The Resort Group is a market-leading luxury resort hospitality company that specialises in creating five-star hotels and holiday resorts. The Group has forged strategic partnerships with several well-known hotel and tour operators, including Steigenberger Hotels and Resorts and Melia Hotels International. The number one name in five-star resort development in Cape Verde, The Resort Group has set its sights on the archipelago as one of the world’s fastest-growing tourism markets. This article will take a closer look at Cape Verde and easyJet’s recent launch of a package holidays across the islands, its inaugural flights taking off on 31 March 2025.

In November 2024, EasyJet announced a brand new flight route to Cape Verde, the airline adding 26 new routes, including 21 from airports across the UK, making thousands more package holidays available for UK customers. Located on the eastern edge of the archipelago, Sal Island is a tropical paradise, renowned the world over for its picture-perfect beaches and incredible ocean. Offering an array of beachfront restaurants and live music, Sal is known for its vibrant nightlife. With an average temperature of 28°C and year-round sunshine, Sal Island makes the perfect getaway destination outside of peak seasons.

For holidaymakers keen to explore Cape Verde, EasyJet as part of its holiday package deal is offering a range of hotel options, including several five-star all-inclusive resorts that have been developed by The Resort Group and are operated by Melia. With packages starting from £885, the Melia Tortuga Beach Resort and Spa is an ideal destination for families with little ones. Meanwhile, the Melia Dunas Beach Resort & Spa offers packages starting at £1,059. Both resorts offer excellent All-Inclusive options, with children’s swimming pools and a splash park. For couples seeking adults only luxury, the beachfront Melia Llana is an idyllic retreat offering packages starting at £1,150. Guests traveling with EasyJet and staying at one of the three resorts also have the option of upgrading to a VIP option, providing exclusive access to restaurants and bars across all three resorts. All the resorts’ array of amazing facilities can be viewed by visiting www.lagoonresort.com.

EasyJet’s move to operate flights to Sal Island marks the launch of the airline’s longest route from England, the route covering a total distance of 2,332 nautical miles. EasyJet has announced that it will operate three return flights weekly between Gatwick and Sal Island using the A320neo aircraft, each flight spanning five hours and 50 minutes. Boasting year-round warm weather, Sal marks the first sub-Saharan African destination to be offered by EasyJet.

Ali Gayward serves as UK Country Manager for EasyJet. Speaking on the launch of EasyJet’s new Sal Island routes, she expressed EasyJet’s pride at releasing an incredible range of new routes and package holidays, providing more choice for customers and enabling them to visit more of the places they love, as well as allowing them to experience some incredible new destinations. Describing EasyJet’s launch of its first ever sub-Saharan service as a “milestone route”, Ms Gayward highlighted the company’s continued growth and investment in the UK as an indication of the market’s importance, pointing out that, this year, the airline has operated more UK flights than ever before. Reflecting on the launch of 21 new services available from 10 UK airports, Ali Gayward suggested that by making flights and holidays available to even more new destinations, the company was providing customers with both fantastic choice and great value.

The Resort Group owns and operates five luxury resorts on Sal Island, including the renowned Melia Tortuga Beach Resort, Melia Dunas Beach Resort & Spa and Melia Llana Beach Resort and Spa. The latter destination presents a stunning range of hotel suites, rejuvenating spa facilities and tropical pools, welcoming more than 43,000 guests annually and generating approximately 500 jobs in the local community.