AMResorts and NH Hotels are expanding their three-year partnership with the opening of Breathless Punta Cana Resort & Spa in the Dominican Republic. Set to officially open on November 15, 2013, Breathless Punta Cana will be the first Breathless Resort & Spa.

Sandals Resorts will offer a spectrum of new amenities and facilities at its new Sandals Barbados and Sandals LaSource Grenada Resort & Spa all-inclusive resorts, including an Indian-themed restaurant among five new eateries at the Barbados property, which opened Nov. 6, and terraced hillside suites with balcony pools and swim-ups suites at the Grenada resort, which opens Dec. 12, 2013. The Grenada resort also will feature a new steakhouse, Butch’s Chop House, named after Sandals’ chairman.

With 320 oceanfront rooms and suites, The Ritz-Carlton, Aruba offers a luxury vacation lifestyle that combines a passionate and dedicated service philosophy while catering to an array of personal tastes and interests. The resort encompasses signature Ritz-Carlton service, with a selection of unique offerings consisting of savory dining experiences, including four restaurants, a luxurious 13-treatment room Ritz-Carlton Spa, two swimming pools, a 24-hour casino, one of the largest state-of-the-art meeting facilities in Aruba and the white sand beaches and turquoise waters of the Caribbean.

The Park Hyatt St. Kitts project, planned for completion in 2015, will produce a world-class resort hotel at Christophe Harbour, a 2,500-acre resort community being developed on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts.

Caribbean resort company Elite Island Resorts is offering a fifth free night to travelers who book stays between November 28 and Dec. 2, 2013 for stays from now through Dec. 20, 2013 at the company’s participating resorts in Antigua, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

The island of Saint Lucia continues to be recognized in key award categories, with five of the island’s hotels receiving recognition at the Virgin Holiday Awards. Launched in 2004, the prestigious awards are run during World Travel Market and pay tribute to some of the world’s leading hotels.