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Lucia has experienced a surge in UK arrivals as it continues to improve airside and airfield operations, due to be completed within the next 30 months. The latest figures released by the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority report an 11.2% increase in UK visitors, with British tourists staying for the highest number of nights (averaging 10). stlucia.org
NEW ITINERARY FROM CARIBTOURS
Caribtours has created a new Caribbean itinerary for travel between Good Friday and the early May bank holiday.
The trip uses only eight days of annual leave and costs £4,669pp for 16 nights across Saint Lucia, Bequia and Barbados. Clients will enjoy a six-night stay at East Winds, then onwards to Bequia Beach Hotel for five nights and finally Barbados for a five-night stay at The Sandpiper.
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NEW ANGUILLA FOR BUMPER 2019
Anguilla is “back better than before Hurricane Irma”, with refurbished and new properties improving the tourism offering, said the island’s UK Director of Tourism, Carolyn Brown.
New openings include the 128room and suite Belmond Cap Juluca. The five-star Malliouhana is to introduce 11 new beachfront suites and a spa over the coming months and CuisinArt Golf
Resort and Spa has reopened on Rendezvous Bay after a full refurbishment.
WITH 2020 being dubbed the year of ‘the Gathering’, Barbadians across the world are being invited home for a grand coming together. Barbadians ‘by birth marriage or by choice’ will be able to reconnect with family and friends and help to stimulate the economy with each month focusing on a different parish. Themed holiday packages will reflect the campaign throughout 2020. visitbarbados.org