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St. Lucia undertakes rebranding initiative

As the island plays host to Caribbean Hotel Tourism Association’s Marketplace, the St Lucia Tourist Board (SLTB) announced its new brand strategy in an effort to strengthen St. Lucia’s market position. SLTB will launch a comprehensive new marketing campaign in … Continue reading

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Jalousie, St. Lucia Update

We are pleased to share the following report on Jalousie Hotel from Hermina Danzie, General Manager at Carib Travel, our DMC partner in St. Lucia. The second phase of development, breaking ground, took place yesterday at Jalousie Enclave with M … Continue reading

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Jalousie Plantation rebranded Tides Sugar Beach

Jalousie Plantation, known to many as being located in the “Valley of the Pitons” in St. Lucia is being repositioned and rebranded as The Tides Sugar Beach. Scheduled to close in summer 2009, the resort will undergo an extensive $100M … Continue reading

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Spa Pampering in the Caribbean

Condé Nast Traveler this month features 10 new spas and treatments that it declares are worth the trip. Included are 68,000-square-foot Fern Tree at Half Moon Resort in Jamaica, the Green Coffee Wrap at the spa at Curtain Bluff, Antigua, … Continue reading

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Music is the Headliner for More Caribbean Destinations

Antigua and Barbuda will this year join the likes of Jamaica, St. Lucia and Tobago as it launches Romantic Rhythms Music Festival. Scheduled for 12-15 June, the venues include the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium and Fort James which overlooks the … Continue reading

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What’s hot and happening for 2008

Travel mags are out with their annual lists of bests for 2008. No surprise is St. Lucia making Conde Nast’s IT List of the 10 destinations that you will be hearing about this year. With new resorts such as Discovery … Continue reading

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This Winter’s Warm-Weather Getaways

St. Lucia is one of 10 warm and sunny island paradises making USA Today’s list of warm-weather getaways.

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A Mouthwatering Review – St. Lucia Food and Rum Festival

If like me you were not able to make it to the second annual Food and Rum Festival in St. Lucia earlier this month, Jamaica Observer’s Foodie, Matthew A Hogarth gives this delightful review of the event. It’s best not … Continue reading

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