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ing, kayaking, and a free scuba lesson in the pool; plus
one catamaran cruise and a glass-bottom boat cruise.
Odle says that about half of his guests are from the
United Kingdom and the other half are spread among
the U.S., Canada, and the rest of Europe. Mango Bay
has a year-round occupancy rate of about 72 percent.
But to Odle, an even more important statistic is its re-
peat rate. “One of the things that we pride ourselves
on is that we have a high repeat clientele – in excess
of 40 percent,” he reports. “We market consistently,
but a lot of our business is word-of-mouth - and a lot
of it is repeat.”
Mango Bay has received its share of awards over the
years, including those in the Best All-Inclusive Resorts
