Sandals reveals Jamaica resort renovation schedule

Imagery courtesy of Sandals Resorts International.

Sandals Resorts Global (SRI) has set the completion day for a Jamaican vacation resort remodelling as Might 2023.

Sandals Dunn’s River is to make its return to the brand’s portfolio following a whole redesign and renovation. The resort will element very first-of-its-type suite models and exclusive cafe and bar ideas.

Nature-meets-luxury accommodation

Initially opened in 1991, the luxurious all-inclusive vacation resort is now undergoing a comprehensive restoration of 260 rooms, with patterns embracing the essence of Jamaica. Brand name-new Tufa SkyPool Butler suites will attribute glass panels spanning the duration of oceanfront balconies for a cascading infinity effect with apparent sights of the Caribbean Sea.

At the Coyaba Swim-Up Rondoval Butler Suites with private swimming pools, Sandals’ standalone villas are reimagined with wide open up-air rooftops that includes private soaking tubs, sunlight-lounging spots and privileged sights of the encompassing flora. High-class Mammee Bay Beachfront Butler Suites will be geared up with roomy balconies directly overlooking the ocean, with gold fixtures and inexperienced accents that are speckled in the course of the resort’s accommodations for a mother nature-meets-luxury influence.

Extra on the menu

Culinary offerings at Sandals Dunn’s River will contain 12 international gourmet places to eat – with 10 principles fully new to Sandals. L’Amande will provide French delicacies and Jamaican fare in a stylish location, while Greek principle Edessa is in which the Caribbean and Aegean influences will fulfill.

From Thailand to Japan, the Asian-fusion menu at Banyu will offer you a mix of cultures all in a one dish. Central and South American flavours will be served at Zuka, debuted first at Sandals Royal Curaçao, in addition the rustic nevertheless soulful Jerk Shack will dish up its common sweet and peppery delights.

Superior spirits

Nine bars onsite will every single have a distinctive id. A first-of-its-variety encounter, the hip and sophisticated Dunn’s Rum Club will pour genuine Jamaican craft cocktails, although the Laughing Waters seaside bar will supply bed-design seating.

A ‘Sandals First’ in Jamaica, the rooftop bar, Ocarina, will pair spirits with the light sea breeze, whilst the chic Lapidus Lounge pays homage to renowned architect Morris Lapidus, who intended the resort when it was very first created as the Arawak Resort in the 1950s.

Influenced by Jamaica’s quintessential Blue Mountains espresso bean plantations, company can expertise a contemporary cup of pour-over espresso at Blūm café, together with Japanese-style and nitro chilly brews.

Water miracles

Cascading waters gathered from the depths of the Dunn’s River Falls will greet company on arrival, with all h2o capabilities throughout the vacation resort sourced from the natural reserves of the rivers. The vacation resort offers Jamaica’s largest pool – made to mimic the movement of the river. That includes a glass panel edge, the pool will be levelled to the sand for a water-meets-sand-satisfies-ocean outcome. It is a person of five swimming pools onsite.

The hotel will also be house to Jamaica’s premier pool, with its structure impressed by the purely natural curves of the Dunn’s River. Additionally, the Purple Lane Spa at Sandals Dunn’s River will debut as 1 of the most deluxe for the manufacturer, with the audio of flowing drinking water from Dunn’s River and Roaring Waters River cascading into the spa’s swimming pools.

Earlier to long term

Sandals’ government chairman Adam Stewart claimed: “This was an amazing task and the final just one I labored on with our founder and my late father as his closing masterpiece. He handpicked this locale much more than a few many years in the past for its white-sand coastline, neat breeze, azure waters and its shut proximity to the destination’s archetypical falls. It will not only serve to breathe new pleasure into a corner of Jamaica cherished and cherished by so numerous, but it will set a new standard of luxurious for tourism ideal below in our backyard with a next-era vacation resort deserving of its nostalgic previous.”

The partners vacation resort brand has further more redevelopments prepared at two of its St Lucia resorts, Sandals Regency La Toc and Sandals Halcyon Beach, to observe in Q1 and Q2 2023, respectively.