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Antigua's New Sugar Ridge Has A Sweet Opening Deal
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 arcade. It's also very close to the Jolly Harbor Marina which has an 18-hole golf course.
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Jumby Bay Gets Jumbo-Sized Renovations
Win a big award, then close down for a year: probably not the strategy that Rosewood Resorts' Jumby Bay 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 meant to be a combo of "tropical hideaway" and "romantic British Colonial".
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"Forget It All" at Hermitage Bay Antigua
Imagine with us for a moment that someone, somewhere, has just come into a nice pile of cash. We’re 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 Hermitage Bay Antigua. On Conde Nast Traveler’s 2008 Hot List, the all-inclusive luxury resort is offering beach cottage suites for $1,200 a night for double occupancy (and that’s not even counting the 10 percent government tax and 10 percent service charge). This is apparently a special price, too, so hey, what a deal.
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Get Playful in Private at Antigua's Hermitage Bay
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.
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Room With a Killer View: Perfection From Hermitage Bay
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 HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. 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.
Think you could handle this view? We'd be more than happy to, and it comes from a hillside cottage suite at the Hermitage Bay resort in Antigua. Great short range view over our own pool, mid-range to the gorgeous beach, and long range over the grassy dunes and the sea--yep, pretty much picture perfect.
The price matches the view, with the hillside cottages commanding the highest rates of the resort--$850 a night in the low season (June to August) and up to $1,800 a night over Christmas and New Year. But at least it's an all-inclusive, which includes house wines and "premium" drinks: but fancier wines off their wine list and "deluxe" drinks cost extra.
Not that we're obsessed with drinking or anything, but this is the kind of view where all you need is a great cocktail on your deckchair and you can while away the evening staring out into the sea.
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Honeymooners Attacked at Antigua Hotel
This is one of the most horrific stories we've heard happening at hotels yet. Two honeymooners from Wales were shot at during a raid on their luxury hotel in Antigua yesterday. The bride was killed and her husband fighting for his life in a hospital's intensive care unit with a bullet wound in the neck.
The couple, Catherine and Benjamin Mullaney, were honeymooning at the Cocos Hotel when robbers burst into their cottage while they slept.
Tourism minister Harold Lovell said investigators will look at whether there were any lapses in security at the hotel, which employs guards. He said other hotel guests have been left traumatised by the murder and some have requested to be relocated. Speaking on Sky News, he said: "The police are still obviously trying to work out the motive, but they think robbery will be the motive."
The island of Antigua has had a spike in crime with 10 murders reported so far this year and a recent spree of shootings reported as well.
As for the Cocos Hotel, it certainly looks like paradise with all cottages promising sea views and beach access. On the hotel's website, Cocos promises: "an exclusive resort for those looking to escape to paradise. Cocos offers complete peace and tranquility, an abandon from the stress of life, where your every need is catered for." Sad.
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