Three Cutting-Edge Contemporary Villas Added to Wimco Villas on St Barts, Culinary Capital of the Caribbean

NEWPORT, RI, July 21, 2009 – Wimco Villas announces that it has added three brand-new cutting-edge contemporary luxury vacation homes to its St. Barts villa collection in this culinary capital of the Caribbean. These villas have all wifi access, the latest audio and video equipment and a host of modern amenities, and all offer the flexibility of being rented at lower prices by taking fewer bedrooms than listed.

Villa SIB ACR is a two-bedroom sophisticated understatement in gray, white and red with pool on a Vitet hillside. It can be rented as a one or two bedroom with rates varying accordingly. From now through Dec. 14, a weekly rental is from $4,500; $16,000 Dec. 15-Jan. 5. Until Dec. 14 clients can take an additional 10, 15 and 25 percent off the rate for one, two or three-week rentals respectively.

One of the larger villas on St. Barts and ideal for families with a nanny or chef, Villa SIB STR in Camaruche offers five bedrooms and five bathrooms, two pools and a Jacuzzi. It can be rented as three, four or five bedrooms with rates varying accordingly. From now through Dec. 14 rates are from $15,000 weekly; $70,000 Dec. 15-Jan. 5. A designer gourmet kitchen is the piece de resistance, plus there is an additional sixth bedroom in a separate area suitable for a nanny or chef.

Villa SIB SUB has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and infinity pool. This new stunning, contemporary villa is built into the hillside of St Jean and offers magnificent ocean and landscape views over St Jean Bay. All rooms open onto the terrace, pool and view. It can be rented as either two or three bedrooms, with rates varying accordingly. From now through Dec. 14, a weekly rental is from $7,500; $30,000 Dec. 15-Jan. 5.

Guests of Wimco Villas will also receive the Friend of the Island dining card, which provides 10% off your lunch or dinner bill at some of St. Barts’ finest restaurants.

About Wimco Villas

Wimco Villas is an award-winning luxury villa company, providing access to some of the world's most beautiful and exceptional villas in Italy, the South of France, Mykonos. In the Caribbean Wimco Villas represents over 260 villas on St Barts and offers an expansive selection of private villas throughout the region including St Martin, Barbados, Anguilla, Jamaica, The US and British Virgin Islands, Mustique, Nevis and the Cayman Islands. Wimco also recently introduced a selection of private villas in Maui.

Voted 'Best Presented Villas' by the readers of Condé Nast Traveller, Wimco strives to make the best match between our clients and villas. Wimco's reservations agents take annual familiarization trips to our destinations to tour the villas, re-educating themselves on the amenities of each villa and ensuring they meet Wimco standards. As well as providing accommodation and destination information, Wimco Villas can tailor make the villa holidays to suit each client's needs, whether it be arranging for private chefs, yoga instructors, yacht charters or simply a restaurant reservation.