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Travel Impressions is giving a $50 American Express Gift Cheque to travel agents who book packages of five days or more at any Beaches property May 1-31 for travel May 15-Dec. 22. On bookings of six nights or more for Beaches Resorts’ properties in Jamaica made by May 31, for travel completed by Dec. 2 qualify for a $335 Instant Air Credit. Clients staying six nights or more at the Turks and Caicos resort between Aug. 20-Dec. 23 are also eligible for the $335 Instant Air Credit.

Beaches offers three properties in Jamaica and Turks and Caicos, suitable for summer family getaways, with family-sized rooms, a Pirates Island Waterpark and Xbox Game Garage.

Guests who book stays of six nights or more at selectSandals Resorts or Beaches Resorts in Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Turks & Caicos and Grenada by May 30, 2013, for travel through December 2014, will receive up to $355 in airfare credits per room. In addition, Sandals has extended airfare credits of $150 for three- to five-night stays in any room category at select resorts through May 30, 2013.

Sandals is also offering the first night free to guests who book stays of specified lengths in select room categories at select Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts through May 30, 2013, for travel through December 2014, will receive the first night free. Participating resorts include Sandals Montego Bay; Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort & Private Island; Sandals Carlyle, Montego Bay; Sandals Royal Plantation, Ocho Rios; Sandals Grande Riviera Beach & Villa Golf Resort ; Sandals Negril Beach Resort & Spa; Sandals Whitehouse European Village & Spa; Sandals Grande Antigua Resort & Spa; Sandals La Toc Golf Resort & Spa in St. Lucia; Sandals Halcyon Beach, St. Lucia; Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort & Offshore Island; Sandals Emerald Bay, Great Exuma, Bahamas; Beaches Negril Resort & Spa; Beaches Ocho Rios Resort & Golf Club.

Additional spa credits and free massages are also available to guests who book stays at select Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts in select room categories by May 30, 2013.

Sandals Resorts will offer two online “Virtual WeddingMoons Parties” for the clients of travel agencies in April. The Web events will feature key tips and information on ensuring the newlyweds receive a customized product and experience when booking a

Hosted by Marsha-Ann Brown, Sandals’ director of romance, the parties will be held on April 8 and April 15 at 6:30 p.m. EST.

Agents can register clients to participate by logging into theSandals Resorts travel agent portal, signing up to create an e-brochure, and composing a personalized Virtual WeddingMoons Party client invitation. Travel agents can enable clients to RSVP directly at the Sandals website.

In addition, travel agents who book new Sandals wedding packages within 14 days following the online events can earn their clients up to $250 at the resort’s Red Lane spa credits. The credits are available for bookings of six nights or longer at any Sandals Resort or Beaches Resort. New wedding bookings of four or five nights can receive a $150 Red Lane spa credit at select resorts including Beaches Ocho Rios Resort & Golf Club; Sandals Whitehouse Village & Spa; Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort & Offshore Island; Sandals Emerald Bay, Great Exuma, Bahamas and Sandals La Toc Golf Resort & Spa in St. Lucia. The offer applies to travel in 2013 and 2014.

Sandals Resorts is offering triple points to Sandals Select Reward program members who book stays at the Sandals LaSource Grenada Resort & Spa, scheduled to open on Dec. 12, 2013. Travelers who book stays at select Sandals properties in Jamaica, the Bahamas, Antigua, Saint Lucia and Turks & Caicos will receive double loyalty program points.

To earn the triple points, Sandals Select members must book a minimum six-night stay in any room category from now through April 19, 2013 for travel through Dec. 26, 2014 at Sandals LaSource Grenada Resort & Spa. Sandals Select Reward Members should use code SLSTV13 when making their reservation to receive triple the amount of redemption points up to a value of up to $750.

Sandals Select members will receive double points at select Sandals and Beaches Resorts properties when booking stays of five nights or more in select room categories through April 19, 2013, for travel through Dec. 26, 2014. Member should use code SBDV13 when making reservations to earn double the amount of redemption points to a value of up to $500.

Participating properties include Sandals Royal Plantation, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Sandals Montego Bay, Sandals Negril Beach Resort & Spa, Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort & Private Island, Sandals Whitehouse European Village & Spa, Sandals La Toc Golf Resort & Spa in St. Lucia, Sandals Grande St. Lucian Spa & Beach Resort, Sandals Emerald Bay, Great Exuma, Bahamas, Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort & Offshore Island, Sandals Grande Antigua Resort & Spa, Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages & Spa, Beaches Ocho Rios Resort & Golf Club and Beaches Negril Resort & Spa.

Jamaica is limbering up for one of the island’s most prominent athletic events, the Inter-Secondary School Association (ISSA) Boys’ & Girls’ Athletic Championships, also known as Champs, where the track stars of the future are revealed to the nation.

This century-old event now features approximately 150 schools, from all across Jamaica competing in track and field events. Previous Champs winners include triple Olympics-gold medallist and world record-holder Usain Bolt, former world record-holder Asafa Powell, Olympic-gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Olympic winner Donald Quarrie. Crucially, the competition attracts major athletic coaches from all over the world to scout for top talent, with scholarships available to those who demonstrate the most potential.

