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JUPITER BEACH RESORT & SPA

Located at the northern tip of Palm Beach County in Jupiter, Florida, the 168-room AAA Four-Diamond Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa is treasured for its effortless blend of classic Caribbean-style elegance and relaxed, beachfront luxury. Resting on 1,000 ft. of secluded Atlantic shoreline, the nine-story resort features all newly renovated guest rooms and suites with designer mahogany furnishings, marble bathrooms, and private seating balconies to showcase stunning ocean views.

The Jupiter Beach Resort offers 12,000 sq. ft. of flexible space for events and meetings with Two Boardrooms and One Executive Boardroom located in the Lobby of the Resort. Featuring both indoor and outdoor event space, the resort is prepared to accommodate conferences ranging from 10 to 500 guests. Distinctive features of Jupiter Beach Resort's event facilities include the ability to accommodate all types of events, meetings, and conferences, a 4,500-sq. ft. ballroom, divisible into small function rooms to accommodate those intimate events and meetings, a 2,180-sq. ft. gallery, the ideal pre-function space for conferences and conventions, a 1,025-sq. ft. Marlin Room, with poolside terrace, ideal for open-air receptions and celebrations, and an executive boardroom, located adjacent to the lobby and able to accommodate eight attendees.

At The Jupiter Beach Resort, experienced meeting professionals will customize every detail of your conference to meet your specific needs. Other onsite amenities and services include audiovisual equipment and support, full staging capabilities and themed décor, high-speed Internet in all meeting rooms, a fully-equipped Business Center, a professional meeting and banquet staff, and onsite catering for all occasions, as well as beach wedding staff and services.

Some of the on-site activities that Jupiter Beach Resort offers are an outdoor heated pool, private beach with beach services and cabanas, a lighted tennis court and bicycle rentals. Some local attractions and activities include championship golf, deep-sea fishing, shopping at The Gardens Mall, City Place and Worth Avenue, Kravitz Performing Arts Center, Roger Dean Stadium, The Arizona Cardinals training camp and Maltz Jupiter Theatre. For more information call (800) 228-8810 or go online to www.jupiterbeachresort.com.

SHERATON & WESTIN GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND OUR LUCAYA RESORTS

Sheraton Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya Resort is part of Our Lucaya, a destination also consisting of The Westin Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya Resort. Together, Sheraton and The Westin offer two unique resort experiences and over 1,200 guest rooms. The Westin caters to a more adult-crowd with a perfect setting for romance and a large meetings facility. Alternatively, the Sheraton is geared for families searching for a Caribbean escape, with family-friendly accomodations and an acclaimed children's program. Guests to both resorts have access to the shared golf, spa, dining, meeting and water sports facilities.

Sheraton Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya Resort is tropical getaway in the heart of Grand Bahama Island, just 55 miles from the southeast Florida coast. Magnificent royal palm trees gently sway in the trade wind breeze, as it carries over the 7.5-acre-stretch of white sand beach gracing the resort. The 478-room property is part of the Our Lucaya resort community, "the finest, most appealing, and best-accessorized property on Grand Bahama Island," according to Frommer's Guidebook. Sheraton Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya Resort is truly Bahamian flair at its best. Cool, neutral-toned archways and columns adorn the airy lobby, featuring a mix of dark and light wood reception seating complimented with bright splashes of fabric and vivid floral arrangements.

The 740-room Westin Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya Resort is a AAA four-diamond resort, hugging warm, turquoise Bahamian waters. This resort, residing on the fourth largest of The Bahama islands, offers comfortable, contemporary Art Deco-inspired tropical accommodations, fashioned with The Westin's signature Heavenly Bed and Heavenly Bath™. Elegant, sweeping curves meld seamlessly with harsher geometric shapes on the S-shaped main building. Rooms are designed with a clean, modern aesthetic. Light wood tones and sharp angles mingle tastefully with a floral palette, while the two-story villas offer a distinct Bahamian flavor with darker wood tones and fabrics the color of the sea and sky. Spacious suites gaze unto the ocean, and on the adjoining patios, a convenient sitting space is in place for guests to enjoy the fresh trade wind breeze.

The resort's 95,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, 45,000 sq. ft. of it outdoor, makes for a most impressive, grandiose meetings and conventions facility, suited for events of all shapes and sizes. The flexible indoor meeting spaces are modern, well-appointed rooms with wireless Internet access. Business services include event coordination, meeting/function space, A-V equipment for rent and a Business Center with public computers, printers, fax and copier.

Our Lucaya is home to two of the finest golf courses in The Bahamas - The Reef Club and Lucayan Country Club. Both have hosted the PGA's Bahamas National Open, the Senior PGA's Slam, and 12 other national championships.

Directly across from the resort, Port Lucaya Marketplace is a lively, vibrant waterfront-shopping complex with 55 unique shops and 32 restaurants and bars. The marketplace's Count Basie Square comes alive at night as the locals deck out in a rainbow of bright orange, yellow, red and green traditional costumes and lead the crowds in dance and song. Visitors find themselves playing limbo to a heart-thumping Caribbean beat or swaying to melodic Bahamian calypso under the stars.

Sheraton Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya Resort offers varying rates and all-inclusive plans. The packages include room nights, non-motorized water sports, dining and drinks at select restaurants, as well as taxes, service charges and other resort fees. For more information call (800) Westin - (937-8461) or (800) 325-3535 for the Sheraton. Or go online at www.ourlucaya.com.


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