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What’s hot in the Caribbean for weddings and honeymoons in 2010?February 18, 2010
February 2010 – Offering everything from full moon walking tours and beachside picnics to personal butlers and discounted packages, the Caribbean Tourism Organisation destinations and member companies are guaranteeing that 2010 will be one of most tempting years for engaged couples and honeymooners to discover the region. To make things even easier, the Caribbean Tourism Organisation is also promoting the very best wedding and honeymoon offers on its website www.caribbean.co.uk
WEDDING AND HONEYMOON NEWS
The Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino, Aruba has recently launched a website dedicated to helping brides and grooms plan their dream Aruban wedding. The website offers a time-saving, one-stop shop with information about the property’s various venues, range of packages and information on the legalities governing Aruban wedding ceremonies. www.weddings.arubamarriott.com
Cambridge Beaches, Bermuda, has created a wedding package, which includes a bottle of Champagne upon arrival and Champagne at the ceremony, a private candlelit dinner on the beach, room-service breakfast on the morning after the ceremony, a spa pass with couple’s massage, a moped or kayak or bicycle hire, a photographer, wedding cake and bridal bouquet. The wedding package is available as an ‘add-on’ to any stay at the resort and prices are available upon request.
This year, Caribbean tour operator, Caribtours, is offering a number of free wedding packages as well as discounts on many other resorts and destination facilities. New offers for 2010 include:
- Couples Swept Away, Jamaica: Couples staying for more than seven nights will receive a complimentary wedding package whilst honeymooners will receive a complimentary room upgrade and a couple’s massage.
- Curtain Bluff, Antigua: All honeymooners will receive a complimentary bottle of Champagne, a romantic dinner in the Gazebo, a 30-minute head-to-toe couple’s massage and a complimentary room upgrade.
- LaSource, Grenada: Couples staying for seven nights or more will receive a complimentary wedding package whilst honeymooners will receive a complimentary bottle of sparkling wine and a couple’s massage.
140-acre Biras Creek Resort in Virgin Gorda, in the British Virgin Islands offers wedding ceremonies in various locations throughout the resort, including a lagoon-fringed private beach or a veranda overlooking the bay. The all-inclusive resort, which is accessible only by boat or helicopter, offers a “tropical wedding night” package which can be added to any stay for an additional $1,500 (approximately £957) and includes:
- Application for marriage licence
- Assistance with licence registration
- Registrar’s fee
- Wedding bouquet of tropical flowers for the bride-to-be
- Groom’s boutonniere
- Wedding cake
- Chilled bottle of Champagne
- Photographer and three rolls of film
- On-site wedding coordinator to assist with arrangements.
The resort is also happy to help with any additional requests including video coverage, live music, balloons, wedding arch, hair and beauty services, and spa treatments for an additional cost. www.biras.com.
Expressions Honeymoons is offering a free wedding package worth over £500 to couples booking a minimum of 10 nights in a villa at Windjammer Landing, Saint Lucia, this year. The package includes, a wedding cake, decorated setting and in-room continental breakfast for the morning after the wedding. The hotel’s wedding planners are also available to discuss additional options. Prices start from £1,725 per person, including flights with British Airways and private airport transfers and 10 nights’ accommodation. www.expressionshoneymoons.co.uk
True Blue Bay Resort, Grenada is offering honeymooners a new experience for 2010 with the introduction of the new ‘Tie the knot on a yacht’ package. Couples select the ‘Yacht’ and the ‘Spot’: at a secluded island, a sandy beach or a tropical cove – whilst one of the professional captains will recommend the best places to anchor and celebrate. After the ceremony and reception, newlyweds can either spend the honeymoon on board the yacht to explore Grenadian coves and anchorages, or retreat to one of True Blue Bay’s suites.
