PUMPKIN SPICE AND holiday music have run their course. However, you can easily trade a Silent Night for sea air, sunshine and chilled Sauvignon in the sultry southern hemisphere, where temperatures rarely dip below 27 degrees Celsius and the island waters are warmed by a full summer sun.
Betsy Cox, CEO of Blackbook Concierge and magic-wand-waver to the most demanding clients, says it's no surprise people are itching for the summer side of the globe this year. "They've spent the pandemic in the Hamptons, Miami and Malibu, then they went to the Med," she says. "Now they're dying to go somewhere really exclusive, where they won't see anyone they know."
After Oceana and Southeast Asia spent the past two years sitting out some of the strictest COVID-19 lockdowns on the planet, resorts and developers are proving they didn't squander the time, unveiling a slew of super-luxe sanctuaries loaded with perks that simply can't be matched in the Caribbean.
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