Sandals Grande Riviera Enhanced to the Tune of $25 Million
Sandals Resorts International is in the midst of celebrating its 30th anniversary. Three decades ago the company took off like a shot and never looked back. As part of its anniversary celebration, Sandals undertook a $25 million development project at Sandals Grande Riviera Beach & Villa Golf Resort.  Named one of the top hotels in the Caribbean by Conde Nast Traveler’s annual 2010 Reader’s Choice Awards, Sandals Grande Riviera is set on over a hundred acres of rolling hillside and tropical gardens in Ocho Rios on the North Coast of Jamaica.

The Time is Now
AMResorts is developing at such a pace that it’s sometimes hard to keep up with their latest developments. Just when agents were wrapping their heads around their ultra-luxury Zoëtry brand, AMResorts debuted the Now Resorts & Spas brand, a Member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts. Currently, AMResorts has three Now resorts open; Now Jade Riviera Cancun, Now Sapphire Riviera Cancun, and Now Larimar Punta Cana. They’ve also announced three new properties under the brand: Now Amber Puerto Vallarta (set to open next month), and Now Emerald Cap Cana and Now Pearl Cap Cana, both in the Dominican Republic.

Lucky in Love: Wyndham Nassau Resort
Soaring past the past five million mark, arrivals to the Bahamas hit a high note in 2010 with this year looking just as rosy.  Whether it’s Nassau and Paradise Island, Abaco Islands, Exuma Islands or Harbour Island, a holiday is, indeed, better in the Bahamas. A quick forty-five minute flight from Miami or three hours from New York City, the Bahamas are the perennial favorite of eternal romantics who covet an evening under the stars or an active day on the water. 

Caribbean Filmmakers Scholarship Fund Launched
Filmmakers across the Caribbean region can apply for scholarships to attend this September's CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution Toronto Film Showcase and Market Access Program in Toronto.

Announcing the CaribbeanTales Scholarship Fund at a Toronto press conference last week, Frances-Anne Solomon, CEO of CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribition, said the new fund will allow filmmakers from the region and the Caribbean Diaspora to attend the festival. But more importantly Solomon pointed out scholarship winners would have access to the highly effective Market Access incubator Program which teaches skills in the all-important packaging and marketing of films.