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Caribbean Travel + Life Readers Name the 2012 Best of the Caribbean
January 24, 2012 Winter Park, Fla. — With more than 150,000 votes cast, Bonnier Corp.'s Caribbean Travel + Life has announced its readers' favorites in its annual Best of the Caribbean special issue (March 2012), on newsstands Feb. 14. All 24 award recipients, including the biggest winner, the Cayman Islands, will be featured in the magazine and will be honored at the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association's Caribbean Marketplace on Jan. 22-24, 2012, in Nassau's Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
The editors of Caribbean Travel + Life have spent the past 25 years scouring the Caribbean to find the region's best beaches, hotels, restaurants and attractions. Each year, Caribbean Travel + Life invites its readers to vote for their favorites in the annual Best of the Caribbean Readers' Choice awards. In the resort category for the second year in a row, Jade Mountain in St. Lucia has won for Best Romantic Resort and Best Luxury Resort. For the third time, Beaches Turks and Caicos won the Best All-Inclusive Resort category, and an honorable mention for Best Family Resort. The honor of Best Restaurant in the Caribbean was bestowed upon The Cliff in Barbados. Voted the Best Island to Live On was Tortola, BVI. Caribbean Travel + Life publisher Sue Gilman says, "The response for the 2012 awards was overwhelming, with more than 10,000 registered voters and more than 150,000 individual votes cast." For the fourth time, the awards will be presented at CHTA's Caribbean Marketplace, which is widely regarded as the most important marketing event in the region. The CHTA represents the entire spectrum of the hospitality industry's private sector, including 36 national hotel associations across the Caribbean region, more than 850 hotel members with approximately 125,500 rooms, and more than 600 supplier companies represented as allied members. Published eight times a year by Bonnier Corp., Caribbean Travel + Life also produces a Caribbean travel website, CaribbeanTravelMag.com, and a television series, Caribbean Travel + Life's Best of the Caribbean, that airs on the Discovery Channel, Velocity Channel, Sun Sports and CaribVision. Bonnier Corp. (www.bonniercorp.com) is one of the largest consumer publishing groups in America and is the leading media company serving passionate, highly engaged audiences, through 50 special-interest magazines and related multimedia projects and events. Bonnier Corp. is the U.S. division of the Bonnier Group (www.bonnier.com), a 200-year-old family-owned media group based in Sweden with business operations in 25 countries. Complete List of 2012 Best of the Caribbean Awards Best Destination Best Destination for Adventure Best Destination for Snorkeling Best Island to Live On Sexiest Destination Friendliest Destination Best Beach Best Beach Bar Best Beach for Skinny Dipping Best Romantic Resort Best Small Hotel (up to 75 rooms) Best Eco Resort Best Luxury Resort Best Villa Company Best Family Resort Best All-Inclusive Resort Best Restaurant Best Street Food Best Cocktail Best Rum Best Spa Best Shopping Best Big-Ship Cruising Best Small-Ship Cruising |
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The Cayman Islands edged out Aruba and the British Virgin Islands for the top-destination prize. Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman was picked as the best beach in the region, and the Cayman Islands also picked up several honorable mentions in multiple categories, including Best Snorkeling, Friendliest Destination and Best Beach Bar. Grand Cayman also had an honorable mention for the Best Family Hotel with an award presented to the Westin Casuarina Resort and Spa.