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“Fly Free Promotion” is available at all 12 resort locations in Jamaica, St. Lucia, the Bahamas and Antigua. Air credits vary per resort. Sandals is also debuting three new honeymoon packages. The Adventure package is $1,500 per person and is for Jamaica only. Clients can choose three tours, which range from a river kayaking/tubing safari tour to a mountain-bike riding tour to a horsebackriding and swim tour. The Romance package is $1,800 per person and includes such amenities as private transfer from the airport with fruit, champagne and chocolate to a private four-course dinner for two on the ocean side, a breakfast in bed and a massage lesson at Red Lane Spa. The Luxury package is $1,500 per person and applies only to St. Lucia and the Bahamas. It includes a 50-minute, in-room couples’ massage and a private courtyard dinner for two. door space to make one private villa. They are above the resort’s highest point, giving clients a full view of the Caribbean and St. Lucia. There is also a three-level outdoor sundeck that is accessible by either the living room or bedroom and features a glass waterfall that spills into a zero-entry plunge pool and private whirlpool. The setting is being described by the resort company as being among the most dramatic in its collection of luxury suites. The four Sunset Bluff Million Dollar Luxury Villas will be accessible by foot or golf cart, and all are butlercategory suites. Agents can contact Denise Benoit, sales manager (dbenoit@grp.sandals. com, 758-452-3081). Specifically, it will feature 162 luxe family suites, including 18 “parlor” rooms, which can be purchased additionally to add a living and dining room area onto a family suite, including a day bed and pullout sofa to sleep up to four additional guests. These parlor suites will also have butler service. All family suites will feature a separate children’s room with bunk beds, an Xbox console and a plasma TV. The Pirate’s Island-themed aqua-playground will unveil seven new slides, for a total of nine. The park will feature a pool and aqua play area complete with water cannons, cranks and spray features. Sunset Unveils Renovations Sunset Beach Resort & Spa (www.sunset beachresort.com) in Montego Bay, Jamaica, unveiled a $7 million renovation, including upgrades to the lobby, the resort’s Beach Inn wing and the addition of a new Caribbean fusion restaurant. The main lobby now includes new furnishings, a remodeled front desk with an amber and mosaic tile wall, a new lobby bar, a guest services area and a photo shop. The resort’s Beach Inn wing features an entirely new lobby. Also, the redesigned Banana Walk buffet eatery has increased its size and now features CONTINUED ON PAGE 46 Beaches Turks & Caicos Italian Village Expansion Beaches Resorts (www.beaches.com) announced the development of a new Italian Village at Beaches Turks & Caicos. Estimated to cost a whopping $125 million, the Italian Village is scheduled to open in January. The expansion project will also reveal a brand-new water park that will be 10 times the size of the original Pirate’s Island area. The Village will have its own lobby, check-in area, family suites, new gourmet dining options and retail space. Sandals’ “Million Dollar Suites” Sandals’ Regency La Toc Golf Resort & Spa (www.sandals.com) in St. Lucia rolled out four Sunset Bluff Million Dollar Luxury Villas with a private pool and a whirlpool this past month. The new accommodations combine 800 square feet of living space and 400 square feet of out- A King Room at Sunset Beach Resort & Spa, Montego Bay, Jamaica, has a magnificent ocean view August 4, 2008 TravelAgent | 45 http://www.sunsetbeachresort.com http://www.sunsetbeachresort.com http://www.beaches.com http://www.sandals.com

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