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Our Most Recent Features

Emerging as Barbados’ newest luxury all-inclusive resort, O2 Beach Club & Spa has been proudly featured in both regional and global publications. Below, you’ll find some of our most recent appearances and accolades.

One of the Best Luxury All-Inclusive Resorts in the World - Town & Country
Best New Spas In The World 2022 - Marie Claire Magazine 
Overall All-Inclusive Resort for Hospitality - 2022 Silver Magellan Award
Luxury 5* Spa, design for Hospitality - 2022 Gold Magellan Award

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Premier Hospitality

O2 Beach Club recognised for outstanding customer excellence by British Airways 

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AFAR

One of the Best Luxury Hotels in the Caribbean

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Independent

One of the Best Hotels for Adults in Barbados

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TravelPulse

Barbados' O2 Beach Club & Spa Joins Virtuoso

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Authority Magazine

Spa Manager Kim Hinds-Alleyne On Why & How Traveling Can Help Us Heal.

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The Times

The Underrated Corner of Barbados That's Making the Island Fun Again

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Luxury Lifestyle Magazine

Michael Edwards enjoys high-end living at one of the Caribbean's most luxurious all-Inclusive hotels

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EPN Journal

O2 Beach Club & Spa In Babados Reports Surge In MICE Enquiries

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Travel Life

Beachside Bonding–Bajan Style. O2 Beach Club & Spa in Barbados turned out to be the perfect place for a mother-daughter retreat. 

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Weddings & Honeymoons

Ocean Hotels Launches Proposal Concierge Service To Pop The Question In Style.

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Fodor'sTravel

The 10 Best Warm Weather Destinations With Direct Flights.

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HotelExecutive

Redesigning The Hospitality Industry Post Pandemic.

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Travel + Leisure

This Colorful New Caribbean Resort Has Swim-up Suites and One of the Only Rooftop Pools on Barbados

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The Telegraph

This former condominium resort on a stretch of silvery South Coast sand has morphed into a 130-room, premium, five-star hotel. Being far and away the best of Barbados' dozen or so all-inclusive resorts, it's popular with UK holidaymakers: around three quarters of the guests are sun-seeking Britons.

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Condé Nast Traveler

The Most Exciting Hotel Openings This Winter, from a Cozy Wyoming Resort to a Costa Rican Eco-Retreat

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The Sunday Times

How to tick off your bucket list on a budget - Mauritius for less; Thailand for a song; affordable Maldives. Chris Haslam has the most eye-catching deals for your comeback summer. 

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Islands

Inside the Newest Luxury Resort that has Barbados (and the Rest of the World) Buzzing

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Daily Mail


Super spa Barbados! With an array of wacky treatments and Caribbean sun galore, this renovated resort is well worth saving up for

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Sports Ilustrated

Barbados, O2 Beach Club & Spa Elevates All-Inclusive to a Whole New Level

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Marie Claire

Grab Your Passport: These Are the Best New Spas in the World

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Travel Weekly

How to ... enjoy a stay at the new 02 Beach Club and Spa

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The Luxury Coastal Lifestyle Magazine

Balmy Barbados, O2 Beach Club & Spa Offers The Perfect Caribbean Escape.

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Wordsmith Agency

To the marketing team at O2, ‘new’ means that the official opening was on December 14, 2021, my most recent birthday, as it happens.

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Matador Network

The O2 Beach Club and Spa in Barbados Is an All-Inclusive, Rum-Filled Island Escape.

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Travel Weekly

Bajan Beauty: with all eyes on the south coast of Barbados, Erica Bush checks into the newly relaunched, all-inclusive O2 Beach Club & Spa

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Daily Mail

The best new hotel arrivals around the world in 2022

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Jax Fax Magazine

Barbados’ New, Improved, and Rebranded All-Inclusive Resorts

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Caribbean Journal

Barbados’ New Luxury All-Inclusive Is Opening in October

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Caribbean Travel

O2 Beach Club & Spa on the South Coast Welcomes Guests in October

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Luxury Travel Magazine

O2 Beach Club & Spa Opens on the South Coast of Barbados

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American Spa

Acqua Spa Set to Open at the O2 Beach Club & Spa

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Well Defined

Ocean Hotels Announces O2 Beach Club & Spa, a New Luxury All-Inclusive in Barbados

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Hertelier

Creating the Caribbean Dream: Patricia Affonso Dass, CEO and Group GM Ocean Hotels, Barbados

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Insider Travel Report

Insider Video: Discover Ocean Hotels and Barbados' Newest All-Inclusive Luxury Resort

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Travel + Leisure

The 50 Best Places to Travel in 2022

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Caribbean Journal

Barbados’ New Luxury All-Inclusive Is Opening in October

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Home and Gardens

O2 Beach Club & Spa to feature in their feature about the top five new design hotels for 2021 in the Caribbean

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