2009 T+L 500 Award

In their seventh annual "T+L 500", Travel + Leisure’s international team of reporters and editors checked out the 500 highest-rated hotels, resorts, inns, and lodges in their World’s Best survey and identified what makes them special.

The Reefs was ranked the #3 hotel in the Caribbean, Bermuda and the Bahamas, up from #9 last year.

The entire list of 500 hotels is published in the January 2009 issue of Travel + Leisure on newsstands now.

Bermuda's Best Makes the Gold List

The editors of Condé Nast Traveler have named The Reefs as one of the World’s Best Places to Stay for its fifth year in a row on their 2009 Gold List in the January issue on newsstands now.

Of more than 700 hotels worldwide selected from the 2008 readers’ survey results, The Reefs was the only Bermuda hotel to make the list.

More than 32,000 readers tested the top hotels and resorts around the world and named their favorites in the Readers' Choice Awards in November 2008. The Reefs was named the #3 Resort in the Atlantic!

What did Condé Nast Traveler readers have to say about The Reefs?

"Staff welcome you and they mean it."

And that's exactly what you will get when you stay at The Reefs ... superior service and the perfectly luxurious experience you are looking for.

Our Youngest Repeaters

The Fatta family of Gloucester, MA enjoys The Reefs so much, they return each year and have for the past 15.

Joe and Carol Fatta bring their twin sons, Nick and Kyle, with them every time. Having been to The Reefs each year since first grade, Nick and Kyle Fatta just may be our youngest multiple repeaters yet!

As all Reefs guests know, we offer wonderful family vacations. A few years ago the Fatta's even invited Joe's family to join them at The Reefs to help celebrate Joe's birthday.

Carol says The Reefs is "soooooo easy to get to from Boston Logan Airport." Less than a 2 hour flight and you're in sunny Bermuda. Perhaps that’s part of the reason they return year after year.

How long have you been coming to The Reefs? Let us know!

JetBlue Upgrades Plane for New York Flight

Here's some good news for Bermuda fans from New York - JetBlue Airways will increase its seat capacity by 50 percent between Bermuda and New York for part of the first quarter of 2009.

The added capacity for the Bermuda-JFK route takes place from February 12 and will run until April, when JetBlue Airways will fly an Airbus 320 instead of the Embraer 190.

The Airbus 320 aircraft carries 150 passengers; the Embraer 190 carries 100 passengers. In total it will make an extra 3,500 seats available over the course of the initiative.

So, escape the cold and head to Bermuda. We have some very enticing specials to make your vacation at The Reefs even better whether you prefer a short break from the cold or a romantic escape.

New Currency for 2009

In early 2009, the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) will release $1 million worth of bank notes with a whole new look and feel - the first redesign of the Bermudian currency since the Bermuda dollar was issued in 1970.

The new bank notes will use of bold colors and local scenes, flora and fauna. Click here to see the new bank notes.

The notes also will carry new security features including:

• a watermark of a hibiscus flower and an electrolyte in the shape of a sail boat
• see-through features which will be unique to each denomination
• serial numbers increasing in size
• an iridescent band on the $20, $50 and $100 bills
• a latent image

No longer will the Queen's portrait be the main image on the notes - it will be moved to the front left corner of the notes after the BMA was given approval by Buckingham Palace and the UK Post Office.

When you come to Bermuda next year you will be able to see the new Bermudian currency for yourself!