Cool off in the Caribbean with Summer Savings at Bolongo Bay Beach Resort

ST. THOMAS, US Virgin Islands — Beat the heat and escape to the Caribbean, where trade winds, palm trees and endless seas keep travelers cool all summer long. Plus, chill out for less with savings of up to 30% at Bolongo Bay Beach Resort on St. Thomas.

Available August 1 – 31, 2012, Bolongo Bay’s Summer Savings offers 30% off room-only rates or 20% off the popular All Inclusive packages featuring all dining a la carte, including lobster and filet mignon, and premium cocktails. The discount is available in both Oceanview and Beachfront rooms, located steps from the sand.

With the savings, daily rates begin at $210 per couple for room-only plan or $456 per couple for the All Inclusive. Rates are subject to tax, service charge and energy surcharge. The offer is not combinable, subject to availability and must be booked by July 31, 2012.

Guests who stay five nights or more will also receive a complimentary Sunset Cocktail Cruise ($110 value) on board Bolongo Bay’s 53’ catamaran.

At Bolongo Bay, guests stay cool with an oceanfront pool and swim-up pool bar, complimentary non-motorized water sports, ice-cold beers and chilled cocktails, snorkeling for bottles of rum in the weekly Snorkel Booze Hunt, and lounging under a palm tree.

Pack flip flops, but leave the passport at home. No passports are needed for US citizens to travel to the US Virgin Islands and there are many direct flights available to St. Thomas.

For reservations, call 1-800-524-4746 or speak to a travel agent. For more details, visit www.BolongoBay.com.

About Bolongo Bay Beach Resort

Family owned since 1974, Bolongo Bay Beach Resort on St. Thomas is a flip-flop casual, fun resort where everyone knows your name. With 62 true beachfront rooms, Bolongo is recognized by Frommers as one of the “World’s 10 Best Beachfront Hotels.” Activities include complimentary non-motorized water sports, scuba diving, catamaran sails, two oceanfront restaurants and nightly entertainment at Iggies, one of the Caribbean’s best beach bars.

Bolongo's Richard Doumeng Takes Office as CHTA President

Managing Director of Bolongo Bay Beach Resort Richard Doumeng will take office today as President of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) for a two-year term (2012 – 2014) at the CHTA Annual General Meeting in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He has set his agenda to reinvigorate and reinvent the CHTA by strengthening its individual National Hotel Associations.

Doumeng, a second-generation hotelier and past recipient of the CHTA Caribbean Hotelier of the Year award, takes the helm of the CHTA as the organization celebrates its 50^th anniversary. During the meeting today in Jamaica, the CHTA will elect the five Vice Presidents and Treasurer who will serve with Doumeng during his presidency.

“CHTA is an association of the National Hotel Associations. By strengthening the National Hotel Associations, we will bring direct and tangible value to our membership,” says Doumeng. “Our success as a region is tied to their success.”

His goals for the next two years are to: return CHTA to strong fiscal responsibility, focus CHTA’s energy and resources on programs and events that benefit the majority of the membership, strengthen the improved relationship between CHTA and the Caribbean Tourism Organization through the Caribbean Tourism Development Company, continue the CHTA advocacy awareness with the Tourism is Key campaign, enhance the Taste of the Caribbean Culinary Competition, and generate more support for the CHTA Education Foundation.

“While the economy is still uncertain, I am optimistic for the future of our region,” adds Doumeng. “Together we can reinvigorate, revitalize and reinvent the CHTA so that we will thrive, not just survive, in the next 50 years.”

Doumeng was elected President-elect by acclamation at the Annual General Meeting of CHTA, held last June in Miami, FL. He has served on the CHTA Board of Directors for 20 years and Vice President of the association for the past 10 years.