http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T04:47:39Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sandals%20Resorts http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/19/114027/21 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/SandalsMSOweddings.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><p>If you&#146;re a home décor fanatic, and big fan of Martha Stewart, you&#146;d think you&#146;d want to throw yourself hook, line, and sinker into wedding preparations. But based on this new promotion from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sandals%20Resorts">Sandals Resorts</a> and Martha Stewart, it looks like there are plenty of nesting types whose passion for napkins and placeholders does not extend to destination weddings. (Hey, we don&#146;t blame them. If we were on a tropical island with a rum punch just a snap of our fingers away, we wouldn&#146;t want to be worrying about coordinating bouquets and boutonnieres either.)</p> <p>The new <a href="http://www.sandals.com/weddingmoons/weddings/collections/marthastewart/index.cfm"><b>Sandals Weddings by Martha Stewart</b></a> &#147;experiences&#148; take the concept of an all-inclusive resort and a wedding reception package, and MsRebecca 2009-10-19T13:18:40-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/15/43653/381 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Sandals_Resorts.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Bad news in the sunny Caribbean. Since we're not booking enough vacations down there, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sandals%20Resorts"><b>Sandals Resorts</b></a> are <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jF7heZZcCgjcHNqgrzuK1pzglDYwD951FJ4O2">letting around 650 hotel staff go</a> from their resorts in the Bahamas, Jamaica and St. Lucia.<p>That figure makes around 7% of the resort's workforce, so things aren't as bad for Sandals as they are at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/10/1076/5730/hotels/Wyndham_Worldwide_Will_Cut_4_000_Jobs">Wyndham</a> where 12% of people will be out of a job. That probably doesn't make it any easier for the housekeeping staff or waiters in the Caribbean who won't have a paycheck next month.<p>Around 80% of vacationers in the region are American and the (optimistic-sounding) guess is that arrivals in the Bahamas, for example, will fall 8% for the year. Is amandak 2008-12-15T10:34:50-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/3/11393/24170 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/grandpineapple.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.travelweekly.com/article.aspx?id=171422&amp;ad_id=5736">Travel Weekly</a> reports that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sandals%20resorts"><b>Sandals</b></a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/15/10217/080/hotels/Which_Sandals_Jamaica_Did_Michael_Scott_Choose_">Michael Scott's favorite Caribbean getaway</a>, has introduced a new budget brand called <b>Grand Pineapple Beach Resorts</b>.<blockquote><p>Two existing resorts will be reflagged with the new brand. The 180-room Grand Pineapple Beach Resort on Antigua's northeast coast will become the Grand Pineapple Beach Antigua, and the 65-room Negril Gardens in Jamaica will become the Grand Pineapple Beach Negril.</blockquote></p><p>The brand will be open to both families, couples and singles. It will be all-inclusive and cover accommodations, meals, snacks, unlimited drinks, watersports and entertainment. The rates will be about 35 to 55 percent cheaper than the other brands. This is because the resorts will be more straightforward and are simpler and cheaper to operate, juliana 2008-04-04T11:05:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/15/10217/080 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/the_office_sandals_jamaica.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>If you watched The Office last night, you know that Michael Scott was planning on taking <strike>Carol</strike> any girl he could on an all inclusive trip to Sandals Jamaica. While Michael did not specify which resort he bought in to, we are going to guess it was Sandals Montego Bay, where according to the resort website:<p> <blockquote><p> A fun loving staff can help make every couple as lazy as the sun and as free as the sea - and the only rule to follow is to do whatever you please. As often as you want.<br> </blockquote><p> Wherever the office boss chose to say he can take full advantage of the amenities and scenery at all seven Sandals Jamaica markj 2006-12-15T10:29:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/