Sandals and Beaches Resorts at a Glance   Sandals Resorts offers two people in love the most romantic, Luxury Included® vacation experience in the Caribbean. With 16 – and soon to be 17 – stunning beachfront settings in Jamaica, Antigua, Saint Lucia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, and Curaçao, Sandals Resorts offers more quality inclusions than any other resort company on the planet.   Beaches Resorts is the Caribbean's most-awarded luxury family all-inclusive vacation experience, where memories are created and made to last. With three spectacular locations in Turks & Caicos and Jamaica, Beaches Resorts is the ultimate beachfront getaway for every member of the family.   Sandals Dunn’s River Opening May 24, 2023   This month brings the highly anticipated opening of Sandals Dunn’s River on May 24, from first-of-its-kind suite designs, to exclusive restaurant concepts and bars and entirely new ways to experience Jamaica’s natural wonders. The resort, which was first added to Sandals’ all-inclusive portfolio in 1991, is returning as a better-than-ever experience with 260 thoughtfully constructed new rooms.   Sandals Dunn’s River will feature Beachfront Skypool Suites, which have stunning glass paneling to create the effect of an infinite shore. These cutting-edge rooms are Jamaica’s first SkyPool Suites and include a Tranquility Soaking Tub, personalized butler service and more. The first of its kind, the Coyaba Sky Rondoval Villas allow guests to soak up the sun in a standalone villa, with private soaking tubs, an oversized swim-up pool and an open-air terrace.  With 12 Global Gourmet restaurants, 10 of which are new to the brand, Sandals Dunn’s River will deliver an array of dishes that guests will savor until the last bite.   Sandals Royal Curaçao Opened June 2022   Debuting just last summer, Sandals Royal Curaçao is Sandals Resorts’ newest property and first venture into the Dutch Caribbean. Situated on 44 acres within the exclusive Santa Barbara private estate, the  resort offers 351 rooms and suites, including brand-first seaside bungalows. Top suites are equipped with 5-star butler service, as well as convertible MINI Coopers complimentary for guests to explore the island. The resort features eight gourmet restaurants, three seaside food trucks, and the brand’s first-ever offsite dining program Island Inclusive through which guests can dine at trendy local restaurants off property as part of the stay.   Sandals Halcyon Beach - Debuted New Suites May 2023   Sandals Halcyon Beach recently unveiled the addition of 5 new standalone Koko Rondoval Villas, a first for Halcyon, complete with a private patio, plunge pool and windows that span nearly the entire wall. In addition, 20 Joli Beachfront Suites built along the shore will offer a combination of rooms with walkout beach access and private pools, as well as second-story accommodations with balconies featuring Tranquility Soaking Tubs.   Beaches Negril - New Villas Debuting June 1, 2023   Next generation expansions are coming to Beaches' beloved, flagship family resort, Beaches Negril. Nestled right on the sand and inspired by  Jamaica's technicolor sunsets, six Firesky Reserve Villas will each offer four bedrooms spanning three stories, equipped with posh living areas, private pools, and direct access to a pristine stretch of beach.  On the opposite end of the resort and comprising six suites, the Eventide Penthouse Collection ranges from three to four bedrooms each with access to a rooftop terrace ideal for stargazing.   What’s New for Advisors   Unique Vacations Inc. (UVI), an affiliate of the worldwide representative of Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts, has launched its transformed online Sandals Training Program, aimed at educating, empowering and growing their family of trusted travel advisors.   Sandals Foundation Updates   The Sandals Foundation, the not-for-profit philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts International, launched a campaign titled Trees for Life, in honor of Earth Day on April 22. Guests across all Sandals and Beaches Resorts were invited to help plant more than 500 trees across the Caribbean in a single day. Further amplifying their mission, the resort brand accepted donations, with each $20 donation resulting in the planting and maintenance of one tree.   In June 2022,  the Sandals Foundation joined forces with the Netherlands’ AFC Ajax team to launch Future Goals – a program that turns fishing nets sourced from the ocean and recycled plastic waste into soccer goals for children. Expanding opportunities for locals through the power of youth sports, particularly the beloved game known locally as football, the landmark partnership has so far succeeded in introducing soccer equipment at more than 40 schools across the island -- with expansion plans underway to other Caribbean islands, including Jamaica. Media Contact: s[email protected]

