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Welcome
to our 3rd edition of the A&B Insider! We have quite a bit of
great updates to share with you this month and hope that you will
find this information useful as you plan vacations for your
clients.
This
month's feature hotel is The Antigua Yacht Club Marina and Resort, a
vibrant nautical Caribbean experience in the heart of English Harbor
where our annual Sailing Week festivities are held
each April. The marina views here are spectacular and are worth
a look! Be sure to check out our latest packages from some of your
favorite resorts on the island.
Thank
you to those of you who have given us such great feedback each
month, we truly appreciate you and your business. Please don't
hesitate to reach out to your BDM or anyone here in our New York
offices for assistance. We are here to
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Antigua
is the Caribbean's Little Italy
By
Bloomberg Pursuits
For
a taste of Italy in the Caribbean, head to Antigua, a
onetime British colony nestled in the middle of the West
Indies. It’s easy to get to—direct flights are available from
New York and Milan and land at the newly refurbished terminal
at V.C. Bird International Airport. From there it’s a quick
taxi ride to the Inn at English Harbour (rooms
from $763; +
1 268 460-1014 + 1 268
460-1014), where the
Italian owners have renovated the 28 rooms to feel like a
sun-washed villa. The hotel’s private beach is near the Galley
Bay Heights home of Giorgio Armani; fellow Italian designer
Stefano Gabbana is also an island regular. Grab breakfast
at Famous Mauro’spizzeria (+
1 268 460-1318+
1 268 460-1318)
near Cobbs Cross, where bakers repurpose the pizza ovens to
make the island’s best brioche. Read More
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Another
New Resort Project is Coming to
Antigua.
The
Labahia Hotel Resorts and Condominiums has officially launched
in the Friars Hill area of
Antigua.
The
$52 million project is being developed by Adams Investment
Management and the government of Antigua and
Barbuda.
It
is the brainchild of Trinidad and Tobago-based developers
Imtiyaz Adam and Farman Ramjohn, and will include 120 one and
two-bedroom, full-furnished luxury condominiums and several
penthouse suites.
The
resort project will include a 24,000-square-foot conference
facility, restaurants, a gym, tennis courts, shops and an
Olympic swimming pool.
“In
light of the Government’s vision for our country’s
development, the conference facility will be a welcome
addition to our tourism product and will now allow us to
actively promote the destination as one that can attract
business from the lucrative “Meeting, Incentives and
Conference Events” (MICE) market,” said Antigua and Barbuda’s
Minister of Tourism, Asot
Michael.
The
property is being built on 10 acres of land that previously
belonged to the West Indies Oil Company; it had been acquired
by the government in November
2015.
“The
general focus of this project, and beginning at this
groundbreaking site, means that we are enhancing the prospects
for success in our hotel, housing, and industrial amenities,
which are all integral components in 21st century
national development,” Michael
said.
Read
More at Carib Journal
Here | | |
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The
Inn at English Harbour
SUMMER
SPECIAL 50% OFF 4 NIGHTS
INCLUDES
BREAKFAST & DINNER DAILY DELUXE JUNIOR
SUITE
$1400.00
per couple
Valid
May 15th to August 31st (does not include government
taxes.)
For
more information contact 268-460-1014268-460-1014 or visit www.theinnantigua.com | | |
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Curtain
Bluff Antigua
SUMMER
SPECIALS
May
1-Aug.19, 2016
Book a Bluff Room (or higher room
category) for 5 nights or more and you get one of those nights
free.
See
more packages at http://curtainbluff.com | | |
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TOP FIVE
REASON TO VISIT ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
1. Easy to
get to with non-stop flights from the NY/Tri- state area starting at
$280 until June 2016.
2. Home to
the most luxury boutique all-inclusive
hotels.
3. 365
beaches, one for everyday of the year, so you will never get bored
on our island! Some of our top beaches include: Dickenson Bay,
Valley Church, Half Moon Bay, Two Foot Bay, Barbuda, Ffryes Beach
and Turners Beach.
