HotelChatter - Tag: Antigua Hotels

Jolly Harbor: Antigua's New Sugar Ridge Has A Sweet Opening Deal

amandak — 2009-10-28T08:49:17-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Sugar_Ridge_Antigua_Room.jpg" class="top"> Picture a hotel called Sugar Ridge and you might imagine some place on the ridge of a hill bordered by sugar cane and that's exactly what the new Sugar Ridge hotel in Antigua looks like. Four years after they started building (and no doubt a while after they had serious doubts whether building a hotel was the right thing to do at the moment) the Sugar Ridge is ready to open on December 1.They're aiming for luxury and affordability, often a tricky combination, and the luxury includes the Sugar Club Spa the first Aveda spa on Antigua. There are just 60 rooms but there are two restaurants, along with two swimming pools and a shopping

St. John's: Jumby Bay Gets Jumbo-Sized Renovations

amandak — 2009-07-21T08:52:52-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/The_Verandah_at_Jumby_Bay.jpg" class="top"> Win a big award, then close down for a year: probably not the strategy that Rosewood Resorts' <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Jumby+Bay--A+Rosewood+Resort/local/850">Jumby Bay</a> in Antigua had in mind, but perhaps that just shows they were modest enough not to expect to win last year's T+L Best Caribbean Resort award. Shortly after that burst of publicity, Jumby Bay closed up most of their resort to get to work on $28 million worth of renovations, and now these are finally almost done. As you'd expect, $28 million buys a fair amount of new and improved stuff, and the revamp includes complete overhauls of 12 existing guest suites as well as the addition of 28 brand new suites. The new design style is

St. Marys: "Forget It All" at Hermitage Bay Antigua

KatieK — 2009-01-23T09:00:53-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/hermitagebaybedroom.jpg" class="top"> Imagine with us for a moment that someone, somewhere, has just come into a nice pile of cash. Were talking in the neighborhood of several Gs not enough to buy a house or condo, mind you, but just enough to make those sad stock options look more than unappealing. Might we suggest one idea, dear sir or madam, for blowing that wad of cash: a forget-it-all vacation at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hermitage+Bay/ian/249410">Hermitage Bay Antigua</a>. On Conde Nast Travelers <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/25/145351/991/hotels/Get_Playful_in_Private_at_Antigua_s_Hermitage_Bay">2008 Hot List</a>, the all-inclusive luxury resort is offering beach cottage suites for $1,200 a night for double occupancy (and thats not even counting the 10 percent government tax and 10 percent service charge). This is apparently a special

St Marys: Get Playful in Private at Antigua's Hermitage Bay

ChristineM — 2008-09-26T09:15:34-05:00

Antigua's Hermitage Bay, a member of Conde Nast Traveler's 2008 Hot List, is inviting travelers to get playful.

No, not that kind of playful. We're referring to the resort's Playful in Paradise package, which -- for a mere $1084.50 nightly -- allows the soft adventurous to work off a picnic lunch (which is provided) by kayaking to the private island. The exploration continues with a private sailing lesson hosted by the resort's water sports staff, a guided tour of surrounding trails and tropical gardens and some time to zen out with yoga instruction.

St Mary's: Room With a Killer View: Perfection From Hermitage Bay

amandak — 2008-08-14T09:17:14-05:00

<![CDATA[We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Killer_View_HERMITAGE_BAY.jpg" class="imgborder"> Think you could handle this view? We'd be more than happy to, and it comes from a hillside cottage suite at the