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Celebrate the New Year with Sandals and Beaches Resorts’ Deal of the Decade

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Guests can kick off 2020 with offers that elevate the Luxury Included® vacation

Sandals® Resorts and Beaches® Resorts are excited to announce their New Year’s Sale, which will help guests Save More, “Sea” More and Relax More in the new decade. Now through January 3, 2020, guests who book a Luxury Included® vacation of six nights or more at any Sandals or Beaches Resort, for travel now through December 26, 2021, can receive bonus add-ons that will help couples and families make special memories together.

Qualifying Sandals bookings will receive a luxurious 30-minute couples massage at the award-winning Red Lane® Spa, which is inspired by the beauty and scents of the Caribbean, along with a Catamaran Cruise for two at select Sandals Resorts and Instant Savings based on room category. Qualifying Beaches bookings will receive a relaxing 30-minute massage, an exhilarating Catamaran Cruise for all occupants and Instant Savings based on room category.

Guests staying at Sandals Emerald Bay and Sandals Grenada Resort & Spa will receive an $150 Tour Credit instead of the Catamaran Cruise for two.

The Instant Savings by room category are as follows:

  • Sandals Resorts
    • $250 Instant Savings for Luxury Level Rooms
    • $500 Instant Savings for Club Level Rooms
    • $750 Instant Savings for Love Nest Butler Level Rooms
  • Beaches Resorts
    • $250 Instant Savings for Luxury Level Rooms
    • $500 Instant Savings for Club Level Rooms
    • $750 Instant Savings for Butler and Together Nest Butler Level Rooms

Guests must apply the code NEWYEAR20 to redeem the New Year’s promotion. Please note that this offer is valid for new bookings only, and blackout dates apply.

For more information on Sandals Resorts’ New Year’s Sale, please click here.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Alexa Mechanic, alexa.mechanic@ketchum.com 646-935-3999

Sandals & Beaches Resorts Hold Sandals Select Runcation Reggae Marathon LIV+ Event

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Sandals Select guests turned their vacation into a “Runcation” for the 19th annual Reggae Marathon in Negril, Jamaica

The Luxury Included® resort company recently concluded their Sandals Select LIV+ Runcation event planned around the 19th annual Reggae Marathon on December 8, 2019, in Negril, Jamaica. Thanks to an exclusive LIV+ package, Sandals Select guests staying at Sandals Negril and Beaches Negril could participate in Jamaica’s premier marathon, half marathon and 10K race situated along Negril’s famed 7-mile white sand beach while enjoying Luxury Included® perks along the way.

The LIV+ Runcation event, which took place from December 5-10, kicked off with a special welcome cocktail reception for runners to mix and mingle while picking up their Reggae Marathon packets and Sandals Select Team swag. To carbo-load before the big race, guests indulged in a pasta party at Sandals Negril’s delicious Cucina Romana. After completing   the race, runners headed to the Finish Line Beach Bash & Award Ceremony hosted by the Reggae Marathon, before unwinding at a post-marathon massage and “Spa-ty” with Sandals and Beaches’ award-winning Red Lane® Spa. Guests were then treated to a special awards dinner at Sandals Negril’s Bayside Restaurant before enjoying a full day dedicated to rest, relaxation and recovery. With over a dozen participants from North America and Europe, Sandals Select guests ran in all distances – the full marathon, half and 10K – with one participant in her late 60s notably completing her 46th half marathon, inspiring and motivating the entire group.

Sandals Select Rewards – Sandals and Beaches® Resorts premier rewards program – offers guests the chance to earn points redeemable toward future and free stays, special recognition and VIP gifts, amazing discounts and access to exclusive LIV+ packages like the Sandals Select Runcation event. Sandals® Resorts recently made enrolling in Sandals Select Rewards Program more attainable than ever by allowing anyone to join without previous bookings, making these exclusive add-ons just a click away.

Next year’s Sandals Select Runcation Reggae Marathon LIV+ event will take place December 3-8, 2020, for the 20th annual Reggae Marathon on December 6. For more information on next year’s Sandals Select event, please click here. 

MEDIA CONTACT: Alexa Mechanic for additional information or to arrange an interview with a spokesperson. 646-935-3999. alexa.mechanic@ketchum.com

Sandals Royal Caribbean Introduces Two New 5-Star Restaurant Concepts

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The Luxury Included® Resort Expands 5-Star Global Gourmet™ Dining Offerings with the Opening of Spices and Bombay Club

Sandals® Resorts is excited to announce that Sandals Royal Caribbean, located in Montego Bay, Jamaica, is expanding its 5-Star Global Gourmet™ dining offerings with two new mouthwatering restaurant concepts – Spices and Bombay Club. Now officially open, guests can enjoy even more quality, authenticity and choice at up to 20 different restaurants at Sandals Royal Caribbean and the neighboring Sandals Montego Bay.

