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Do you want to work on a Caribbean Beach as an Apprentice Sandman?

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:48:06 +0000

How would you like to spend your working day on the golden sands of a Caribbean beach?

Sound too good to be true?

If you’re bored of the daily grind, now is the perfect opportunity to grab the opportunity of a lifetime. The two week sandman apprenticeship will entail scouring the Caribbean in search of perfect beach locations to build the next Sandals Resort.

Sandals, the leading group of luxury beach resorts is offering one lucky member of the public the chance to become the first ever Apprentice Sandman. Unique to Sandals, the Sandman is an expert in all things sand – testament that they have the best located beach resorts around the world! The job will entail scouring the Caribbean in search of perfect beach locations to build the next Sandals Resort. Key skills learnt on the job include location sourcing, sand quality checks, tidal and water property testing, air quality checks, not forgetting view and land stretch analysis enabling them to become an expert like their mentor.

In true Apprentice style, ten finalists will be selected. It will take a convincing display of passion and dedication for sand and tropical beaches in order to walk off with the winning prize. The chosen apprentice will fly to Emerald Bay in the Bahamas to get hands on experience and learn the complex details that make the perfect beach.

Jeremy Jones, Sandals current Sandman, says: “I’ve been the Sandman for the last five years and have scoured the Caribbean in search of perfect beaches to build the next Sandals resort. My most recent find is Emerald Bay, Great Exuma in the Bahamas which is opening towards the end of January 2010. It took me a year to find but it was certainly worth it. The Sandman apprentice winner will have the opportunity to travel the Caribbean, visit beautiful beaches and help me find the hidden gems still waiting to be discovered. It’s a never ending search but someone has to do it!”

2 week Apprenticeship Description::

Someone who is willing to travel to beautiful and exotic places
Enjoys adventure, the outdoors and has a love of beaches
A good traveller – i.e. can ride in helicopters, jeeps, all modes of transport etc to carry out recess under all various circumstances/nature elements
An outdoors personality – i.e. good swimmer, walker etc
Interested in oceanography and physical geography
Likes walking along beaches, swimming, air travel, jeep rides, sunshine, beaches

Someone who can work to high levels of standards and can follow strict beach guideline policies

UK beach fans can enter the competition on www.Sandals.co.uk explaining why they deserve to become the first Sandals Sandman Apprentice

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Barbados holiday ideas

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:45:23 +0000

Barbados, even though it is only a small island that is really a one-million-year-old huge coral reef, is sometimes called “the real Fantasy Island”. Boasting of having 340 days of sunshine during the year, it is a popular holiday destination with spectacular beaches, many water sports such as snorkeling and kayaking and swimming with turtles, much marine life, and interesting attractions.

Beautifully landscaped tropical gardens abound. The Lazaretto Garden just outside Bridgetown has a rock face with a cascading waterfall. The Ayshford Ratite Gardens has many tropical plants, exotic birds, pheasants, ostriches, and gardens which are illuminated every night. Fine restaurants there feature international executive chefs. Orchid World has 20,000 orchids in five orchid houses. The Flower Forest in the Scotland District of Barbados has brilliant flowers amid jungle greenery and is open 7 days a week. The Andromeda Botanical Garden in the parish of St. Joseph has six acres of exotic flowers and trees. In that same area the Turners Hall Woods is 50 acres of tropical forest.
Bathsheba on the east coast is a small fishing village that is a favorite spot for photographers because of the island’s most spectacular beaches and rocky terrain. It also has “the Soup Bowl,” which is a favorite with surfers because of its foaming surf and powerful waves. It is also where an annual surfing contest is held.

Barbados also has one of the best wave windsurfing places in the world at its Silver Sands, where windsurfers ride and jump the waves that range from 7 to 16 feet.

Another popular sport is wreck diving at Carlisle Bay, which has numerous wrecks, and Folkestone Marine Park where an artificial reef was formed in 1976 by the sinking of a Greek freighter.
You can take an undersea expedition in an Atlantis Submarine, go on a Shipwreck Adventure, take a private cruise, or go on a safari island tour. You can rent a car and take a private look at this stunning island with its natural caves and historic buildings.

Barbados is featured as a main port of call for many cruise ships which dock at Deep Water Harbour near Bridgetown. There you will find many duty free shops.

