Sandals Resorts is to open its fifth Beaches resort, which will be in Antigua.
Parent company SRI has signed an agreement with the government of the Caribbean island to convert its existing Grand Pineapple Resort in Long Bay into a Beaches property.
It will have one- to four-bedroom rooms and suites, up to 12 restaurants, conference facilities, a water park, cinema, Xbox Play Lounge and BMX track.
A launch date has yet to be announced.
Sandals Resorts chairman Gordon "Butch" Stewart said: "As a country, Antigua is very dear to our hearts because it was the first place we went when we ventured outside of Jamaica in 1991.
"This particular deal has been a long time coming – we’ve been discussing it for over three years – but it is well worth the wait. Antigua is a stunning country and we’ve enjoyed no end of pleasure operating here."
