By Team Grenada

GRENADA (July 25, 2006) - The Spice Island Beach Resort, located in St. George’s, Grenada, has once again won the much-coveted AAA Four Diamond Award rating and will appear on the AAA 2007 Caribbean Tour Book guide. This is the third year that this stylish 64-room hotel has received this prestigious award, an award that less than 3% of the more than 32,000 properties approved by the AAA achieve.

The Spice Island Beach Resort first received the AAA award in 2004 and then again in 2005. The resort had to be closed for almost one year subsequent to the passage of Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Over $12 million was then spent on a renovation and refurbishment project to enhance its ultra-luxurious accommodations, its fine amenities and world-class levels of service that has become synonymous with this elite facility.

Sir Royston O. Hopkin, KCMG, the proud owner and chairman of Spice Island Beach Resort pointed out that “…obtaining this distinction once again is an excellent reward for the tremendous work we put into creating our superior product.” He thinks that “…maintaining such an exclusive rating places Spice in a special class of resort – the cream of the crop.”

Spice Island Beach Resort is an elegant, upscale hideaway located directly on 1,600 feet of palm-studded Grand Anse Beach and delivers a Caribbean vacation experience with an unmatched level of accommodation and unprecedented brand of chic style and timeless luxury.

The resort features 64 elegantly-appointed suites with the full-service: Janissa’s Spa; a Cybex fitness center; an open-air, beachside gourmet restaurant; the Sea & Surf Bar for refreshing cocktails throughout the day; a central swimming pool with swim-up whirlpool; an Omnicourt tennis court; the Nutmeg Pod children’s activity center; the Gatsby Boutique and much more.