LATEST UPDATE FROM SAMOA!
July 08, 2010

Talofa!
We have some exciting news to share with you from Coconuts Beach Club Resort & Spa. Since we re-opened Coconuts in mid-February, we have been so pleased to welcome many new guests, along with many of our very loyal Returning Nuts. We have been operating at capacity for some time now, and are happy to report that guests are loving the ‘new’ Coconuts. Here is a typical response from a recent guest:

Talofa....................................
I just wanted to say big personal Fa'afetai tele lava to you all for lovely hospitality that we received at Coconuts last week. Sam and I had an absolute fantastic time and loved every moment of it right from when we were picked up from the Airport to our pedicures to when we were delivered right back there to come home. The memories are priceless!!!!
Can you please pass on a big Fa'afetai also to Lina, Spider, Tala,Tara, John, Sione and I cant remember the lady’s name but she made awesome
margaritas in the pool bar, they are a great asset to your resort and are so lovely and welcoming and they make the experience so warming.
Our experience at Coconuts was a lot more then we expected and we are so happy we decided to stay at Coconuts. We will be definitely back soon (maybe after the credit card is paid off) The resort is looking fantastic and I can’t wait to come back and see it
when it is all completed. Good luck with the re-build and hope to see you all soon
Tessa :-)

INFRASTRUCTURE
I know, I know. Infrastructure news is boring. However, it is the very important infrastructure that allows us to operate Coconuts efficiently and effectively. I am quite pleased to report that we have achieved a few significant milestones in the rebuilding of our infrastructure. We now have a totally new electrical system in place, one that was specifically designed to service the existing resort structure, as well as handle the new additions that we have for our future – including our yet to be finalized addition of six new Over-the-Water Fales (now that is some exciting news in itself!). The old electrical system was designed for a bar, restaurant and a couple of shacks on the beach – sort of what we originally had in mind when we started Coconuts. Our new system is much more modern and able to handle higher capacity. What’s more, we now have in place a new generator that allows us to handle those (frequent) government power outages. We also have in place a new water system that includes water tanks. This new system, and new tanks now give us triple the capacity of our previous system. We are very happy to report that move-in has started in our recently completed new Staff Housing. We still have some work to be completed on the housing, which will involve the beautification aspects of this building, which should be completed over the next month or so.

Verandah of the Coco Suite Coco Suite Bedroom

Treehouse Bedroom

FALES
Now this is exciting news! We have made tremendous progress in rebuilding and repairing our Fales, and obtaining new furniture and furnishings. So much so, that we have significantly moved up the new opening dates for our Fales!

Two Bedroom Beach Fales
We previously projected that Fale A and Fale B (our two 2-bedroom Beach Fales) would be ready for new bookings starting on September 2, 2010. Well, I am happy to say that we have been able to advance that date and we are going to open both of them for bookings starting on August 2, 2010

One Bedroom Beach Fales
Having previously projected that these fales would also start to open up for bookings on September 2, 2010, we are pleased to announce that we have been able to advance that date. On August 2, 2010 we will open the first One-Bedroom Beach Fale (Fale C) for new bookings, and we hope to open additional One-Bedroom Beach Fales once every month thereafter.

Our Rack Rates for the Fales will be:

VILLAS
Not one, not two, but all three villas will be open starting August 2, 2010!!

Meal Deal US $64.99pp/day - includes full cooked breakfast, lunches (incl. picnics), 3-course dinner, PLUS unlimited glasses of house wine, beer and soft drinks at lunch and dinner
Please note: Rates do not include 15% Samoa VAT tax

Re-Opening Special: For stays of 3 nights or longer, we are offering our Suites and Beach Fales at a 50% discount off our RACK Rates and a 50% discount off our amazing Meal Deal.  This great special is valid for travel between 2 September 2010 – 31 March 2011, and is valid for sale through 30 September.  Both Accommodation and Meal Deal must be purchased together.  Booking Code:  New Beginnings

Other Updates
Our major construction effort at this time is the building of our Staff Housing. This new building is about 40% complete and we are projecting completion by mid-June. Once the Staff Housing is complete, our next major construction effort will be a new Office building.  Both of these activities take place at the entrance to the resort and, for the most part, have very minimal impact upon the guests.

Concurrently with the construction of the various buildings, we continue to rebuild our infrastructure. We are currently working on a new water storage and pumping system.  Installation of the first of three large water tanks is scheduled to begin on June 7th.  The water pumping system is already in place.  Once the storage tank is erected and the plumbing is completed (which is anticipated to take ten days), then the full water system will be operational, with the remaining two water tanks being for back-up.

Stay tuned for more exciting news from Coconuts. As always, we thank you so much for your support of Coconuts Beach Club, and we can’t wait to see you soon on our sandy shores.
Fa’afetai,
Barry