St. Barts Hotel Guanahani with Exclusive Wimco Promotion

NEWPORT, RI, September 2005 – Time was when sand, sun and sea fulfilled Caribbean vacation expectations. Request sophistication, tennis, dining befitting a sybarite and a splash of spa. Voila! A Caribbean address suddenly becomes St. Barts' Hotel Guanahani & Spa "Le Meilleur" package available from October 1st, 2005 through October 31, 2006 (excluding Dec. 21 through January 12) at an unheard of package price that includes a minimum of three nights*, St. Martin/St. Barts round trip air, breakfast, spa treatments, and rental car. The "Le Meilleur" package is priced from $2117 per night, with additional nights at $544 per night. Wimco's hotel web site, www.wimco.com, has all details of room choices and pricing by the number of nights requested.

This package is "Le Meilleur", French for "the best", because the price for WIMCO's Guanahani package is the lowest price available in the marketplace for these features, and it is available only through WIMCO. It is also one of the few 3 night minimum packages available in the Caribbean with flexibility to include as many additional nights as desired at the favorable package pricing. "Le Meilleur" provides great pricing and the ultimate flexibility in designing a client-centered hotel package that meets guest needs and preferences.

The hotel's Clarins Spa was introduced to Hotel Guanahani in December 2004. Paris-based Clarins specializes in natural beauty care and products. The 5000-square-foot spa utilizes eight treatment rooms (two for couples, one for Vichy treatments, one with a flotation bed and four with outdoor showers and private patios for massage). Massage, facial / body treatments and hydrotherapy are available.

Destination specialist Wimco, the Newport, RI-based luxury vacation villa and hotel reservations company, has conducted reservation services for hotels and vacation villas on St. Barts and on 11 other Caribbean islands for over 21 years.

The Vendome Guide to St. Barthelemy is a colorful, in depth destination guide to the island that is available through its publisher, Wimco. Wimco's 2005 international villa inventory can be previewed on line at www.wimco.com (US) and www.wimco.co.uk (UK and Europe). By phone, please call toll free 1/800/932-3222 (US) or 44 0870 850 1144 UK).

*Double Occupancy

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