Marriott’s Elegant Hotels to Reopen Caribbean Properties in October

By: - August 26th, 2020
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The Colony Club in Barbados, part of Elegant Hotels' portfolio.

Marriott’s Elegant Hotels collection will be reopening its Caribbean resorts in October, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The collection of boutique resorts in Barbados and Saint Lucia, which Marriott acquired last year, will relaunch Oct. 1. 

That will include Barbados’ Colony Club, Treasure Beach, The House, Tamarind, Crystal Cove and Turtle Beach as well as the Landings Resort in Saint Lucia. 

Marriott acquired the portfolio as part of the company’s bigger push to expand in the increasingly competitive (and popular) all-inclusive sector.

Elegant Hotels has reopened one of its properties already, the all-inclusive Waves Hotel on Barbados’ tony Platinum Coast. 

For more, visit Elegant Hotels. 

— CJ

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