{"id":53878,"date":"2014-03-17T08:45:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T12:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=53878"},"modified":"2014-03-24T08:58:49","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T12:58:49","slug":"local-hotel-recommended-by-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2014\/03\/local-hotel-recommended-by-new-york-times","title":{"rendered":"Local Hotel Recommended by New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53897\" alt=\"sandyport-hotel-nassau-bahamas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/sandyport-hotel-nassau-bahamas.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The New York Times travel section on March 13th recommended Sandyport Beaches Resort and Hotel as a \u201cserene\u201d place to stay when in Nassau.\u00a0 Travel writer Brendan Spiegel included the popular resort in an article featuring 11 of the islands best attractions for the tourist seeking a subtler, more authentic Bahamian experience. Spiegel praised the popular Sandyport resort for its \u201cpicturesque collection of villas in a gated Marina community near Cable Beach with waterfront views and a serene atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandyport Beaches Resort and Hotel president Rowena Jones said she and her staff were thrilled with the recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a terrific article done by The New York Times that speaks to the authentic island experience.\u00a0 Our guests love our tranquil setting, villas and our warm hospitality and it is great to see the writer, Brendan Spiegel, felt that too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandyport Beaches Resort and Hotel recently won the coveted RCI Gold Crown Resort award, the highest of RCI designations as determined by industry expert evaluations and vacationers\u2019 comments. The 72-suite resort, nestled between luxury canal-front residences and the bustling commercial centre of Sandyport Marina Village, is one of only three resorts in The Bahamas, and a select number worldwide, to meet RCI&#8217;s requirements for this recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Sandyport Beaches Resort and Hotel is located just west of the casino and night-life of Cable Beach in Nassau\u2019s cosmopolitan Western District.\u00a0 Just a few minutes\u2019 drive from both the old colonial charm of Nassau\u2019s Bay Street and the International Airport with its connections to many destinations in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Europe, Sandyport fuses lifestyle with convenience and award winning hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53898\" alt=\"sandyport-hotel-bahamas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/sandyport-hotel-bahamas.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times travel section on March 13th recommended Sandyport Beaches Resort and Hotel as a \u201cserene\u201d place to stay when in Nassau<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":53897,"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":[9],"tags":[55,25],"class_list":["post-53878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-awards","tag-hotels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53878","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\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}