{"id":518,"date":"2012-02-07T09:07:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T13:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=518"},"modified":"2015-08-18T11:46:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T15:46:26","slug":"holiday-inn-returns-to-barbados","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/holiday-inn-returns-to-barbados\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Inn returns to Barbados!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">UPDATE: Please note that this plan did not come to fruition. Instead, Barbados welcomes the Radisson to Barbados, as the Radisson Aquatica opened its doors at this site.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s an amazing hotel, located on one of the best beaches on the island and with a very unique jetty restaurant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The US chain Holiday Inn Resorts will return to Barbados in March. The chain takes over the formerly independently\u00a0branded &#8220;Grand Barbados Beach Resort&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_519\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-519\" class=\"size-full wp-image-519 \" title=\"Holiday Inn Resort Bridgetown Barbados\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/grand-barbados-holiday-inn.jpg\" alt=\"Holiday Inn Resort Bridgetown Barbados\" width=\"350\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/grand-barbados-holiday-inn.jpg 350w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/grand-barbados-holiday-inn-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holiday Inn Resort Bridgetown Barbados<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While Barbados is traditionally known for smaller, often family-owned and run hotels, the 124-room Holiday Inn Resort Bridgetown Barbados\u00a0will offer travelers the option of staying at a well-known chain hotel.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel is located in the Needham&#8217;s Point area on the south-west coast of Barbados, just 5 minutes from the capital city of Bridgetown. Its location is also in the heart of the historic Garrison area, recently recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-story\u00a0beachfront hotel overlooks the\u00a0picturesque Carlisle Bay, known for its crystal clear water and home to several historic shipwrecks.<\/p>\n<p>Amenities include special children&#8217;s facilities, full service spa and water sports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We welcome back the Holiday Inn brand to Barbados and eagerly await the re-opening of this lovely hotel.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: Please note that this plan did not come to fruition. Instead, Barbados welcomes the Radisson to Barbados, as the Radisson Aquatica opened its doors at this site. It&#8217;s an amazing hotel, located on one of the best beaches on the island and with a very unique jetty restaurant. The US chain Holiday Inn Resorts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,91],"tags":[87,134,133,86],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}