St. Kitts

Saint Kitts – Nevis Youth Urged To Seek Help From SKIPA

St. Kitts - Nevis - Prime Minister Douglas

St. Kitts – Nevis – Prime Minister Douglas
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
May 26, 2008 (CUOPM)

Young people in St. Kitts and Nevis have been urged to seek the help and assistance that they require from the newly-created St. Kitts Investment Promotion Agency and the new National Entrepreneurial Development Division to establish businesses.

Prime Minister and Minster of Finance, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said substantial debt has been incurred with the closure of the sugar industry to create a new national economy based on tourism and hospitality services, information, telecommunications and technology services and financial services.

“They must get adequate access to the ever-expanding financial resources of our financial institutions to finance their mortgages, education, business ventures and other personal projects of interest to them. They must share in the vast amount of foreign exchange earnings that is generated from the unprecedented number of cruise ship and stay-over visitors that now come to our shores,” said Dr. Douglas.

He said that St. Kitts and Nevis must embrace the youths by not only showing them love, but by giving them the guidance they need to reach out and grasp their share of the abundance of opportunities that are being created in the twin-island Federation.

Dr. Douglas said that the Federation could not have made the massive strides in the creation of the new economy without incurring debt.

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Silver Reef Development Construction To Start In May

Silver Reef Development - St. Kitts

Artist’s Concept Silver Reef Development

Basseteere, Saint Kitts – Nevis
May 20, 2008 (CUOPM)

Construction is to start soon on the US$30 million Silver Reef Resort on St. Kitts’ Frigate Bay.

The project involves the construction of 54 one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments and 8 duplex villas, two swimming pools and a small, but much needed, 12,000 square foot commercial area, which has attracted local entrepreneurs wishing to bring their expertise in the form of restaurants, shops and a bank.

“This exciting development is unique in its combination of smart condominium apartments and exclusive private villas laid out in a lush, tropical setting of thoughtfully landscaped gardens punctuated with signature pools and cabanas.  Its stunning location, running beside the immaculate Royal St. Kitts Golf Course will make it a landmark resort,” said Chairman of Silver Reef, Mr. Sebastian Mottram.

He said that the 4.5 acre Silver Reef Resort has been 18 months in the planning and it is anticipated that it will be another 20 months in the execution.

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More Princess Cruise Line Ships For St. Kitts – Nevis

Crown Princess In Saint Kitts - Nevis

Crown Princess In Saint Kitts – Nevis
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
May 19, 2008 (CUOPM)

Taxi drivers, tour operators and other stakeholders in the cruise ship industry in St. Kitts and Nevis can look forward to better days ahead as the governing St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party Administration of Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas continues to attract more cruise ships to Port Zante.

Itineraries released by Princess Cruises show that three of its ships cruising the Caribbean will visit St. Kitts for the 2009-2010 season.

The 3,110-passenger Caribbean Princess will sail from alternating seven-day itineraries out of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

It will offer one eight-day Bermuda & Eastern Caribbean sailing from New York to San Juan calling at Bermuda, St. Kitts, Antigua and St. Thomas, departing Oct. 24, 2009.

The Classic Southern Caribbean route will include stops in St. Thomas, Tortola, Antigua, Barbados and St. Lucia, while the Southern Caribbean Explorer route stops in St. Thomas, Dominica, Grenada, Bonaire and Aruba.

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PM Says, “Upscale Tourism A Must For St. Kitts – Nevis”

Turtle Bay Beach, St. Kitts - Nevis

Turtle Bay Beach, St. Kitts – Nevis
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
May 19, 2008 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas says high-end tourism services must be a major component of the new economy following the closure of the sugar industry three years ago.

He also told hundreds of members and supporters attending the 76th Annual Conference of his St. Kitts – Nevis Labour Party at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort and Royal Beach Casino that Kittitians and Nevisians must always have access to the beaches, natural assets and heritage sites.

Dr. Douglas said that the diversification of the economy from sugar agriculture with tourism, financial, information and communication technology and offshore education services is already delivering substantial social and economic benefits to the people of the federation.

“The strategic focus is on the high-end sector of the tourism industry because it does not seem likely that mass tourism can deliver to our people the quality of life that is consistent with our own long-term goals and aspirations as a people. We believe that high-end tourism gives us the opportunity to obtain the best value for the services we offer the world, and creates the value added necessary to support progressive increases in the wages and salaries of our people without undermining the competitiveness of our Federation. High-end tourism services also allow us to earn substantial foreign exchange without having to accommodate large volumes of tourists and to place undue burdens on our social and economic infrastructure and on our fragile eco-system,” said the St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister.

He noted that while many persons associate high-end tourism with exclusivity, the policy of the Government on this issue is very clear and unequivocal and is properly reflected in all development agreements that have been signed to date.

“Our beaches and our natural assets and built heritage sites are the property of our people and every Kittitian and Nevisian must always have adequate access to these assets at all times,” said Prime Minister Douglas.

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