Lifes a beach at Sandal resorts unless theres a COVID-19 breach. Then, the fun stops.<\/p>\n
The all-inclusive vacation getaway chain is in hot water at properties on the tiny Caribbean islands of Barbados, Grenada and Saint Lucia. <\/p>\n
In Barbados, the resort on Dover Beach is in a faceoff with the government over verified breaches of COVID protocol, Barbados Today reported. On Tuesday, the countrys Ministry of Health and Wellnesswill delist the Sandals Barbados Resort and Spa as a designated quarantine hotel.<\/p>\n
The hullabaloo is about three tourists who broke quarantine two removed their quarantine wristbands and another falsified documents. Theyre being held by authorities.<\/p>\n
The chain came out swinging, denying the breaches and accusing health officials of heavy-handed action in the middle of talks with the ministry, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n
And the resort insists the tourists two are from the UK arent in any way associated with its guests.<\/p>\n
Sandals officials, in a statement, maintain theyre stringent compliance of any and all new protocols and use one of the two hotels on the property exclusively for quarantining guests. The other one is for post-quarantine vacationers only. <\/p>\n
In Grenada and Saint Lucia, health officials have tied COVID-19 outbreaks to Sandals properties.<\/p>\n
The Sandals Grenada is closed until Feb. 3 after several cases traced back to the resort played a role in triggering a partial lockdown of the island in mid-December. The government put restrictions in place after 26 cases nationwide popped up in one day. <\/p>\n
Adam Stewart, the chains deputy chairman, told Travel Pulse, a tourism website, that the resort is putting up the guests who had been booked for the Grenada property at other Sandals in the Caribbean that they choose. <\/p>\n
In October, Sandals Saint Lucia dismissed allegations of a coronavirus outbreak just days after reopening.<\/p>\n
Nothing could be further from the truth, and we effusively deny these baseless rumors, the resort in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n
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