St. Kitts

Monetary Council Maintains Interest & Discount Rates

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank – St. Kitts Photo By Erasmus Williams Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis July 21, 2008 (CUOPM) The Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) will maintain the institution’s interest and discount rates. A communiqué …

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St. Kitts – Nevis Sports Tourism Remains Popular

Members Of The Toronto Cricket Academy

Members Of The Toronto Cricket Academy
Photo By Erasmus Williams
Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
July 17, 2008 (SKNIS)

St. Kitts and Nevis remains a top draw for sports tourism as numbers indicate another record setting year.

A twenty-seven member cricket team including 16 officials out of Canada was the latest to visit the Federation on a July 2 to 10 tour.

Brian Hale, President and Coach of the Toronto Cricket Academy gave some insight on his team stating that he founded the institution in 1990. They started international tours in 2000 and have visited several territories including California, Lancashire, Somerset, Guyana, Trinidad and Barbados.

When asked about his impression of Warner Park, he said that the facility has to be rated as “one of the finest in this region.” “I like it because it suits the island “¦ and it’s properly maintained. I think this is the pride of the island,” he stressed.

Having visited 20 years ago to represent his country in a cricket match against the Windward Islands, Hale stated that has been a tremendous difference.

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Queen Victoria Cruise Passengers To Be Greeted By Statue

Queen Victoria Statue - Basseterre, St. Kitts

Queen Victoria Statue – Basseterre, St. Kitts
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
July 17, 2008 (CUOPM)

Passengers on the 90,000 tonne Queen Victoria will see a statue in her honour when they disembark from the Cunard liner named in her honour.

The Queen Victoria, which has a capacity of 2010 passengers, will dock at Port Zante on December 20th on its inaugural call to St. Kitts – Nevis during its 22-day Caribbean Holiday Cruise.

“Dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria erected by the people of St. Kitts A.D. 1902,” is engraved on the monument erected in her memory at the round-a-bout at Baker’s Corner. Its original home was at the round-a-bout near the Cardin Home but was relocated to its present site in the late 1960’s.

The Queen Victoria begins its Caribbean Holiday Cruise in Southampton, England on December 11th and will spend a total of 13 days at sea while visiting Ponta Delgada in the Azores, Antigua, St. Lucia, Grenada, Barbados, Madeira and Vigo in Spain before returning to Southampton, England on January 2nd 2009.

Cunard’s sister Ships, the Queen Mary 2 and QE2 have visited St. Kitts on previous occasions.

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Mandarin Oriental Turns Its Focus To The Americas

Mandarin Oriental - St. Kitts - Nevis

Mandarin Oriental – St. Kitts – Nevis –  An Artist’s Conception
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
July 16,  2008 (CUOPM)

The St. Kitts Mandarin is among the 21 hotels and 18 properties in the pipeline, as the Mandarin Oriental group is embarking on an unprecedented level of growth in the next three years, especially in the Americas.

Mandarin Oriental, who just opened its first Mexico property this year, will also look to expand their portfolio in that region with Costa Rica, Grand Cayman, and St. Kitts.

Last year, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel announced in New York and St. Kitts its intention to establish a luxury hotel resort in St. Kitts and Nevis which it expects will become its flagship resort in the Caribbean.

Firesky Ventures, Auberge Resorts and Kiawah Development Partners unveiled a comprehensive tourism development programme for the Southeast Peninsula, that would launch the Federation to the forefront of the high-end, luxury sector of the Caribbean tourism market.

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