{"id":32939,"date":"2013-03-14T09:39:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T13:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=32939"},"modified":"2013-03-14T09:52:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T13:52:34","slug":"sunset-and-music-welcome-first-guests-at-the-cove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/03\/sunset-and-music-welcome-first-guests-at-the-cove","title":{"rendered":"Sunset, Music Welcome First Guests at The Cove"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/03\/sunset-and-music-welcome-first-guests-at-the-cove-32939.html\/cove\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32943\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32943\" title=\"cove\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/cove.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/cove.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/cove-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The Cove, Eleuthera opened March 1, 2013, with a sunset grand opening that included an official visit from Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie and a performance by singer Aaron Neville. The event reflected the dual hometowns of the resort&#8217;s developer, Sidney D. Torres IV, who has homes in both locations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believed in his (Sidney&#8217;s) vision,&#8221; P.M. Christie told reporters as he toured the property. &#8220;This milestone is not only significant for the hotel it is significant for Eleuthera and indeed the Bahamas&#8230;this event marks the moment we usher in a renaissance in tourism in Eleuthera.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An experienced hotelier from New Orleans, Torres welcomed guests at the event, many of whom were the first to stay in the resort&#8217;s brand new accommodations.\u00a0&#8220;There&#8217;s something about Eleuthera that is special and it&#8217;s the people who are special. I promise you we are going to make [The Cove, Eleuthera] the best in the world and it will be because of the people,&#8221;\u00a0Torres spoke to guests as they listened\u00a0on the resort&#8217;s newly planted cashmere zoysia lawn.<\/p>\n<p>Torres was heavily involved in The Cove&#8217;s design, development and construction.\u00a0He bought the property in July and has worked tirelessly planning and executing what he has termed a &#8220;rebirth&#8221; of the property, which has been a mainstay of the island since 1969.\u00a0\u00a0Torres personally managed every detail, completing 60 rooms in 10 months with an additional 60 rooms scheduled to come online later this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s beautiful, wonderful,&#8221; Grammy award-winning vocalist Aaron Neville remarked. &#8220;I&#8217;m thinking of coming back here for vacation&#8230;the scenery is out of sight. It&#8217;s tremendous, it&#8217;s laid back, it&#8217;s way cool.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Torres is offering the use of his personal plane to fly guests from Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport to Eleuthera, as part of an exclusive amenity package. Additional amenities include 500+ thread count bedding, iPod docking stations, 50&#8243; flat screen televisions, wireless internet access, in-room safes, Nespresso coffee makers and Molton Brown bath accessories.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">By: The Cove Eleuthera Resort<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Source: PR Newswire<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cove, Eleuthera opened March 1, 2013, with a sunset grand opening that included an official visit from Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie and a performance by singer Aaron Neville. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[284,1286],"class_list":["post-32939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-eleuthera","tag-the-cove"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}