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Raffles Resort
Category: Hotels and Resorts
Island: St Vincent and the Grenadines
Location: Canouan Island
Rooms: 156
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View over Carenage Bay, Raffles Resort
Raffles Resort Canouan Island

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View through living area and plunge pool, Raffles Canouan
Personality Suite, Raffles Resort

 

Ocean-view Palapa Huts in the sea, Raffles Canouan Island
Raffles Amrita Spa Palapa Huts

 

European Gourmet Cuisine at La Varenne, Trump Club Privee
La Varenne, overlooking Canouan Island

 

Aerial view of Canouan Island, Grenadines
Aerial shot of Canouan, Grenadine

 

View over the Raffles Golf Course, Raffles Resort
Fairways and Greens, Canouan Island

 

Pool terrace, Canouan Grenadines hotel island Saint Vincent
Main pool and beach area

 
Raffles Canouan is a large and luxurious resort hotel in the Grenadines in the south-eastern Caribbean. Set around the broad Carenage Bay in the northern half of Canouan island (which it shares with Trump Island Villas), the hotel has an elegant, even glitzy air and sleek contemporary design, with touches of the Orient as well as Italian inspiration in the brightly coloured villas. It has around 156 very large rooms and suites, four restaurants and extremely extensive facilities, including a spa, a golf course, a casino, a beach club, children’s club, beauty salon and gym. Raffles Canouan is the first venture of the famous oriental hotel chain into the western hemisphere and it has successfully transferred its gracious service as well as charm and style.

KEY FEATURES
An exclusive, elegant, Grenadines resort, 156 rooms and suites with private terrace, air-conditioning and fans, satellite TV, phone/fax/internet/voicemail, frette linen and towels, Bulgari bathroom products, in-room dining, twice-daily maid service, laundry, baby-sitting, golf cart transport, four restaurants (French, Italian, international), Villa Monte Carlo casino, extensive Amrita spa with ocean view, Kids’ Club, boutiques, beauty salon, large main pool, beach club with pool and Jambu’s restaurant, watersports and scuba, 4 tennis courts, par 72 Jim Fazio golf course, multi gym with boxing ring, meeting rooms, business services, internet office, Trump Island Villas office, jet service available from Barbados, airport transfer.

STYLE
Elegant contemporary, part Italian feel to the leisurely spaced, brightly painted villas with chic, stylish interiors, a certain exclusive atmosphere and visible elegance (where the rest of the Caribbean has steadily been dressing down, here some guests dress up)

CLIENT PROFILE
A broad range of wealthy travellers (families, couples, golfers) in a good mix of nationalities, US, Italian and other Europeans, some celebrities
 
A full review of Raffles Resort will be published in due course. In the meantime if you wish to make further enquiries or a reservation, please use the WEB LINK or DIRECT EMAIL ENQUIRIES facility at the top of this page to make contact with Raffles Resort, or if you wish to telephone them, their telephone number will be revealed if you click on the CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER link.
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Rates

 

20 Oct-

15 Dec

2007

16 Dec-

06 Jan

2007-08

07 Jan-

14 Apr

2008

15 Apr-

18 Oct

2008

19 Oct-

18 Dec

2008

Meal Plan

BP

BP

BP

BP

BP

GARDEN ROOM

Orchestra Room

Orchestra Suite

2-Bed Orchestra Suite

 

575

975

1,550

 

945

1,645

2,590

 

815

1,420

2,235

 

495

840

1,335

 

595

1,015

1,610

OCEAN VIEW

Mezzanine Room

Orchestra Room

Orchestra Junior Suite

Mezzanine Suite

2-Bed Mezzanine Suite

3-Bed Mezzanine Villa

Orchestra Suite

2-Bed Orchestra Suite

4-Bed Orchestra Villa

Personality Suite

2-Bed Personality Suite

 

620

645

885

1,070

1,690

2,310

1,150

1,795

3,085

1,560

2,230

 

