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Contact:
Ricardo Bowleg
PO Box: 3077
Negril, Westmoreland
Jamaica,
Tel: +876/957-4061
Fax: +876/957-4060
sweptgm@couples.com
www.couples.com
Certified by:
Green Globe 21 represented in the Caribbean by Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST) (January 2007)
Type of accommodation:
Hotel, resort
Features:
Air conditioning
Conference rooms
Hot water
Internet connection
Laundry facilities
Pool
Private bathroom
Restaurant
Telephone
Television
Wheelchair accessible
Year founded: 1990
Number of employees: 497
Percent of employees who are local residents: 93%
Number of rooms: 312
Type of destination:
Beach
Able to accommodate:
Gay/lesbian
No children
Singles
Description of the area:
-The Royal Palm Reserve is home to over one hundred different types of palms and a sanctuary for bird watchers is ten minutes away.
-Rhodes Hall Plantation offers a tour which takes you deep into interior; where you find a wide variation of assorted fruits and go ride horse back near the clear Caribbean Sea. This is ten minutes away
-Newly built Kool Runnings Water Park offers over eight different water slides. This is three minutes away
-Black River Safari: Experience the trip of a lifetime by taking an adventurous boat ride amidst rare plants and wildlife down the Black River, Jamaica’s longest river. This is two hours away.
Available activities:
Adventure, sports
Biking
Fishing
Scuba diving/snorkeling
Tours
Wellness, health, spa
How to get there:
Nearest international airport: Sangster’s International Airport
Nearest local / national airport: Negril Airdrome
Distance, by land, to the nearest airport: 90 minutes
Making a difference:
Couples Swept Away was one of the first companies in Negril Jamaica that developed a property-wide environmental management system. Recognizing that our business’s operation can have an adverse effect on the environment, Couples Swept Away has implemented stringent mandatory environmental best practices for all departments in the hotel. In keeping with our environmental policy, we invited our suppliers and community members to get involved with the program. Before we purchase any item, it is screened using a product screening method to determine its potential environmental impacts.
The hotel’s preferred suppliers are the local farmers. In addition, at least ninety percent (90%) of our employees are from the local communities surrounding the hotel. Couples Swept Away’s Green Team has adopted two schools, Green Island Primary and Mount Airy Basic. Members of the team go in to each school at least three times per year and teach the children environmental conservation at home and at school. The Green Team has also arranged walk-a-thon to buy the children fans to cool down their classrooms, and organized Christmas Drive for which all team members from the hotel were asked to bring in books, toys, clothing, and tools to give to the local Salvation Army.
Couples Swept Away is an all-inclusive hotel but has made a provision that the local craft vendors can come in every Wednesdays and Fridays to sell their items to the guests on property. The hotel has also spearheaded many costal and reef clean ups in the Negril area.
General rates:
$$$$$ ($150 and up)
Visit the hotel's Web site for current rates.
Date this information was provided: September 2007
