Festival Site Updates
June 2, 2026
Hotel Riu Ocho Rios booking request
For those booking a room at the Hotel Riu Ocho Rios, please email Herchial Fisher at [email protected] as soon as you have booked your room(s). If you have already completed your reservation, please still contact Mr. Fisher with the booking information. As Feast coordinator the information regarding the number of rooms booked by the Festival attendees is important in his communication with the resort management.
Site Description
Housing
Hotel RIU offers Junior Suites (Garden View), which have refrigerators, microwaves, minibars and coffee makers. A group code will be provided for reservations. The USD rates are:
- SGL occupancy $217.50
- DBL occupancy $300
- TPL occupancy $427.50
- Child $75 each
All-Inclusive Resort dining
- Breakfast (Full American breakfast buffet and live cooking stations, Continental breakfast/snacks)
- Lunch (Hot and cold buffet and live cooking stations, Pizzas, pasta, salads and assorted desserts), Jerk station (traditional Jamaican barbecue)
- Dinner Buffets and live cooking stations with special themed buffets three times a week
- Restaurants: “Kulinarium” restaurant (à la carte), Asian restaurant (buffet), Italian restaurant (buffet), Steakhouse (à la carte; buffet starters and dessert)
- Snacks 24 hours a day
Onsite activities
- Five swimming pools, Jacuzzi, Splash Water World (water park with large slides)
- Snorkeling, windsurfing, kayaking, and catamaran sailing
- Solarium terrace, gym, sauna and the Renova Spa wellness centre
- Table tennis, diving and volleyball
- RIU evening programme, shows or live music, daily
- One introductory scuba diving lesson in pool
- See also visitjamaica.com; www.riu.com/en
Offsite activities include:
- Dunn’s River Tour, Horseback riding, River tubing. For more activities, see TripAdvisor.
International Airport: Sangster International Airport (MBJ), 58 miles away, about 1.5 to 2 hours.
Airport Transportation: The manager of Jamaica Tours is offering a round-trip rate of US$40. If interested, you can book the transfer with Newton Wholas ([email protected]) and mention you are with the Church of God, a Worldwide Association.
Video: See Hotel RIU YouTube Video
Please register for this site in the member portal. Hotel reservation information will be supplied once you are accepted.