It is shaping up?to be a merry Christmas for some hotels on the South and West Coasts, with bookings already over the 80 per cent mark.
Hotels ranging from the Crane Resort in the south east to The Club Barbados Resort &?Spa and Sandpiper Inn on the West Coast are upbeat about the outlook for the winter season, but particularly the Yuletide period.
Yesterday, managing director of the Crane Resort, Paul Doyle, told the DAILY?NATION that bookings for the St Philip hotel would exceed 90 per cent over the Christmas period.
“The Crane is doing very well. This is going to be a merry Christmas. I am quietly optimistic as business has been good,” said a delighted Doyle, who added that the majority of the 252 rooms had already been booked.