Monday, February 03, 2014

Honeymoon and Destination Wedding News Update

The 225-room Jewel Paradise Cove Beach Resort & Spa recently opened as the third Jewel property in Jamaica. It's an adults-only all-inclusive resort with a focus on health and fitness activities. New to the property is the oceanfront Radiant Spa with treatments such as an in-ocean, two-therapist massage.

Tourism officials in St. Maarten report that construction is done on a new causeway connecting the island's international airport with the eastern bank of Simpson Bay Lagoon (allowing faster travel between the island's Dutch and French sides). The causeway has a swing bridge that opens to allow boats to pass through.

The MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas introduced new self-serve checkout kiosks in its lobby.

Fairmont plans its first location in Malaysia with the 2017 opening of the 750-room Fairmont Kuala Lumpur. The hotel will boast six restaurants and lounges, a pool, a fitness center, a spa, and other guest services.
  
WestJet rolled out its biggest schedule changes since the carrier began flying in 1996, adding five new routes to its summer plans, increasing frequency on 20 existing routes, and turning five seasonal routes into year-round schedules (see its release for the cities involved).

Air Canada Vacations has added a $35 currency surcharge per person on all new package bookings starting Jan. 27. And, Sunwing is following suit with the same $35 surcharge starting Jan. 30.

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