Barbados Food & Wine and Rum Festival Generates Excitement with Visitors, Connoisseurs

The annual Barbados Food & Wine and Rum Festival Nov. 16 - 19, 2012, hosted by Travel + Leisure enables visitors and cuisine connoisseurs to enjoy tastings, chef demonstrations and seminars.

At the same time, Mango Bay properties including Mango Bay Resort, Island Inn Hotel and SunSwept Beach Hotel are providing event-goers with the perfect places to relax after indulging their senses at the daily culinary events.

Mango Bay Resort, located in the Holetown area on the famed gold coast, is a short walk from the posh Limegrove Lifestyle Centre. Here vacationers can shop till they drop at global luxury retailers including, but not limited to, Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors and Cartier.

After a day of spoiling oneself and indulging in fare at the festival, the 76-room resort is the perfect place to relax. Known for its casual sophistication and all-inclusive value, guests will enjoy beachfront accommodations making it an ideal tropical retreat. Rates start at US$425 per room, per night, based on double occupancy.

A Mango Bay all-inclusive vacation offers hotel accommodations, all meals, afternoon tea, all local and brand name drinks including glasses of wine, use of the on-site gym, watersports (waterskiing, hobiecat sailing, kayaking and snorkeling) and nightly entertainment.

Travelers choosing to stay at Island Inn Hotel will enjoy its close proximity to the center of Bridgetown while mere footsteps from Carlisle Bay Beach in the Garrison Historic area of Barbados, a UNESCO world heritage site. Steeped in an area rich in history, Island Inn amazes guests with its local past and chic décor.

An Island Inn Hotel all-inclusive vacation includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, afternoon tea and all beverages (except specialty wines, champagne and bottled water) as well as in-pool scuba lessons. Rates start at US$300 per room, per night, based on double occupancy.