Basic wedding packages are available from £1,725 and include:
- A ceremony with eight guests including the wedding couple
- Two hours aboard the yacht with a professional crew and captain
- On-site wedding coordinator
- Legal fees, marriage licence
- Arrangement of magistrate/minister
- Collection and delivery of marriage certificate
- Yacht with captain
- Champagne for toast
- Tropical wedding bouquet
- Groom boutonniere
- Limousine round trip airport transfer for the wedding couple
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO), have just introduced Sandals® Weddings by Martha Stewart™, available at any of the 18 Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts across the Caribbean. With six wedding themes Sandals Weddings by Martha Stewart feature coordinated colour palettes, wedding décor, complimentary bouquets, invitations and cakes. Package prices start from $2,500 (approximately £1,596). www.sandals.co.uk
Petit St. Vincent in St Vincent and the Grenadines is offering newlyweds a seven-night honeymoon special between 1 June and 31 July 2010. Starting from just £3,060 per couple on a full-board basis, including return boat transfers, the offer includes accommodation in a cottage on the two-mile beach, as well as daily afternoon tea, unlimited room service, Champagne on arrival, picnic for two on a secluded tropical island, massage for two in the privacy of the cottage or on the cottage patio, unlimited use of windsurfing equipment, sailing dinghies, kayaks and snorkelling equipment. This represents a saving of $1,210 per couple (approximately £772) and applies to newlyweds only. www.psvresort.com
With seven seafront hotels on five islands across the Caribbean, rex resorts is now offering free wedding and honeymoon packages in 2010 to all couples booking a stay of 14 nights or more. rex wedding packages include all documentation, wedding cake, sparkling wine, flowers and decorations. Island excursions and delicious food and cocktails can also be arranged upon request. From April 2010 rex resorts will also be publishing a beach www.rexsresort.co.uk
HOTEL AND SPA NEWS
Regency Aruba Resort & Casinohas just opened four new ocean-view suites, the 2,500 square-foot Governor's Suite, the 1,900 square foot Orquidea Suite and the two 1,150 square-foot Trinitria Suites. All four suites boast imported Italian furniture, leather woven rugs, Philippe Starck-designed soaking tubs, Mitchell Gold sofas and McGuire lounge chairs. Sitting on Aruba’s Palm Beach and comprising nearly 12 acres of gardens, ponds, waterfalls and pools, the recently renovated Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort and Casino also features four restaurants, bars, a casino, a three-level lagoon complex, two tennis courts and a health club and spa. www.aruba.hyatt.com
In early 2010, the Beach Suites at Divi Aruba Phoenix are due for completion. The new development adds 140 suites to the existing 101 units at the resort. The new suites, housed in four eight-storey buildings, offer studios, one-bedroom suites, as well as two- and three-bedroom penthouses. The beach suites are the latest addition to the resort’s facilities including tennis courts, a stunning free form pool with swim-up bar, Jacuzzi; a new open-air grill restaurant and lounge entertainment, beachside water sports centre, and fitness centre. www.diviarubaphoenix.com
The new Sandals Emerald Bay, Great Exuma, Bahamas, is a 500-acre resort with five restaurants, an 18-hole Greg Norman-designed championship golf course, full-service marina and 183 beachfront rooms and suites, with a range of oceanfront accommodation. Great for honeymooning couples, Sandals Resorts’ exclusive Butler Service pampers guests throughout their stay, covering everything from unpacking through to private meals on the terrace, scented bubble baths and much more. www.sandals.co.uk
The newly renovated Okeanos Spa has now opened its doors at the Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino, featuring a modern new design, seven treatment rooms, Aruban Aloe treatments and a private sun deck overlooking the marina. Exclusive to adult guests, and perfect for honeymooners, the Okeanos Spa offers a multitude of signature treatments such as the Sea of Tranquility or Chocolate Embrace services. Okeanos Spa also allows guests access to the only private beaches on 40-acre exclusive island Aruba on Renaissance Island, with its mangrove-hidden spa cove. www.renaissancearubaspa.com
60-room boutique hotel, Sugar Ridge Antigua, which opened its doors in December 2009 boasts its own wedding coordinator to tailor-make wedding packages. Nestled in a natural hillside and bordered with sugar cane, the hotel affords guests sweeping views of Antigua, and boasts two restaurants and a bar, Antigua’s first Aveda Concept spa, a gym, pilates/yoga studio and three swimming pools. Seven nights at Sugar Ridge start from £1,013 per person on a bed and breakfast basis, including flights from London and transfers.
ACTIVITY NEWS
Daytrips to the secluded beaches of the Puerto Rican islands of Vieques and Culebra, via ferryboat or plane, have just become even more romantic. From the beaches in Vieques, a night excursion through the mangroves to Bioluminescent Bay is now on offer, providing honeymooners the chance to observe tiny bioluminescent organisms producing incredible glowing waters which are best seen in the light of a full moon. www.GoToPuertoRico.com
Aruba is offering honeymooning couples something new this year, with new full moon walking tours through its Arikok National Park. The monthly Moonlight Walks venture deep into the Dutch Caribbean island’s desert-like countryside to discover curious shapes and moonlight-shadows cast by the cacti and rock formations. Arikok National Park is home to a number of indigenous species of wildlife, flora and fauna characteristic of Aruba’s unique tropical desert climate. Historical sites can also be found within the park’s boundaries including Aruba’s famous caves, Fontein and Quadarikiri, which feature ancient Cacquetío Indian paintings. www.aruba.com
For more information visit caribbean.co.uk or call the CTO on 020 8948 0057.
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