The four-day competition will be held at the National Stadium in Kingston, from 12 to 16 March, where sport fans will gather to watch the nation’s latest crop of track and field prodigies compete. Take in all the action yourself with a holiday to Jamaica during Champs:

Spend six nights at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, from only £980 per person with Expedia. The deal includes return flights with American Airlines from London Heathrow departing 11 March, six nights’ room-only accommodation in a deluxe king room with a balcony and complimentary parking. This is based on two people travelling together. To book, visit www.expedia.co.uk or call 020 3564 3904.

The Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston is offering seven nights’ accommodation, from £1,299 per person with Discover Jamaica. This price includes direct return flights from London Gatwick to Kingston and seven nights’ bed and breakfast accommodation in a deluxe room. The offer is valid for bookings made before 28 February for travel during March. To book, visit www.discoverjamaica.co.uk  or call 020 7078 7518.

If you prefer to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, try Strawberry Hill perched on a standalone mountain top 3,000 ft up in the Blue Mountains. Caribtours is offering seven nights’ bed and breakfast accommodation at Strawberry Hill in a one-bedroom suite, with private transfers from £1,949 per person, based on two people travelling and sharing a room. This also includes direct return flights from Gatwick and use of the airport lounge. To book, visit www.caribtours.co.uk  or call 020 7751 0660.

Sandals Resorts is introducing free Wi-Fi and complimentary long-distance phone calls for guests in concierge and butler room categories at each of Sandals’ seven properties in Jamaica beginning March 15.

Guests in these room categories will be able to make free, long-distance calls to land lines in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., plus local calls to Jamaican landlines beginning June 20.

The phone calls will be offered through travelers’ personal smartphones by downloading the Sandals Resort’s online app, which will be free and available to guests through the Apple and Android App stores.

Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts in Jamaica are offering a “Get Happy in Jamaica” program offering one free night to guests who book stays of six nights or longer by March 15, 2013. The offer applies to select room categories at Sandals Montego Bay, Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort & Private Island, Sandals Negril Beach Resort & Spa, Sandals Whitehouse Village & Spa, Sandals Grande Riviera Beach & Villa Golf Resort and Beaches Negril Resort & Spa between January of 2013 and December of 2014.

So you made your girlfriend endure the Super Bowl and although Beyonce was phenomenal, the thirty minute power outage really called in all your last-ditch favors.

So unless you want her to hang out with “All the Single Ladies”, you better get to planning for Valentine’s Day STAT!

Luckily for you, these last minute weekend getaways are cheaper than putting a ring on it.

Dominican Republic

· Palladium Hotel Group is offering an unforgettable stay at the fabulous, romantic and exclusive 5-star The Royal Suites Turquesa by Palladium in Dominican Republic’s Playa Bávaro at an unbeatable 50% discount! Promotion code: SVALENTIN
This offer is valid for bookings until February 13th, 2013, for travel from February 14th until February 17th, 2013.

Jamaica

· At Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa in Montego Bay you’ll enjoy extensive soft sand beaches, exquisite culinary delights, refreshing pools, and exciting entertainment and sports activities for the entire family. Book before Valentine’s Day for 25% off!

Thank you and please let me know if you have any questions. For more information on Palladium Hotel Group and these offers, please visit: www.palladiumhotelgroup.com

Jamaica’s Hilton Rose Hall Resort & Spa is offering 20 percent off published rates for guests who book stays of four or more nights before March 10, 2013.

The offer is available through March 17. As part of the offer, kids ages 12 and under stay and eat free.

The property features an on-site Water Park, Sugar Mill Falls, which features a 280-foot slide, a lazy river and three lagoons. The resort also offers snorkeling, kayaking or windsurfing at its private stretch of beach. The resort’s Kidz Klub provides supervised daily activities, while the Teen Zone offers video games.

Parents can play the resort’s 18-hole championship golf course, Cinnamon Hill, or play tennis at one of the hotel’s six courts.

Newly constructed, Mi Amor starts off the New Year with a special introductory offer of twenty percent discount on bookings from now until end August 2013.

Mi Amor is a five bedroom, five bathroom vacation villa with private pool situated in the gated community of Silver Sands on the North Coast of Jamaica.

Mi Amor features a very large living and dining room area with open plan kitchen.

Four bedrooms are situated on the ground floor and the master bedroom suite is upstairs opening out onto a large balcony overlooking the pool and views of the Caribbean Sea. There’s a sunny pool deck and shaded verandah off the spacious living room.

The Silver Sands swimming beach is only a few minutes walk away.

Guests arriving for a week long stay are treated to complimentary first dinner and breakfast so there is no need to worry about that initial supply of groceries.

Mysilversands takes all the hassle out of vacations in self-catering Jamaica accommodation with its on-site office and holiday reps who know the island very well.

About Silver Sands Villas

Silver Sands Villas are located about a mile out of the town of Duncans on the North Coast of the island, about 30 miles from the airport, midway between Montego Bay and Ocho Rios.

These Jamaica villas are about a ten minutes drive east of the historic town of Falmouth and provide convenient access to some of Jamaica’s most popular attractions.

Amenities include a club house complex comprising guest services & reception, bar & grill, Villa Mart grocery store and gift shop, large patio overlooking the private, children’s play area, a lovely romantic gazebo and more.

Mysilversands is dedicated to providing quality self-catering accommodation in Jamaica Accommodation Rentals, villas, cottages and apartments by sea.

For further information, please contact us at (876) 954 7807.

Website: www.mysilversands.com