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Experience paradise island life, enjoying turquoise waters, white sand beaches, delicious food and stunning accommodation in the company of only those closest to you with exclusive take over of the newly renovated private island Petit St. Vincent in the Grenadines.

The ultimate venue for a secluded retreat with friends, a family gathering or a memorable celebration, with the entire island at guest’s disposal and accommodation to host up to 44 people, this stunning resort can be yours to make home and castaway.

Petit St. Vincent, which has often been referred to as ‘heaven on earth’, offers spectacular sea views across some of the clearest water in the Caribbean; two miles of white sandy beaches; soft rolling hills; 22 individual luxury cottages; an open air spa; a rustic local style restaurant and a chic new barefoot beach bar and restaurant for entertaining. Following a major refurbishment, completed in November 2011, the island provides guests with the ultimate luxury escape within a relaxed, non-intrusive environment full of Caribbean charm.

Surrounded only by those in their party, exclusive hire guests can enjoy the peace and quiet that comes with having the run of the island, with the freedom to do as they please.

With so much to offer there is never a dull moment on PSV;

guests may wish to unwind and relax on the endless white sandy beaches, sample the resort’s fine food and wine, hike the tropical hills or even take a sailing excursion on one of the islands fleet of hobie cats and boats, including Jasmin, a 52’ flybridge motoryacht and Beauty, PSV’s very own classic sailing boat.

The opportunities are endless and no task is impossible for the fabulous staff on Petit St. Vincent.

Exclusive island rental of Petit St Vincent from $300,000 (approx £185,535) for 5 nights including full use of the resorts 22 private cottages, 3 meals daily and non alcoholic drinks

OR $6,818 per person based on two sharing a cottage.

British Airways (www.ba.com)  and Virgin Atlantic (www.virgin-atlantic.com) fly to Barbados direct from London Gatwick. From Barbados, guests fly to Union Island (a 55 minute flight) and from there take a short boat ride to Petit St Vincent.

www.petitstvincent.com

MLT Vacations launched a Caribbean sale offering up to 10,000 bonus miles per person and reduced rates or additional amenities at select resorts throughout the Caribbean through the Delta Vacations and United Vacations brands. The sale is open for bookings through Feb. 18, for travel April 1 to Sept. 30.

MLT is promoting its Caribbean product in an effort to build on an impressive year in the Caribbean in 2011, when the company grew business in the Caribbean by 46 percent over the previous year.

MLT Vacations offers a variety of hotels, rental cars and activities in the Caribbean. MLT Vacations manages multiple vacation brands, including Delta Vacations, in partnership with Air France Holidays and Alitalia Vacations, United Vacations, and Worry-Free Vacations.

For more information, call 800-727-1111.

Travel Impressions has added new hotels, resorts and villas in the Dominican Republic, St. Bart’s, Barbados, the Grenadines, Jamaica and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, to its Caribbean product portfolio for 2012.

The added properties include Sanctuary at Cap Cana (Dominican Republic), a 176-suite, all-inclusive ocean front resort including five restaurants and bars, five pools, a spa and 18,000 square feet of event space;

Fishing Lodge at Cap Cana (Dominican Republic), located near the Caribbean’s largest inland marina providing sweeping views, designer furnishings and 299 villas;

Golden Bear Lodge at Cap Cana (Dominican Republic), a hotel with studios, one- or two-bedroom suites and two nearby golf courses;

Riu Palace Bavaro Hotel (Dominican Republic), featuring 610 guestrooms at the beach of Arena Gordon, with three swimming pools, two Jacuzzis, four conference rooms for groups of up to 500 people, a solarium-terrace, a gym, a steam bath, sauna and a spa;

Cobblers Cove (Barbados), a Relais & Chateaux property reminiscent of the English Country, with 38 one- and two-bedroom luxury suites, 10 two-story cottages with four suites each and the Great House featuring the Camelot and Colleton suites;

Ocean Two Resort & Residences (Barbados), a new, four-star, beach front resort located on Dover Beach on the south coast of Barbados, with 88 rooms in four room categories including hotel rooms, one-bedroom ocean front suites, two-bedroom ocean front suites and two-bedroom bay view suites;

Tamarind Beach Hotel & Yacht Club (Grenadines), an Italian managed hotel with 40 beachfront hideaways including eight suites and rooms with balconies overlooking the Caribbean Sea;

N Resort (Jamaica), a new, adults-only, all-nude, all-inclusive resort located on Jamaica’s north coast;

Hotel St. Barth Isle De France (St. Bart’s), a hotel on the beach with nine beach rooms, three junior beach suites and four new suites;

and The Palms at Pelican Cove (St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands), a hotel with 40 beach front guest rooms in two freestanding buildings each with its own balcony or patio.