  Book your clients a holiday to the brand-new Sandals Royal Curaçao which opened on 1st June 2022 to experience a different corner of the Caribbean.   Sandals Royal Curaçao features the brand’s first ever bi-level Dos Awa Infinity Pool and 351 rooms and suites - including the top category Kurason Island Poolside Butler Bungalows and Awa Seaside Butler Bungalows with Private Pools – which offer guests a complimentary convertible MINI Cooper to drive around the island.   A seven-night stay for two people at Sandals Royal Curaçao staying in a Subi Premium room costs from £2,399 per person. Price includes Luxury Included® (all-inclusive) accommodation, return economy class flights with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines from London Heathrow or Manchester via Amsterdam Airport and resort transfers. Price is date specific and is valid for travel departing on 5th September 2023 only.   A seven-night stay for two people at Sandals Royal Curaçao staying in a Carisia Club Level Oceanview Room costs from £2,685 per person. Price includes Luxury Included® (all-inclusive) accommodation, Club Sandals Concierge Service, return economy class flights with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines from London Heathrow via Amsterdam Airport and resort transfers. Price is date specific and is valid for travel departing on 5th September 2023 only.   Alternatively, your clients can be one of the first to stay at the new Sandals Dunn’s River resort, due to open in May 2023.   The resort will showcase Tufa SkyPool Butler Suites featuring glass panels spanning the length of oceanfront balconies, and Coyaba Swim-Up Rondoval Butler Suites with Private Pools, standalone villas with rooftops featuring soaking tubs. The resort will feature 12 restaurants offering cuisine including French, Greek, Thai and Japanese. All water features on the resort will use water sourced from the natural reserves of Jamaica’s famous Dunn’s River Falls.   A seven-night stay for two people at Sandals Dunn’s River staying in a Traveltine Luxury Room costs from £2,765 per person. Price includes Luxury Included® (all-inclusive) accommodation, return economy class flights with Virgin Atlantic from London Heathrow Airport and resort transfers. Price is date specific and is valid for travel departing on 8th September 2023 only.   A seven-night stay for two people at Sandals Dunn’s River staying in a Mammee Bay Beachfront One Bedroom Butler Suite with Balcony Tranquility Soaking Tub costs from £4,189 per person. Price includes Luxury Included® (all-inclusive) accommodation, Butler Elite service and 24hr room service, return economy class flights with Virgin Atlantic from London Heathrow Airport and resort transfers. Price is date specific and is valid for travel departing on 8th September 2023 only.   Prices can be secured and guaranteed through Unique Caribbean Holidays Ltd., Sandals Resorts’ UK tour operator, with a deposit of just £175 per person and the remaining balance due 71 days prior to departure.   Agents can book online or by calling the Unique Caribbean Holidays Ltd. (UCHL) call centre on 0808 164 3459. For more information about Sandals Resorts please visit www.sellingsandals.co.uk or call Agency Sales General enquiries on 0207 590 0210. All pricing is subject to availability and may change.

