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This Resort Is the Best Dive Destination in The Bahamas, With Shark Encounters, Blue Holes, Coral Walls, and No Crowds

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The boat leaves the marina and heads into open Bahamian water. Below the surface, the bottom falls away into a wall, reef sharks pass through the blue and the visibility stretches far beyond the edge of the dive group. On another excursion, the destination is a blue hole. On another, a wreck. At night, the […]

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VIDEO: Checking in to Treasure Beach, Barbados

Barbados-based Elegant Hotels has been turning heads in the Caribbean of late, adding to an already impressive collection of resorts with a slate of fresh, new properties. First it was the launch of the game-changing Waves Hotel all-inclusive which debuted in 2016. Now, it’s the gorgeous Treasure Beach, which just made its debut on the […]

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Treasure Beach: A New Barbados Adults-Only Hotel

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By Alexander Britell There’s a new way to stay on Barbados’ platinum coast. And it’s rather special. Barbados’ Elegant Hotels has done it again with the debut of the totally transformed adults-only Treasure Beach, a modern but charming, luxurious retreat on the West Coast. The boutique all-suite hotel, which has 35 units, held its soft […]

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Barbados Tourism Continues to Surge

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By Alexander Britell Barbados continues to see surging tourism growth, according to the latest numbers from the country’s tourism board. Barbados is reporting 453,645 stayover visitor arrivals through September, a 7.4 percent increase compared to the first nine months of 2017. The data were announced by William Griffith, CEO of Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, who […]


Treasure Beach: A New Barbados Adults-Only Hotel

One of the Caribbean’s top hotel companies has added another property to its portfolio. Barbados-based Elegant Hotels Group has announced the acquisition of the Treasure Beach hotel, a deal finalized last week. The four-star, 35-room property is located on Paynes Bay in the St. James parish of Barbados, adjacent to Elegant’s Tamarind hotel. The acquisition […]

The Top 10 Barbados Hotels

Barbados is famous not only for its flavorful local cuisine (fish cutter, anyone?), east-coast surf culture, and as the birthplace of rum; it also boasts some of the finest hotels in the region with an emphasis on elegance, grace and luxury. So if you’re planning a trip to the easternmost Caribbean isle, consider our expert […]

Elegant Is Expanding to Antigua, St Lucia

Elegant Hotels Group is expanding in the Caribbean. The hotel company, which has a collection of six luxury hotels in Barbados, has announced the signing of a marketing and sales agreement with The Landings in St. Lucia and is also planning an entry to Antigua. Elegant Hotels will be providing The Landings with a range of […]

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

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. The […]

A New Resort on the Island of Barbados

One of the Caribbean’s leading hotel companies has expanded with a new Barbados All-Inclusive Resort. Elegant Hotels has officially debuted its new Waves Hotel & Spa, an all-inclusive on the Platinum Coast of Barbados with a focus on “mind and wellness,” according to the company. And they’re serious about wellness: the all-inclusive package includes up […]

Barbados' Elegant Hotels Group Names New Chief Executive Officer

Above: Turtle Beach in Barbados By the Caribbean Journal staff Elegant Hotels Group in Barbados has named Australian national Mark Campbell its new Chief Executive Officer, the company announced. Campbell has more than 20 years in the hospitality and travel sector, including 12 years at P&O Australian resorts, where he served as managing director of […]

Suite Spot: The House, Barbados

THERE’S NO reception desk at The House, Elegant Hotels’ hip, adults-only boutique in St James, Barbados. Instead, there are “ambassadors,” a versatile crew who are ready to tend to every request, from helping you check in right in your room to delivering the hotel’s house champagne (Moët & Chandon) to your beach chair. They’re basically […]