Timeshare resort company The Royal Resorts Group is using BelAir Networks’ broadband wireless equipment at two of its Caribbean properties, following up to its previous deployments in two other locations.
Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa announces tailored vacations for special interests with the launch of three 2009 themed packages. The Scuba in Aruba, Romantic Escape and Larimar Spa vacation packages include memorable Aruban activities and plenty of time to do nothing at all but lounge under a palapa on the island’s best stretch of beach. The packages are available January 4 thru April 18, 2009 for stays of three to seven nights; rates listed below are per room based on double occupancy Garden View accommodations.
The Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino is participating in the Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board’s offer of a $500 fall/winter cash-back rebate to guests who book a stay at participating resorts in the Bahamas for seven consecutive nights or longer and a $250 rebate to those who stay for three to six consecutive nights.
The Hotel Le Christopher in Pointe Milou on St. Barts’ northeastern coast will reopen Nov. 10 after a year’s closure for renovations with daily introductory rates from $136 per room, double, including Continental buffet breakfast, through Dec. 20.
The governor of Puerto Rico, Anibal Acevedo Vila, announced plans for the construction of a Mandarin Oriental resort in the town of Palmas del Mar. The resort is scheduled to open in 2011 after a $300 million investment; the property is also the eighth five-star hotel to begin development on the island in the past four years. The Mandarin Oriental Palmas del Mar Resort & Spa will feature 186 rooms.
Sol Melia Vacation Club (SMVC) is opening a new resort, The Reserve at Paradisus Palma Real in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic later this year, featuring 190 one- and two-bedroom lock-off units with modern upscale design, exotic Balinese beds, private hot tubs and direct access from the lower level patio units into a spectacular lazy river swimming pool.