BARBADOS — Not even a year old and Sandals Royal Barbados has already expanded with the addition of 50 new luxury suites.

The luxury resort, which opened its doors in December 2017, unveiled the new suites last week, bringing Sandals Resorts International’s total number of rooms and suites across two resorts in Barbados to 552.

According to the company, this represents the third major project that has taken place in Barbados and demonstrates Sandals’ commitment to the “development and growth of excellence in the all-inclusive space.”

In Barbados, guests enjoy twice the fun with Sandals’ exclusive exchange program between Sandals Barbados and neighbouring Sandals Royal Barbados. Between the two resorts, there are 17 restaurants, 12 bars and five pools, plus there are several ‘Sandals firsts’, including the first rooftop pool, bar and restaurant, the first four-lane bowling alley, and the first men’s only barbershop.

The all-suite Sandals Royal Barbados, which Sandals Resorts International Chairman and Founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart called a “game changer” at its ribbon-cutting ceremony last year, offers 222 concierge and butler-level suites, three 5-star Global Gourmet signature restaurants, a cantilevered cocktail lounge, the 15,000 square-foot Red Lane Spa, private chauffeured Rolls-Royce airport transfers and The Beach House Resort Shop, a new retail brand featuring resort wear, home goods and local provisions.