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Raffles Resort Canouan Island

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After reopening under the Raffles name, the hotel has the "invisible" Asian service that has become the industry's gold standard. On the small, lush island of Canouan—100 miles west of Barbados—this 156-room resort is luring golfers with its 18-hole course designed by Jim Fazio and Donald Trump. There's also a large nature reserve, a casino and numerous secluded coves. You don't have to be a guest to use the RafflesAmrita Spa. Purchase a resort day pass ($110) and book a sea salt–and-eucalyptus scrub in one of the new glass-bottomed, thatched-roof palapas, which are accessible by dinghy from the spa's private dock.

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From Travel + Leisure , JAN 2005

The place also reopened with disciplined new management, Singapore-based Raffles International Ltd., and a resonant new name, Raffles Resort Canouan Island, that has put the region on notice. The rebranding of Carenage marks the arrival in the Caribbean of a legendary hotel company that helped make 'invisible' Asian service the industry's gold standard....MORE>>

– Christopher Petkanas An Island Reborn

From Food & Wine , JAN 2005

On the small, lush island of Canouan—100 miles west of Barbados—this new 156-room resort is luring golfers with its 18-hole course designed by Jim Fazio and Donald Trump. There's also a large nature reserve, a casino and numerous secluded coves....MORE>>

– David Kaufman Where To Go Next: The Caribbean | January 2005

Last updated January 2005