Sandals Royal Bahamian Reopens After $4M Renovation

By: - October 27th, 2016

The Sandals Royal Bahamian resort in Nassau has reopened following a $4 million makeover, the company announced.

The property, which had been slated to reopen in the middle of October, had to postpone its relaunch due to Hurricane Matthew.

“It’s absolutely fantastic to be back open and welcoming guests in the Bahamas,” said Sandals Resorts Chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart.  “The property has never looked better and our team is excited about what is shaping up to be a tremendous winter season.”

The changes included behind-the-scenes upgrades like a new boiler system and plumbing along with a new main pool deck along with new furniture and furnishings in rooms and common areas.

A renovated room at Sandal Royal Bahamian.

A renovated room at Sandal Royal Bahamian.

“Sandals Royal Bahamian has undergone an extensive renovation,” Stewart said.

Other highlights include swim-up bar renovations, updates to walls and carpeting, and new amenities in the bedrooms.
sandals1
The resort’s restaurants have also received many upgrades, including new hardwood floors have at Baccarat, Crystal Room, Billiards Room, Piano Bar, and Cricketers Pub; a new oceanfront deck at the pizzeria deck, new furnishings at Royal Café, a new walkway at Spices restaurant; and a holistic renovation of Casanova Restaurant.
News

AMResorts Plans 100th Resort Deal by 2020

The Caribbean’s fastest-growing hotel company has big plans. Apple Leisure Group’s AMResorts subsidiary says it plans to sign its 100th resort deal by 2020, with target markets including St. Lucia, Turks and Caicos and Colombia. Apple has itself signed 10 resort deals over the last 10 months, growing its resort brand management portfolio by 15 […]

Barbados

Barbados’ Waves Is a Game-Changing Property

You’d never guess it. Not when you’re sipping a fresh espresso, looking out toward the turquoise Bajan sea. You’d never guess that this is an all-inclusive resort. This is something else — hip, sleek, and, yes, cool. And it’s beautiful. This is Elegant Hotels’ Waves Hotel & Spa, and it’s a new kind of all-inclusive resort […]

News

Boosting Caribbean Tech Development

A global Internet giant is partnering with a Caribbean-based group to advance regional technology development. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is joining forces with the Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG) to build the capacity of the region’s technical community. ICANN coordinates the Internet’s system of unique addresses. The global nonprofit organization […]

John Moore Bar

Rum Journal: A Legendary Rum Shop in Barbados

 In a rum shop, water comes in a whisky bottle. At least it does at the John Moore Bar, one of the venerable rum shops in Barbados and a legendary spot on the island. The rum shop, you see, is a peculiarly Bajan institution, as several hundred such shops dot the island, depending on how […]
Jazz Cruise

How to Take a Jazz Cruise in the Caribbean

 It’s a new kind of Caribbean cruise. Entertainment Cruise Productions, Don Was of Blue Note Records and Steven Bensusan of the Blue Note Jazz club have announced a five-year partnership for jazz cruises in the Caribbean. ECP’s Contemporary Jazz Cruises will now be known as Blue Note at Sea, with seven Blue Note artists among […]

China’s HNA Pays $6.5 Billion For Hilton Stake

 In a rum shop, water comes in a whisky bottle. At least it does at the John Moore Bar, one of the venerable rum shops in Barbados and a legendary spot on the island. The rum shop, you see, is a peculiarly Bajan institution, as several hundred such shops dot the island, depending on how […]
NOG

The Guardians of the Caribbean Internet

 PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten—Even with its minor geographical footprint, the Caribbean has a major appetite for the Internet. More and more, Caribbean citizens are reflexively heading online to do their everyday essentials. In order to keep pace with that digital predilection, the modest community managing the region’s networks has to keep building serious capacity. “There has […]