The Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino is reporting its accommodations units to offer separate lodging options for adults and families, effective December 24. The adults-only, 290-room/10-suite Renaissance Marina Hotel in downtown Oranjestad features plasma-screen TVs, an infinity pool, a fitness center, the Okeanos Spa, the Crystal Casino and the Lounge Midnight Grill.

The InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms, announced in a press release that it has signed a management agreement with Inverplata S.A. for the new Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. The 7-story, 145-room hotel, currently under construction, is perched on Abraham Lincoln Avenue, in an upscale neighborhood that is home to major foreign and local companies’ headquarters, embassies, and government agencies.

The newly refurbished Blue Bay Getaway Villa Doradas Hotel Adults Only offers a great opportunity for golf lovers, singles and couples to spend an absolute relaxing and pampering holiday. The new hotel project along with the Blue Bay Golf Open 2006 was presented last week during a press conference at Taboo Bamboo Restaurant in Santo Domingo.

Sheriton –not to be confused with the hotel firm Sheraton- Estates, a privately-owned, three-villa luxury complex above Cove Pond on the west end of Anguilla, will open November 23. Infinity, Harmony and Mystique villas are a 20-room, seven-pool trio of residences set on 10 acres in a gated enclave. The villas interiors feature Brazilian hardwoods, Italian marble, hand-carved beds from Burma and state of the art technology.

Barceló Hotels & Resorts has announced that construction is underway on a fifth luxury property at its expansive all- inclusive resort complex: the Barceló Maya Beach Resort in Mexico. The newest hotel at the resort is oceanfront, will include 756 all-suite luxury guestrooms and it is scheduled to welcome guests in December of 2007. Recently, the Resort announced the addition of a new European style Spa complex which will open next month for the 2006-2007 winter season.

Starwood Hotels has announced that the new Westin St. Maarten Dawn Beach Resort & Spa will open on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten on December 13. The property will fly the Westin flag under a license agreement and is developed, owned and managed by Columbia Sussex, developer, owner and operator of more than 85 hotels and seven casinos around the world.