Sandals, Beaches Properties Plan Redesigns

Sandal´s Dunn´s River Golf Resort & Spa in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, will be closed through December 18 to complete the final phase of its $14 million renovation project that will include a redesigned lobby, upgraded rooms in three categories and the debut of the Red Lane Spa.

Sandals Inn in Montego Bay, Jamaica, meanwhile, will close for refurbishing from September 5 to December 18. In addition, also closing September 5 is Beaches Sandy Bay in Negril, Jamaica, which reopens October 5. Refurbishments are to include painting and general sprucing up of the guest rooms and lobby areas at both hotels, according to a spokesman.

A $65 million program to create a 180-suite Mediterranean Village at Sandals Antigua Caribbean Village & Spa will be completed in November 2006.

For its part, Beaches Turks & Caicos in Providenciales is adding 168 family suites featuring separate rooms with bunk beds and Xbox consoles for kids and sitting rooms and Jacuzzi tubs for parents at its new Italian Village. No opening date for the addition has yet been set.