COUPLES RESORTS AND CASUARINA BEACH CLUB CONCLUDE NEGOTIATIONS FOR ALMOND
CASUARINA BEACH RESORT, BARBADOS
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Montego Bay, January 14, 2013- Glenn
Lawrence, CEO Couples Resorts announced today that Couples Resorts and Casuarina
Beach Club Limited have concluded negotiations for the lease of the 280 room Almond
Casuarina Beach Resort, in Barbados, effective February 10, 2013.
Under Couples Resorts management, the resort will operate as
Casuarina Beach Resort through May 31, 2013, offering the same facilities and
amenities currently being provided.
During the period of February 10 – May 31, Couples Resorts will embark
on a US$ 3 million facilities and property upgrade program designed to bring
the resort up to the Couples Resorts standards.
The upgrades will include:
- New
décor and amenities in public areas and guest rooms,
- New
pool and Jacuzzi,
- New Spa
and Salon,
- New Gym
with state-of-the-art equipment and designated Yoga gazebo,
- New
piano bar/lounge.
Effective June 1, 2013 the resort
will be rebranded as Couples Barbados® and will become the island’s first and only all-inclusive
resort exclusively for adult couples.
“We are thrilled to launch our
first-ever venture in Barbados and believe this property located on the vibrant
South Coast to be the perfect addition to the Couples Resorts family of
boutique-style hotels,” states Couples Resorts’ CEO, Glenn Lawrence. “We look
forward to introducing this resort to a new Couples audience and we are proud
to provide our loyal Couples guests with another destination for them to call
‘home’”.
“Couples Barbados staff will surpass guest
expectations for a Caribbean all-inclusive
vacation by delivering the romance experience and quality inclusions synonymous
with the Couples Resorts brand”, says Randy Russell, Couples’ Senior Vice
President and Chief Romance Officer®.
“Our Barbados guests will enjoy:
·
Complimentary internet café and WIFI,
·
Unlimited premium brand drinks,
·
Gourmet dining options,
·
In-room dining,
·
24 hour food service,
·
Personalized mini-bars,
·
Ipod/MP3 docking stations,
·
Piano/sports bar/lounge,
·
Tennis with instruction,
·
All taxes and gratuities
All set in a stunning beachfront location
with lush gardens certain to reignite the spark that first brought the couple
together.”
Couples Barbados will redefine
the meaning of all-inclusive on the island by introducing an array of exclusive value-added inclusions
,
specifically:
- Free Roundtrip
transfers from Grantley Adams International Airport
- Free weddings
and renewal of vows
- Free golf
(transfers and greens fees) at The Barbados Golf Club
- Free Glass
Bottom Boat Ride, including swimming with Sea Turtles
- Free Sunset
Catamaran Cruise
- Free
Scuba Dive
- Free Body
Boarding, Wind Surfing, and Hobie Cat Sailing and Kayaking with
instruction
- Free Shuttle
to Oistin’s Fish Fry – a Barbados MUST-DO
- Guided Barbadian
Green Monkey trail walk
About Couples Resorts:
Couples Resorts, headquartered in Montego Bay, Jamaica,
owns and operates four properties in Jamaica – Couples Tower Isle, Couples Sans
Souci, Couples Swept Away and Couples Negril – and now one in Barbados –
Couples Barbados. Pioneered by the legendary
Abe Issa, “the father of Jamaican tourism,” each Couples Resort is an
unsurpassed model of the all-inclusive resorts concept, boldly designed with
local inspiration to create a harmonic sense of nature and authentic Caribbean
spirit. For over 35 years, Couples has delighted guests and refined the
Caribbean all-inclusive resort experience by providing unparalleled service,
exceptional dining experiences and exclusive added value inclusions.
About Almond Casuarina Beach Resort:
The hotel known as Almond Casuarina Beach Resort, which was for several years managed
by Almond Resorts Inc,
is the property of Casuarina
Beach Club Ltd which is owned by Goddard Enterprises Limited, The
Barbados Shipping & Trading Co. Limited and Almond Resorts Inc. (“Owners”).
This announcement follows on from the decision
of the Owners to divest their investment in Casuarina Beach Club.
