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VIDEO: Barbados’ Newest All-Inclusive: Waves Hotel & Spa

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - December 24, 2016 - 8:20 pm

It’s the newest, hippest hotel in Barbados: Waves Hotel & Spa by Elegant Hotels — and it’s an all-inclusive.

Waves is new kind of all-inclusive, a breath of fresh air for the Caribbean that takes creative cues elements from some of the Caribbean’s most high-design hotels and combines them with a laid-back, distinctly Bajan attitude.

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The rooms are superb (and millennial-friendly), the beach is lovely and the complimentary spa treatments don’t hurt.

See more in the latest Caribbean Journal Video at the top of the page.

— CJ

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