1,045

1,095

1,475

1,765

2,810

3,855

1,945

3,040

5,230

n/a

n/a

 

910

945

1,275

1,545

2,455

3,365

1,675

2,620

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

535

555

750

905

1,440

1,975

980

1,535

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

645

670

920

1,110

1,755

2,400

1,195

1,865

n/a

n/a

n/a

PREMIUM OCEAN VIEW

Orchestra Room

Orchestra Suite

2-Bed Orchestra Suite

4-Bed Orchestra Villa

Personality Suite

2-Bed Personality Suite

Personality Suite Villa

#10 & 11

2-Bed Personality Suite

Villa #10 & 11  

 

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

2,060

 

2,730

 

n/a

n/a

3,650

6,300

3,250

4,450

 

3,750

 

4,950

 

1,095

1,925

3,020

n/a

2,335

3,430

 

2,835

 

3,930

 

640

1,130

1,770

n/a

1,365

2,005

 

1,865

 

2,505

 

770

1,380

2,150

n/a

1,620

2,390

 

2,120

 

2,890

RAFFLES VILLA &

RESIDENCES

3-Bed Residence

4-Bed Villa

 

 

n/a

n/a

 

 

n/a

10,000

 

 

7,500

10,000

 

 

4,000

5,500

 

 

5,500

7,500

 

All rates are in US$ per room/suite/villa per night, BP = including breakfast (full American), Resident Bar for non-alcoholic drinks, airport transfers, non-motorised watersports, one golf cart per unit, tennis and use of fitness centre.  Rates are subject to 10% Government Tax and 11.5% Service Charge.  Children under 12 years stay free when sharing with parents. Extra person rate US$95 per night plus 21.5 % tax and service.  A la carte meal supplements are per person/child per day and are subject to 15% tax and 11.5% service: Adults - dinner US$98, lunch and dinner US$138. Children 6-12yrs – dinner including soft drinks US$49 and lunch and dinner including soft drinks US$69 – children under 5 yrs are complimentary. Supplements may apply for special menus/meals. All rates are subject to change without notice. 

 

A three night deposit is required to secure all reservations based on first and last two nights of stay.  Special deposit and cancellation policies apply to Christmas/New Year bookings when the minimum stay requirement is 10 nights. Please contact the resort for further details.   

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Special Offers
2008 Flight Concierge Offer
Stays of 7 nights or more in any room type include roundtrip shared charter on a twin-propeller aircraft (40 - 55 minutes transfers) from Barbados, St Lucia* or Martinique**. Valid for new bookings for stays 07 Jan-18 Dec 2008.

2008 Raffles Jet Offer
Stays for 10 nights or more in any one, two or three bedroom Suite, include 20 minute shared transfers on the Raffles Jet (maximum of 6 persons) from Barbados or St. Lucia or Martinique on any day of the week. Valid for new bookings for stays 07 Jan-18 Dec 2008.

Added Value Summer 2008 Offer – Free Nights
Stay from 15 Apr-18 Dec 2008 and the Flight Concierge or Raffles Jet offers also include FREE nights:
Stay 10 nights and pay for 9 nights
Stay 14 nights and pay for 12 nights

*Only available on when arriving and departing on Wednesday, Friday or Sunday
**Only available when departing Thursday, Saturday or Sunday, and additional fee per person applies of $125 for ages 2 & up


Early Booking Bonus
Book at least 3 months prior to arrival, for stays from 07 Jan-18 Dec 2008 and receive either of following which should be requesting at time of booking:

Guaranteed Upgrade from Garden Views to Ocean Views
Or
Two Complimentary green fees per stay

All offers subject to availability and to change/withdrawal without notice.
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How to book
If you wish to make further enquiries or a reservation, please use the WEB LINK or DIRECT EMAIL ENQUIRIES facility at the top of this page to make contact with Raffles Resort Canouan Island, or if you wish to telephone them, their telephone number will be revealed if you click on the CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER link.
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