Hotel update
The 795-room Barcelo Punta Cana Resort (formerly Breezes Punta Cana Resort, Spa & Casino, operated by SuperClubs) is the newest addition to Barcelo Hotels & Resorts. The resort is the 11th Barcelo-branded property in the Dominican Republic. For details, visit www.barcelo.com.
The 24-room South City Plaza Hotel opened in St. George’s, Grenada, and caters to the business market with in-room Internet access, a convention center for 300, a fitness center, an Internet cafe and banking facilities. For details, e-mail Toni DeBourg-Smith at [email protected].
RockResorts will manage the $700 million, 870-acre Rum Cay Resort Marina on Rum Cay Island in the Bahamas, located 165 miles southeast of Nassau and 40 miles east of Great Exuma, between San Salvador Island and Long Island in the Out Islands of the Bahamas. Charter air service will be offered from Nassau and Fort Lauderdale to Rum Cay. The appointment of RockResorts as the management company puts it back in the Caribbean region where the brand was created in 1956 by Laurance Rockefeller with Caneel Bay on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Little Dix on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. RockResorts’ current portfolio includes seven luxury properties in the U.S.; its eighth U.S. resort will open in November 2007. Rum Cay Resort Marina is a three-phase development. Phase One, which began this summer, includes an 80-slip marina; the Port Santa Maria Marina Village, featuring shops, restaurants and sporting facilities; and a variety of residential units. The second phase will feature the 100-room RockResorts’ hotel and Avanyu spa; 80 villas; private membership clubs; and additional residences. The third phase will include additional private homes and other amenities. For details, visit www.rumcay.com.
The new Riu Vallarta Hotel, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico will open on November 17th, 2006. The doors of this fabulous art deco-style hotel will open. RPC Members opening special $50 pppn.
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