If you have been tempted by this article you will find lots of travel agents who sell Barbados holidays and flights to barbados

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St. Kitts Holiday Offers – 7 Nights for the Price of 5

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:24:44 +0000

There’s still time to take advantage of the fantastic savings offered by the ‘Fall in Love with St. Kitts’ promotion, an island-wide initiative developed by the St. Kitts Tourism Authority, in conjunction with the island’s hotels.

Until December 12th 2009, all bookings made with selected hotels in St. Kitts will qualify for Seven nights for the price of Five. The promotion is bookable from most tour operators or direct with hotels for travel from May 1st to December 19th 2009. http://www.stkittstourism.kn/FallinLove.asp

In addition to room night savings, selected participating hotels will also offer food and beverage credit and visitors will receive a special value card at hotel check-in with details of discounts offered on island activities, car rentals and shopping.

Hotels participating in the 2009 ‘Fall in Love’ promotion include the Royal St. Kitts Hotel, St. Kitts Marriott, Sugar Bay Club, Timothy Beach Resort, Frigate Bay Resort, Ocean Terrace Inn, Ottley’s Plantation Inn, Rawlins Plantation Inn and Rock Haven B&B.

With a host of historical and cultural attractions to experience and plenty of leisure activities on the island, visitors will find much to do in the extra two days. Riding the scenic sugar railway, exclusive to St. Kitts; touring the Brimstone Hill Fortress or taking a taxicab tour round the island are just some of the many ways to explore St. Kitts, while the island’s idyllic beaches, excellent range of restaurants and nightlife, and two casinos, are a fun way to relax.

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Antigua Deals at Sunsail’s Club Colonna

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:07:08 +0000

You can spend a week at Sunsail’s Club Colonna in Antigua departing in January from just £649 per person and enjoy huge savings of £450.

Club Colonna in Antigua promises the best dinghy sailing and windsurfing in the Caribbean. The consistent winds are popular with intermediate and advanced sailors and the enclosed harbour gives shelter for beginners. The resort also boasts more high quality sailing and windsurfing kit than any other hotel in the Caribbean.

Off the water, the Club offers two white sandy beaches, an open air restaurant, a well equipped gym, indulgent spa and fantastic Kids’ Club facilities including a life sized pirate’s ship.

Departing on 16th January you can spend one week at Sunsail’s Club Colonna from just £649 per person, saving £450 per person!

Price includes half board accommodation, including afternoon tea and cakes, return flights from London Gatwick, Kids’ Clubs for ages 2-17yrs, use of Sunsail’s watersports equipment, fitness, tennis and lots more.

For reservations and even more great late deals contact Sunsail Clubs on 0844 463 6578 or visit www.sunsail.co.uk/clubs

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Christophe Harbour, St Kitts – New Luxury Resort to be Built with Championship Golf Course

admin — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:59:09 +0000

US-based Kiawah Development Partners has just revealed the hotly anticipated 18-hole championship golf course in St Kitts. It will form a cornerstone of a new 2,500 acre lavish resort called Christophe Harbour which will include a mega-yacht harbour, marina village as well as an impressive collection of restaurants, shops, boutiques, luxury hotels, oceanfront and hillside properties and residential villas.

Created by Tom Fazio, an influential golf course designer with a track record which includes the renowned River Course and Osprey Point in Kiawah Island, it is envisaged Christophe Harbour will benefit the local economy by driving the future of tourism for St Kitts.

With an enviable climate and pretty much cloudless skies for 320 days a year, it’s easy to see why the Caribbean island is such a popular destination for the British. Life is made easier by the fact that English is spoken by most West Indians and the affordable flights that serve the island.

The course, set to be open for play in 2011, will be built atop a volcanic ridge and along a natural inland cove. Planned over 250 acres, the Par 72 course will be 7,250 yards from the back tees. In addition to the terrain, wind will be considered a major design element and will influence shot selection choices in the upper holes.

The mountainous environment, sweeping views of two oceans, and spectacular design will make the project unique – a “must play” international venue for golf aficionados.

Careful environmental preservation has been a fundamental to the course’s design: steps have been taken to curb erosion and sustain the environment, to include water filtrations through Reverse Osmosis (RO) and planned wetlands treatments including groups of saltwater mangroves that treat runoff water.

For sales enquiries and to request a brochure, please visit www.christopheharbour.com

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