4. With no
residency requirements Antigua and Barbuda is perfect for weddings
on the fly! - Afterall we are the Romance Capital of the
Caribbean.
5.
Beautiful Barbuda! Our little eco- sister island has much to offer.
Be sure to take recommend a day trip for your clients who visit
Antigua. | |
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THE
ANTIGUA YACHT CLUB MARINA | |
The
Antigua Yacht Club Marina Resort is nestled on the
southern coast of Antigua in the heart of historic English
Harbor. The resort comprises of 30 executive suites
studio residences (either as single or double unit
configurations) and a 19 room hotel
rooms.
All
rooms are equipped with private balconies, ceiling fans, air
condition units, In-room safes, satellite television,
hairdryers, direct dial phones, wireless broadband internet
access. The resort has a health spa, turkish steam bath, fully
equipped fitness centre and a dedicated emergency room with
first aid and accident/emergency assistance
available.
The
Resort comprises of 30 executive suites studio residences
(either as single or double unit configurations) and a 19 room
hotel rooms.
All
rooms are equipped with private balconies, ceiling fans, air
condition units, In-room safes, satellite television,
hairdryers, direct dial phones, wireless broadband internet
access. The resort has a health spa, turkish steam bath, fully
equipped fitness centre and a dedicated emergency room with
first aid and accident/emergency assistance
available.
Learn
more about this beautiful resort and
marina. | | |
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Wellness
Travel
You
used to consider yourself lucky if your hotel had a gym or a few
healthy options on the room service menu, but now properties are
launching full-scale wellness programs. IHG’s EVEN Hotels offer
wellness amenities like morning runs with the property’s Chief
Wellness Officer. Refinery Hotel announced the launch of its Wellth
Series in partnership with Wellthily, Co. Westin has long led the
way with its WestinWORKOUT rooms, and has since been followed by
other hospitality groups such as the Trump Hotel Collection, which
now offers the Trump Wellness signature program. And famed gym brand
Equinox is entering the hospitality business and developing its
first hotel in
Manhattan. | |
Bleisure
Travel
Get
ready for "bleisure" travel to become the next big thing. While
business travel has been around for ages, many business travelers
are hoping to get more out of these trips by planning leisure
activities in between meetings. Nearly half (46 percent) of business
travelers add personal days to all or most of their business trips.
In fact, today three in five business travelers are more likely to
take a bleisure trip than they were five years ago. Spots like Hotel
Renew even offer "Board Meetings" that allow guests to paddle out to
surf the swells and hold business meetings between
sets. | |
Technology,
Technology, Technology
This
might seem like a no-brainer that hotels (and all things travel) are
becoming more high-tech. But it's true, and the trend continues in
2016. This year the face of hospitality is changing with hotels
offering more robots – like robot bartenders on Royal Caribbean and
the robot butler at a Crowne Plaza in California – and fewer people.
RFID wristbands and phones are being used as keys and for payment
methods. And hotels and cruise lines are now even offering
super-fast Wi-Fi speeds to accommodate streaming in
rooms. | |
Solo
Travel
According
to the 2015 Visa Global Travel Intentions Study, solo travel is up
15 percent overall since 2013 and up to 37 percent from 16 percent
among first-time travelers. And travel companies are taking note,
particularly in 2016. Single travel has doubled for touring
companies like Country Walkers over the past year as 35 percent of
travelers arrive solo and gravitate towards these tour operators due
to the group dynamic and the freedom it provides to go off on your
own adventure. Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa in
Puerto Rico invites singles to meet with other guests seaside at
their Tiki Bar's daily happy hour. And Zemi Beach House Resort &
Spa in Anguilla provides a personal guide to solo travelers to
suggest fun social activities on the property, such as cocktail
parties and communal
dinners. | |
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To date,
Antigua and Barbuda has not had any official cases of Zika, as
reported by the health
authorities. | | |
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