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On Rockley Beach, 20 minutes away from
the Grantley Adams International Airport
and 15 minutes away from the capital city
of Bridgetown, sits Accra Beach Hotel &
Spa. Owned by the Trinidad-based Charles
family who acquired the property in 1968
from IvyBrooks, the property is named to
honor the original owner’s home city of Ac-
cra, Ghana. Since retaining the name, the
family has dedicated itself to constant im-
provement and refurbishment. In 1996, for
example, 128 rooms were added. In 2003, 18
suites were added to 78 rooms, as well as a
spa in 2007, and the Accra Deck Restaurant
in 2013.
Accra Beach Hotel & Spa offers 224 spa-
cious rooms, three restaurants, two bars, a
gym, meeting and event facilities, outdoor
spaces, and the popular Chakra Spa. Accra
caters to their guests’ individual needs by of-
fering a diverse service not only as an accom-
modation provider, but also as an event and
vacation organizer. Leading the way is gen-
eral manager Suresh Monickoraja.
“Last October [2014], we embarked on the
refurbishment of the hotel,” Monickoraja
said. “We started with the entire look and
feel of the lobby. We’re almost towards the
end of the refurbishment project, the two ar-
eas that are still pending is the water feature
and the back drop.”
“From there we’re going to continue the re-
furbishment into our public areas – enhance
our garden area, the look and feel of our ar-
tisanal buildings and followed by that, we’re
working into the ballroom, the meeting areas
and then the corridors and the guest rooms,”
he continued. “These are the projects in the
pipeline for this year.”