Expansion of St Kitts’ Frigate Bay Beach Resort Slated to Finish in 2015

By: - November 15th, 2013

Above: St Kitts (CJ Photo)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

The expansion of the Frigate Bay Beach Hotel in St Kitts will include the addition of 12 new rooms when it reopens in January 2015.

The property, which closed Nov. 1 to begin its renovation, would have 76 rooms upon completion, according to a spokesman.

The Frigate Bay Beach Hotel is one of several properties on the island currently being refurbished.

Earlier this year, the Ocean Terrace Inn received a $5 million loan from St Kitts’ Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation to upgrade what is the twin-island federation’s oldest boutique hotel.

St Kitts and Nevis Tourism Minister Ricky Skerritt has said the country needs to increase its hotel stock.

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