Spices serves up Pan-Caribbean favorites for an authentic island restaurant experience. With delicious breakfast options and ever-changing daily lunch buffet themes with plenty of made-to-order options, Spices brings flavors from all around the world to one place. At night, guests can indulge in dishes infused with popular Caribbean spices like pimento, nutmeg and cinnamon. With its tropical surroundings and festive hospitality coupled with the restaurant’s exceptional Robert Mondavi Twin Oaks® wine selection and premium liquors, Spices infuses Caribbean flare into its menu for an exotic dining experience.

Sandals Resorts is also excited to introduce aromatic Indian fare with the wildly popular Bombay Club to Sandals Royal Caribbean. As the brand’s exclusive Indian restaurant, Bombay Club boasts Indian cuisine that captivates the senses. Featuring a unique collection of flavorful dishes such as Shrimp Pakoras and Butter Chicken, along with vegan and vegetarian options, like the aloo gobhi and the vegetable bullets, Bombay Club is the go-to place for scenic views, great times, and exotic fare.

Sandals Resorts International continuously exceeds guests’ expectations with its 5-Star Global Gourmet™ dining program by offering more unique and authentic dining experiences across its resorts. Whether it’s leveraging internationally trained chefs to serve up to 23 unique culinary concepts – from Indian and French, to Italian and Japanese – or ensuring that 90 percent of all food offerings are locally sourced to create the most authentic meals, Sandals Resorts allows guests to take their taste buds on a journey around the world without having to leave the resort.

For more information on the two new restaurants now open at Sandals Royal Caribbean, please click here. 


Bombay Club, now open at Sandals Royal Caribbean

MEDIA CONTACT: Alexa Mechanic for additional information or to arrange an interview with a spokesperson. 646-935-3999. alexa.mechanic@ketchum.com

Tourism Linkages Speed Networking event yields over $630 million in contracts for local entrepreneurs

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Jamaica Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett yesterday revealed that his Ministry’s Tourism Linkages Speed Networking event has resulted in local Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs) negotiating contracts valued at over $630 million, over the past three years.

Speaking at this year’s staging of the Speed Networking event in Montego Bay, the Minister said, “I am pleased to share that Speed Networking 2016 resulted in contracts valued at some $181 million; while the 2017 event saw suppliers benefitting from over $200 million in contracts; and in 2018, the value of these contracts grew to over $250 million. That is over $630 million in contacts for local SMTEs from just three one-day linkages events.”

He also noted that among the top beneficiaries of the event, were Boss Furniture and Tortuga Rum Cakes.

Boss Furniture won a contract valued at $30 million to provide bedding and furnishings to Montego Bay’s new S Hotel while another $10 million in contracts with that property is in the pipeline.

In addition, Boss Furniture CEO Omar Azan is also in negotiation with the Sandals and Hendrickson Groups to supply their properties with locally made bedding and furniture. Tortuga Rum Cakes also negotiated a $500,000 contract with Half Moon Hotel, from their participation in the event.

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, (right) converses with (from left) Princess Hotels and Resorts’ Rafael Millán, President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga, and Director of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald-Riley at the fifth staging of the Tourism Linkages Speed Networking event.
Princess Hotels and Resorts, ranked eighth in the Spanish market has 19 hotels. They will construct 2000 new rooms in Hanover, to the tune of some USD500Million. The business-to-business initiative took place on March 20, 2019 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

“This event is a tremendous help to local manufacturers, farmers and service providers. In creating these linkages, it helps us to grow our business, provide jobs for our people, provide revenue for the government, and in the end grow our economies. Two years ago, I attended the event and got a big order from a hotelier and it can be like that for any supplier,” said Mr Azan.

The Minister noted that the event is a key initiative designed to offer support to SMTEs and helps to strengthen the linkages between tourism and other sectors of the economy, and in so doing, increases the economic impact of the sector.

“The strategy must be to increase the capacity to supply the demands that tourism consumption patterns require and find creative ways of building entrepreneurship among our local stakeholders to fill these requirements. In this way, we will retain more of the revenue generated by tourism in the local economy and stop leakages,” he said.

The Tourism Linkages Speed Networking event took place on March 20 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. It is a core initiative of the Tourism Linkages Network in close collaboration with the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Jamaica Manufacturers’ Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC).

The event format features fifteen minute pre-scheduled meeting appointments between Managing Directors, General Managers or CEOs of local supplier companies of products and services with Owners or Managers of properties, restaurants, attractions and other tourism entities throughout the course of one day.

Additional representatives from core areas within the hotel’s operation such as Purchasing, Food and Beverage and Maintenance who are in a position to make purchasing decisions also attend.

For this year’s staging organizers targeted suppliers from areas such as: Digital marketing, Content capture services, Maintenance providers and Entertainment. Other suppliers included areas such as furniture, fresh produce, craft, chemicals and cleaning products, cosmetics and spa products, training, electrical services and construction.

“Last year we had 56 supplier companies and 33 tourism entities in attendance. This year we have 110 supplier companies and 57 tourism entities, proof that this event is gaining traction because participants are seeing results,” said the Minister.

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