As part of Kuoni’s new online collection of 2021/2022 Caribbean holidays, Kuoni has launched holidays to Dominica in a bid to reposition the Caribbean.
The volcanic island, known as ‘nature’s playground’ because of its waterfalls, rainforests, rivers, canyons, coral reefs, and thermal springs, is featured by the operator for the first time.
The island is well known for featuring in the 2nd and 3rd Pirates of the Caribbean films.
The operator made the decision last year to focus on the larger islands of Barbados, St Lucia, Antigua, and the Grenadines, while dropping Grenada, St Kitts, Jamaica, and Bermuda, as a result of the Covid pandemic.
Senior programme manager Sheena Paton said the addition of Dominica meant the operator could offer more nature-based and outdoor activities, including hiking, kayaking, snorkelling, and diving, and meet increased demand for experiential travel as well as interest in sustainability and wellness holidays.
Kuoni is offering two upmarket hotels on the island: The Cabrits Resort & Spa Kempinski in the Cabrits national park, which opened in 2019, and boutique clifftop resort Secret Bay, but hopes to expand to more properties in the future.
Other new additions to the Caribbean programme include adults-only The House, by Elegant Resorts, in Barbados, and Ladera Resort, which boosts ‘open air’ suites with just three walls, and the new lifestyle, adults-only property Soco Hotel, in St Lucia.
