an 18-hole championship golf course and Fairmont Residences, a collection of condominiums, villas and estate homes.

Locally known as the Forest Estate, the property will be developed by an Anguillan family-owned company, Conch Bay Development Ltd., officially represented by Joyce Kentish and George Lake.

The hotel will feature 140 rooms and suites, 15,000 square feet of meeting space, a 15,000 square-foot Willow Stream spa, dining outlets, a beach club and a variety of pools. The resort will also host a Jack Nicklaus Golf Club, one of 25 worldwide destinations, an exclusive access and reciprocity program for a limited number of elite Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses.