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Barbados to get Beach Departure Lounge says Virgin Holidays

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7 years ago

June 15, 2017

Barbados, June 15, 2017 – Imagine spending your final moments on your Caribbean vacation at a departure lounge on the beach. Well TravelWeekly is reporting that Virgin Holidays is creating, in Barbados, the first Departure Beach on Brownes Beach and it will be ready for May 2018.

Departure Beach will be available to all Virgin Holidays customers staying at Savannah Beach in Barbados and will wipe out the lost holiday hours, which Virgin says is 2.4 million for British long haul guests. Nicki Goldsmith, head of Caribbean and worldwide product, said: “Virgin Holidays has consistently launched ‘world-first’ concepts, and this latest innovation is no different. The opening promotional price of this experience is £20 for adults, £15 for children.

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