Fairmont Plans Turks & Caicos Hotel

Here's some welcome news: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts plans to build a 150-room resort and a 150-room condo hotel on the west coast of North Caicos in the Turks & Caicos islands. Slated to open in 2009, the hotel will have a Willow Stream spa and a championship golf course.

Fairmont already has three other luxury Caribbean properties: two hotels in Bermuda and one in Barbados. I haven't been to the Barbados hotel, but the Fairmont Southampton and Hamilton Princess resorts in Bermuda are some of the best in the Caribbean. With the growing popularity of Turks & Caicos, luxury travelers will definitely want to consider the new Fairmont once it opens for business.