  Sandals Resorts International (SRI) has announced that bookings are now open for arrivals to the all-new Sandals Dunn’s River resort from 24th May 2023.   Sandals Dunn’s River is to make its return to the Sandals portfolio next year, after a full redesign and renovation. The resort will feature first-of-its-kind suite designs, exclusive restaurant and bar concepts and will offer guests new ways to experience Jamaica’s natural wonders. Loved by couples since its initial addition to the all-inclusive resort Company’s portfolio in 1991, Sandals Dunn’s River will return as a brand-new resort, reclaiming its edge as the pinnacle of Sandals luxury.   The all-new 260-room Sandals Dunn’s River is undergoing a thorough restoration from top to bottom. Designed to embrace the essence of Jamaica and its winding rivers, lush forests, and majestic banyan trees, the resort is filled with innovative amenities, accommodations and culinary concepts.   Adam Stewart, Executive Chairman of Sandals Resorts International (SRI), says, “This was an extraordinary project and the last one I worked on with our founder and my late father as his final masterpiece. He handpicked this location more than three decades ago for its white-sand coastline, cool breeze, azure waters and its close proximity to the destination’s archetypical falls. It will not only serve to breathe new excitement into a corner of Jamaica loved and cherished by so many, but it will set a new standard of luxury for tourism right here in our backyard with a next-generation resort worthy of its nostalgic past.”   Accommodation Highlights: Taking Luxury to New Heights   The resort will showcase brand-new Tufa SkyPool Butler Suites, which will feature glass panels spanning the length of oceanfront balconies, for a cascading infinity effect clear to the Caribbean Sea.   At the Coyaba Swim-Up Rondoval Butler Suites with Private Pools, Sandals’ iconic, standalone villas are reimagined with vast open-air rooftops featuring private soaking tubs, sun-lounging areas and privileged views of the surrounding flora. Luxurious Mammee Bay Beachfront Butler Suites will be equipped with spacious balconies directly overlooking the ocean, with gold fixtures and green accents that are speckled throughout the resort’s unique accommodations for a nature-meets-luxury effect.   More on the Menu   Culinary offerings at Sandals Dunn’s River will include 12 Global Gourmet restaurants – with ten concepts entirely new to Sandals. Infused with the classic cooking techniques found in the finest establishments in France, L’Amande will serve an exquisite mélange of French delicacy and Jamaican fare in a chic setting. A Greek concept, Edessa, is where the Caribbean and Aegean seas will meet, elegantly named for the ancient city of abundant waters.   From Thailand to Japan, the Asian-fusion menu at Banyu will offer a blend of cultures all in a single dish. Beloved staples, old and new, will satisfy cravings and please palates – from the Central and South American flavours at Zuka, debuted first at Sandals Royal Curaçao, to the rustic yet soulful Jerk Shack and its traditional sweet and peppery delights.   High spirits will long live at nine bars, each with a distinct identity. The hip and sophisticated Dunn’s Rum Club is where the island’s signature libation will be shaken and stirred into authentic Jamaican craft cocktails, expertly mixed with locally sourced ingredients like coconut and sorrel-smoked rum. A first-of-its-kind experience, guests will enjoy an expertly curated list of smooth rums while trying their hand at a game of Jamaican-rules dominoes, where the best out of six wins.   The Laughing Waters beach bar will offer bed-style seating for a truly effervescent experience on the sand, with a jovial name and sparkling champagne cocktails to match. A ‘Sandals First’ in Jamaica, the rooftop bar, Ocarina, will pair spirits with the gentle sea breeze, while the chic Lapidus Lounge pays homage to renowned architect Morris Lapidus, who designed the resort when it was first built as the Arawak Hotel in the 1950s.   Inspired by Jamaica’s quintessential Blue Mountains where the beans are harvested and roasted exclusively for the resort, guests can experience a fresh cup of pour-over coffee at BLŪM café, along with Japanese-style and nitro cold brew which are best enjoyed with island inspired treats.   Where the Fresh Water Flows   Cascading waters collected from the depths of the Dunn’s River Falls will greet guests upon arrival, with all water features throughout the resort sourced from the natural reserves of the rivers. The resort boasts Jamaica’s largest pool – designed to mimic the flow of the river. Featuring a glass panel edge, the pool will be leveled to the sand for a water-meets-sand-meets-ocean effect. It is one of five refreshing pools where guests can bask under the warm Jamaican sun.   The Red Lane Spa at Sandals Dunn’s River will debut as one of the most luxurious for the brand, speaking to the heart of Jamaica, the land of wood and water, with the sound of flowing water from Dunn’s River and Roaring Waters River cascading into the spa’s pools, set against an ethereal backdrop.   “Ocho Rios is the place where my father grew up, where he first learned to fish and felt the breeze blow along the West-facing beach and where he first saw the pure joy of the island on the faces of visitors,” said Stewart. “Here along Jamaica’s North Coast, he witnessed a blossoming tourism industry and became aware of how to please and serve a new Caribbean customer. Every touchpoint at the new Sandals Dunn’s River is designed to do that and more.”   Experience All of Ocho Rios   Guests can get to know the other corners of Jamaica through the brand’s “Stay at One, Play at All” exchange programme and visit additional Sandals Resorts in the area, with complimentary transfers between the brand’s other resorts in Ocho Rios (excludes Sandals Royal Plantation). Moments away, at one of Jamaica’s natural wonders – Dunn’s River Falls – guests will form natural connections and bring the Sandals Dunn’s River experience full circle.   Extending a warm welcome back to past guests of the original Sandals Dunn’s River, returning guests who are Sandals Select Guest (SSG) reward members will enjoy a complimentary Dunn’s River Catamaran Cruise for two if they book for six-nights or more before 13th July 2022.   Book now   A seven-night stay for two adults at Sandals Dunn’s River staying in a Traveltine Luxury Room costs from £2,765 per person. Price includes Luxury Included® (all-inclusive) accommodation including unlimited a la carte dining, unlimited drinks including premium spirits, complimentary land and water sports (including up to two scuba-dives per day, for PADI certified divers) gratuities, free Wi-Fi and resort airport transfers, and return economy class flights with Virgin Atlantic from London Heathrow Airport. Price is valid for travel on 8th September 2023.   A seven-night stay for two adults at Sandals Dunn’s River staying in a Mammee Bay Beachfront One Bedroom Butler Suite with Balcony Tranquillity Soaking Tub costs from £4,189 per person. Price includes Luxury Included® (all-inclusive) accommodation including unlimited a la carte dining, unlimited drinks including premium spirits, complimentary land and water sports (including up to two scuba-dives per day, for PADI certified divers) gratuities, free Wi-Fi, Butler Elite service and 24hour room service, resort airport transfers, and return economy class flights with Virgin Atlantic from London Heathrow Airport. Price is valid for travel on 8th September 2023.   Pricing is subject to availability and may change.   Agents can book online or by calling the Unique Caribbean Holidays Ltd. (UCHL) call centre on 0808 164 3459. For more information about Sandals Resorts please visit www.sellingsandals.co.uk or call Agency Sales on 0207 590 0210.

