Baha Mar Ltd. has signed a Letter of Intent with Hyatt Hotels Corporation to operate and manage the planned 700-room Grand Hyatt to be included as part the destination resort metropolis, Baha Mar Resort in Nassau, Bahamas. Baha Mar Ltd. also selected Hyatt as its timeshare partner in the project, which will initially include 50 units as part of the first phase, with plans for expansion in subsequent phases.
The all-inclusive SuperFun Beach Resort & Spa, formerly SuperClubs’ Hedonism III resort, opened Oct. 14 in Runaway Bay on Jamaica’s north coast.
Barceló U Spa opens its doors within Barceló Bávaro Beach Resort hotel complex offering a cutting-edge Wellness Center, with outdoor swimming pools and water therapies, a complete range of beauty hall services and an amazing gym with excellent equipment for cardiovascular training, as well as resistance machines.
St. Regis Hotels & Resorts debuted its 21st hotel with The St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort in Puerto Rico. Coupled with the 2010 openings of The St. Regis Osaka and The St. Regis Lhasa Resort, the brand will have doubled its global footprint in the past two years with this unveiling of its latest resort.
Select warm weather Marriott and Renaissance resorts in the Caribbean and Mexico are offering up to 40 percent off leisure rates for winter travel. The “Baby It’s Cold Outside” travel promotion can be booked Nov. 1 to 30, 2010, for travel from Jan. 1 to April 30, 2011. Sample savings include 30 percent off at the CasaMagna Marriott Cancun Resort, with rooms starting as low as $125 per night. Get 40 percent savings at both the St. Kitts Marriott Resort & The Royal Beach Casino and Frenchman’s Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort.
Cap Cana, S.A. and luxury boutique hotel development firm Solaya Hotels announced the start of construction of Eden Roc Cap Cana, an 85,600-square-foot luxury resort with 37 bungalow suites and a total of 41 rooms, each with a private swimming pool and a private spa area, in Juanillo, Dominican Republic. The project is being developed at Cap Cana by Solaya Hotels, and rooms will measure from 1,285 to 4,280 square feet.