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Bermuda FOR THE AGENT PLANNING YOUR CLIENT’S TRIP TO BERMUDA Top picks for accommodations, dining, tour packages and activities Junior suite at Elbow Beach, a Mandarin Oriental resort Hotels: The Fairmont Southampton (www.fairmont.com/southampton) sits at Bermuda’s highest point and is the largest hotel on the island. The resort has seven restaurants, two bars, a private beach club, two pools (one indoor and one outdoor), a par-3 18-hole golf course, six tennis courts, a health club, a spa, sauna, a dive shop, moped rentals, a children’s program in the summer, a business center and 24-hour room service. Rates start at $469 per night for May. The best rooms are the splitlevel Duplex Suites, Lilac and Begonia. Comprising 1,600 square feet each, the suites are corner units on the sixthfloor Fairmont Gold concierge level. The bedroom loft overlooking the ocean is furnished with a four-poster king bed. There’s a marble bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub, separate glassenclosed shower and double sinks. Call 800-441-1414 or 441-238-8000; ask for either Peter Frith, director of sales/associations, or Shelley Meszoly, area director of sales and marketing. Royal Palms (www.royalpalms. bm), one of the most sought-after small hotels on the island, is just a five-minute walk from the city of Hamilton. Guest rooms were once the living rooms, parlors and bedrooms of a grand private house. All are spacious, sunny and comfortably furnished, decorated throughout with rich fabrics. The hotel has a restaurant, bar and an outdoor pool. Rates start at $266 per night (April to November) and are subject to 10 percent gratuities and 7.25 percent tax. All rates include continental breakfast buffet. Agents can call co-owners/managers Richard Smith and Susan Weare at 800-678-0783 or 441-292-1854. Elbow Beach (www.mandarin oriental.com/bermuda), named after the private stretch of pink sand where it stands, is a luxury full-service resort with seven restaurants, two bars, a nightclub, an outdoor pool, a putting green, five all-weather tennis courts (two lit for night play), a health spa with a whirlpool, sauna, watersports (including deep-sea fishing, scuba diving, kayaking and windsurfing), a summer children’s program, a business center and 24-hour room service. Rates start at $455. The premier unit is the oceanview Caprice Cottage, which can accommodate up to four guests and is set among gardens. It offers complete privacy, with two bedrooms, 2½ bathrooms, a combined sitting/dining room with fireplace and an ocean-facing balcony. Agents can contact Cindy Gable, director of sales and marketing, at 441-236-3535. 46 Home-BasedTravelAgent F EB RUARY 2008 http://www.mandarinoriental.com/bermuda http://www.fairmont.com/southampton http://www.mandarinoriental.com/bermuda http://www.royalpalms.bm http://www.royalpalms.bm

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