Sandals Resorts International has completed an exploratory visit in the Dominican Republic. Members of the Sandals Executive Committee spent two days touring areas including Punta Cana, Miches and Las Terrenas eyeing possible investment opportunities and met with government officials. “When leadership at the highest levels makes time to discuss the power of tourism and investment opportunities that expand its reach, we know we’ve found a like-minded partner,” said Executive Chairman Adam Stewart. Angie Shakira Martínez Tejera, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic in Jamaica said it is ‘a dream of ours to have a prestigious Sandals brand present here.’ Sandals Resorts International is in the midst of a multi-year expansion. Earlier this year, it reopened Sandals Royal Bahamian in Nassau, Bahamas, and will soon unveil its first property in Curaçao. Three new resorts are planned for Jamaica, and, in 2023, SRI will unveil a new resort under their Beaches Resorts brand in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It represents investment of nearly $200 million. “This was an excellent visit at a time when we are pursuing expansion goals aggressively. We look forward to the possibility of what’s to come,” said Stewart.

Up to £1,000 worth of prizes is up for grabs to agents booking direct with UCHL - the UK tour operator for Sandals and Beaches Resorts It is valid for bookings made between 21 February and 31 May 2022. Unique Caribbean Holidays Ltd (UCHL) is offering agents an exclusive 'Bingo' booking incentive scheme offering up to £1,000 worth of prizes. They can win up to £500 worth of Love2Shop e-vouchers and if agents complete their entire bingo card, they can win an additional £500 bonus to spend on marketing activity, taking the total available prize value to £1,000. The new Travel Agent 'Bingo' incentive card is downloadable from the www.sellingsandals.co.uk trade website. One box can be ticked off per applicable booking made by adding the unique booking reference to the card. For every row or column completed, agents will receive a £50 Love2Shop e-Gift Card - up to the value of £500. The new Travel Agent Bingo incentive is based on selected luxury Sandals and Beaches Resorts' products, such as Over-the-Water Suites, Rondoval Suites, and a stay at the brand-new Sandals Royal Curaçao (opening April) in an Awa Seaside Butler Bungalow. Added extras such as return premium economy flights with selected airline partners, Island Routes excursions and completing Sandals and Beaches Resorts' online training modules also feature as part of the trade incentive. Agents will have the potential to earn through this incentive scheme, as well as through the commission levels available on every booking made. Agents can also earn points through the Company's Sell & Go programme.  

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Sandals Resorts is giving guests the chance to join in the celebrations with a Free Anniversary Night. It is available for couples celebrating their wedding anniversary at any Sandals Resort. To qualify for the Free Anniversary Night offer, travel dates must fall within 30 days of the couple's wedding anniversary date. Guests must be booked in either a Club or Butler level room category at any Sandals resort to qualify (excludes Over-the-Water Suites). To redeem the Free Anniversary Night offer on behalf of their clients, travel agents simply need to make a Club or Butler suite booking of seven-nights or more. Sandals has 16 all-inclusive resorts located on the Caribbean islands of Jamaica, St Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, the Bahamas, with Curacao coming soon in April 2022. Sandals Resorts is celebrating 40-years with a series of events taking place both on and off the resorts throughout 2022. Resort-based celebrations include a new poolside snack and cocktail menu, weekly rewind poolside events, a 1981-inspired vintage t-shirt and retail collection available in resort shops, and more.

Sandals Resorts' Executive Chairman, Adam Stewart, has been formally invited onto the Executive Committee of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). "This leadership team is passionately focused on the efforts of the travel and tourism sector and I am eager to contribute," Stewart says. The World Travel & Tourism Council represents the global tourism private sector. Members include 200 CEOs, Chairs and Presidents of leading travel companies globally. Julia Simpson, President & CEO WTTC said:  "I am delighted to welcome Adam to the Executive Committee of WTTC. Adam brings with him a wealth of experience having worked to build what is now, one of the most recognised brands in our industry." The Executive Council is comprised of Chairs, Presidents, and Chief Executives from across the tourism sector.

Sandals Resorts International (SRI) has announced the Sandals Holiday Assurance.. This new initiative offers the guarantee of a free replacement stay should a guest's trip be impacted by Covid-19 whilst in resort, and also provides guests with complimentary in resort Covid-19 testing. It is valid on bookings before 31 December 2021 for travel to any Sandals or Beaches resort before 31 December 2022. If they test positive for Covid-19 whilst in resort and are required to quarantine, they will be provided with an accommodation credit voucher for the value of their room cost. This can be redeemed against a replacement stay within 12-months of the issue date. Certain restrictions, terms and conditions apply. "We want to put the fun and joy of planning and anticipating a great holiday back into travel. While we recognise the real concerns that may weigh on our guests' minds, we're taking extraordinary measures to remove worry from the equation," said SRI Executive Chairman Adam Stewart,