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Mandarin Oriental assumed management of the resort in October 2017, but the name change did not happen until last month. It is Mandarin Oriental’s first Caribbean resort.

The 26-suite, seven-villa luxury resort began as the Carenage Bay Beach & Golf Club in 1999 and flew other flags in the ensuing years, including Rosewood and Raffles. The property reopened as the Pink Sands Club in October 2016.

Canouan (CAN-ah-wan), a small island measuring 3.5 miles long by 1.25 miles wide in the Grenadines archipelago, lies 25 miles south of St. Vincent.

Rates in a one-bedroom oceanview suite start at $1,300 per night, double. Several packages are offered, including a bed-and-breakfast option from $1,350 per night with butler service and daily breakfast and a five-night Sunsational Savings program from $1,950 per night with a 50% discount on the second suite.

Most visitors connect through Barbados, Grenada or St. Lucia with air transfers on Grenadine Air Alliance.

Mandarin will operate the 100-room Mandarin Oriental Grand Cayman, scheduled to open in 2021.

Source: travelweekly.com