Sandals News

Sandals honours founder with new tourism scholarship
Funded through contributions raised by the Sandals Foundation, the scholarship is available to full-time team members who will be evaluated based on their financial needs.

Sandals Resorts to offer free Covid-19 tests to guests
While travel from and to the UK is not permitted currently, Sandals and Beaches Resorts are taking proactive steps for when customers are able to return to the islands.

Adam Stewart appointed executive chairman at Sandals Resorts
Sandals Resorts International has announced the appointment of Adam Stewart as executive chairman of the company. He becomes just the second chairman in the 40-year history of the resort brand.
Tributes continue following death of Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart
Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has led a series of heartfelt tributes to Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, founder of Sandals Resorts International, who died earlier this week.

Breaking Travel News obituary: Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart
Breaking Travel News here takes a look back at the life of Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart – the award-winning hotelier and larger than life character who died earlier in the United States at the age of 79
Sandals founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart dies
Caribbean hospitality giant Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart has died. The Jamaican-born hotelier, founder of Sandals Resorts International, died in the United States earlier after a short illness.

Sandals signs for new resort on island of Curaçao
Sandals Resorts International has signed an agreement that will bring the company to a brand-new destination, at the Santa Barbara Resort on the island of Curaçao.
Sandals picks up on late booking trend
Caribbean holiday specialist Sandals has reported that the number of bookings made within three months of departure has doubled in response to uncertainty around government quarantine decisions.

Sandals guests spending more time in the sun
Sandals has revealed that clients travelling in 2020 are staying on holiday 16 per cent longer in than during the previous year two years, according to booking data.

Four new Sandals properties reopen in Caribbean
Resorts in Grenada, Jamaica and Turks & Caicos are set to re-open, meaning that most of the hotels in the portfolio will be open by the middle of October.

Sandals unveils new hygiene protocols as resorts reopen
For nearly 40 years, Sandals has continuously implemented and strengthened health and safety protocols to ensure guests are able to enjoy their Caribbean holiday worry-free.

Sandals South Coast to debut Swim-up Rondoval Suites
Sandals Resorts International has unveiled design plans for a multi-million-dollar renovation at their picturesque Jamaican oasis, Sandals South Coast.