In addition to the new hotel and resorts, Travel Impressions has added Club MoBay, a 10,000-square-foot lounge located at Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport (MBJ) in Jamaica.

Club MoBay provides a place for air travelers to unwind before departure. Access to the club offers Fast Track Access through security and immigration, complimentary non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, complimentary snacks, free unlimited Wi-Fi Internet, business center, kids center, spa treatments and shower facilities. For reservations, call 800-284-0044. For more information, call 888-284-3786.

Elite Island Resorts is offering a special Valentine’s Day gift package to an all-inclusive Caribbean resort. Starting at midnight on Thursday, Feb. 9 and ending at 11:59 p.m. ET on Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, Feb. 14, clients who reserve an Elite Island Resorts vacation stay can bring a guest at no additional charge.

Clients can choose from a variety of island destinations and resort types, including a private island hideaway in the Grenadines, a luxury-inclusive spa resort in Grenada and an adults-only retreat in Antigua.

Travel can take place any time now through Dec. 20.

Participating resorts include St. James’s Club & Villas in Antigua, The Verandah Resort & Spa in Antigua, Galley Bay Resort & Spa in Antigua, Morgan Bay Beach Resort in St. Lucia, Palm Island Resort in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and LaSource in Grenada.

Elite Island Resorts represents a collection of beachfront properties in the Caribbean.

For more information, call 800-858-4618.

Enjoy refreshing cocktails or a crisp glass of rosé, taste exquisite Caribbean flavours and fresh barbequed seafood, feel the sand at your feet and the hear the waves lapping at the shore. Petit St Vincent’s new beach bar and restaurant is the perfect paradise setting, welcoming both guests of the island and those sailing the local seas wishing to enjoy a relaxed drink, lunch, dinner or just a delicious snack.

The beach restaurant’s Head Chef Sean Kuylen has created a selection of mouth-watering Caribbean inspired tapas dishes including conch fritters with tartar sauce, creole crab back with chipotle pineapple dip and shrimp and scallop ceviche with nacho chips ideal for sharing or as a light bite.

For a more substantial culinary treat, diners can enjoy freshly made salads, sandwiches, pasta or pizza… Chef Kuylen’s lobster pizza offers a tropical take on the classic Italian dish!

The restaurants’ ‘piece de resistance’ however, is its outside barbeque style grill from which guests can enjoy high quality meat or fresh fish cooked right in front of them with a choice of split whole Cornish hen, guava glazed pork ribs, catch of the day and grilled sirloin steak.

The beach restaurant is also home to its very own stone built lobster pot, housing live lobsters caught from the island’s surrounding waters.

From here, restaurant staff, or guests if they so wish, will hand pick only the finest and fattest of lobsters to grill and serve. With an island rule that no lobster with a carapace under 3” long should be taken from the pot and a serving time of just twenty minutes from water to plate, the lobster at Petit St Vincent is a reason to visit in itself.

The wine selection at Petit St Vincent is also a notable luxury, with a purpose built wine cellar in the island’s main pavilion restaurant ensuring that the exquisite collection, which includes bottles of vintage Laurent Perrier champagne and Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, is stored at the perfect temperature and unaffected by the tropical climate. Beach restaurant guests can enjoy a fine selection from the wine list, including Cloudy Bay Marlborough Sauvignon, Chateau Leoube rosé and Mont Redon Chateauneuf du Pape, all of which have been carefully selected to compliment the exquisite flavours and freshness of the food served.

The beach bar and restaurant at Petit St. Vincent not only offers an exquisite taste experience, guests will also fall in love with the relaxed barefoot atmosphere.

