Barbados’ Treasure Beach Offers Special Rate

Air Jamaica’s new nonstop flights from Ft. Lauderdale to Barbados make it easier for value-conscious vacationers to take a summer break in a Garden Suite at the Treasure Beach Hotel. Located on the Barbados Gold Coast, the 36-suite Treasure Beach recently emerged from a six-month, $2.5-million rejuvenation that upgraded every suite and added three premium penthouse suites with private plunge pools.

Contemporary touches include plasma-screen televisions, wireless Internet access, designer bathrooms and Temple Spa amenities.

For the past 30 years, Treasure Beach Hotel has been popular with Europeans, mostly British, but now, according to General Manager Hamish Watson, “we want to make its attractions more widely known to American sun worshippers so we’ve slashed the rates on our least expensive accommodations, not just by a token 20 percent or 30 percent, but by 55 percent.”

Air Jamaica’s new nonstop flights between Ft. Lauderdale and Barbados (JM96) begin service on July 22 and will fly every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, leaving Ft. Lauderdale at 9:40 a.m., arriving in Barbados at 1 p.m.