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Paradise Bay Resort & Spa, Grenada
The Paradise Bay Resort & Spar resort is located amidst 1000’s acres varied nature on a hill between two beaches. Nine villas are spread out in a half circle with unrestricted views. Five easy walks and intermediate hikes start from the resort and are appreciated even by non-hikers. Local guides explain flora and fauna and climb in coconut trees for refreshing natural drinks.
The beach massage gazebo (sea water flowing under the guest), the idyllic Frangipani Beach Bar & Grill, dancing at the beach set the tone for this resort, where guests are one with nature and get away from it all. It’s a Honeymoon Hotspot and has a wedding reception building with gorgeous views. Three more massage stations offer fresh-from-the-garden Aloe Vera treatments and use local seaweed for hair and body treatments, in addition to the traditional Swedish aromatherapy full body massage. The entertainment choice is smaller than large all inclusive resorts, but the Super Inclusive option offers daily massage, scuba diving, 9 course golf, catamaran trips, whale and dolphin watching and ocean kayaks included in the competitive price in addition to gourmet dining.
The resort offers guests a free –on demand- shuttle service to the nearest taxi-bus station –with excellent and fast connections throughout the island and encourages guests to use these inexpensive and environmentally friendly taxi buses instead of taxis or rental cars.
Paradise Bay installed an 80 kW windmill with an expected yearly yield of 180,000 kWh. It is the first utility-grade windmill installed in Caricom. With an estimated yearly power use of 120,000 kWh the resort will be better than zero carbon, once the connection to the mains is realized, as the remainder of the energy is sold to the local electricity company.
Paradise Bay Resort & Spa (www.paradisebayresort.net) is the first resort in the world to announce this with guaranteed implementation in January 2008, but strives to implement during the fourth quarter of 2007.
Guests have no option nor need to do anything to take part in this program. It will be an automatic and –as of 1 January 2008- certified program, which will be externally audited where return flights, stay at the resort, local transport and activities are fully compensated.
Paradise Bay Resort & Spa will be the charter member of (sister) carbon offset company Zero Carbon Travel as of 1 January 2008, which involves external audits and is 100% accountable.
James Post: “We do not wish to stay the first resort to offer zero carbon vacations. So I consider it my personal mission to promote this concept to the travel industry and consumers. I believe that when you want to seriously present yourself as a sustainable tourism destination, you can’t limit that to superficial issues. True sustainable resorts and hotels in my view must fulfill the promise for 100% and this requires stronger commitments than current certification programs require.”
For more information, contact:
James Post
Paradise Bay Resort & Spa
(++1) 473-405-8888