Background chill out music echoes throughout the day and local acts from neighbouring islands, including steel drummers and saxophonists, play live modern classics on selected evenings, encouraging guests to let their hair down and discover their inner Caribbean rhythm.

In addition to the new beach bar and restaurant at Petit St Vincent, the island has also recently introduced 22 newly renovated cottages and a brand new open air spa as part of a major refurbishment project that was completed in November 2011.

A 7 night stay at Petit St Vincent starts at US$6,300 per cottage, including 3 meals per day, all non-alcoholic beverages, early morning coffee and tea and use of  all non-motorized water sports and facilities  on Petit St. Vincent, based on double occupancy.

British Airways (www.ba.com) and Virgin Atlantic (www.virgin-atlantic.com) fly to Barbados direct from London Gatwick. From Barbados, guests fly to Union Island (a 55 minute flight) and from there take a short boat ride to Petit St Vincent.

www.petitstvincent.com

Caribbean hotelier Elite Island Resorts is allowing travelers to utilize the unused funds from major retailer gift cards to purchase vacations at its resorts.

Elite Island Resorts is accepting consumers’ unused gift card funds through Feb. 29, 2012, to pay for up to 25 percent for a 2012 stay.

Gift cards received by Elite Island Resorts will be donated to children’s charities such as St. Jude’s Hospital, the Ronald McDonald House, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the Make a Wish Foundation, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America.

The offer applies to Elite Island Resorts’ destinations including Antigua, St. Lucia, the Grenadines, the British Virgin Islands and Grenada; properties include Elite Island Resorts’ newest property, Morgan Bay Beach Resort in St. Lucia.

For more information, call 800-858-4618.

Elite Island Resorts is offering travelers a fifth free night on all-inclusive getaways to the company’s Caribbean properties. Travelers who book by Jan. 6, 2012, for travel between Jan. 3 through April 14, 2012, will receive the company’s lowest available sale rates, plus their fifth night free. Participating resorts and rates include the Verandah Resort & Spa in Antigua, with rates starting at $431 per room, per night, double occupancy; Antigua’s St. James’s Club & Villas, with rates from $462; Antigua’s Galley Bay Resort & Spa, with rates starting from $618; Grenada’s Mount Cinnamon Beach Resort with rates starting at $468; Grenada’s LaSource in Grenada with rates starting at $499; St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Palm Island Resort with rates starting at $568; and Long Bay Beach Resort & Villas in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, with rates starting at $181.

For more information, call 800-858-4618.

Grenada’s Blue Horizons Garden Resort is offering a seven-night Value Pack dive package priced at $1,504 per person, double occupancy, for travel through April 15, 2012.

The package includes an air-conditioned superior studio with kitchenette and deluxe amenities; daily two-tank dives with experienced guides; dive equipment rental (tanks and weights); a welcome drink; and roundtrip airport transfers.

The dive package is offered in conjunction with Aquanauts Grenada Ltd., a PADI operator. All dives are weather permitting and unused package features are not refundable.

For more information, call 473-444-4316 or visit www.grenadabluehorizons.com

Tamarind Beach Hotel & Yacht Club on Canouan Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is offering guests who arrive for stays between Dec. 21, 2011, and Dec. 21, 2012 complimentary roundtrip air transportation between Barbados and Canouan Island aboard Grenadine Airways. The offer, which represents a savings of $840, is valid for two guests staying a minimum of seven nights. Vacationers can book at any time during the remainder of 2011 or during 2012 to take advantage of the offer. Canouan Island is reached via a one-hour flight from Barbados. For more information, visit www.tamarindbeachhotel.com

Grenada’s Mount Cinnamon resort is offering holiday rates starting at $399 per night on bookings through Nov. 30, 2011, for travel through April 14, 2012. Children ages 16 and under stay free when sharing accommodations with one or more adults. Families can also opt for Mount Cinnamon’s SAVVY Inclusive option, which offers five nights of dining on property and two nights at local restaurant partners for an additional supplement of $175 per adult. Also, family-friendly festivities will include a lobster and rum punch cruise, a half-day of island hopping, a snorkeling excursion and a lobster lunch on Christmas Eve.

For more information, call 800-858-4618 or visit www.mountcinnamongrenadahotel.com  or www.eliteislandresorts.com