IHG Hotels and Resorts is planning a major expansion across Mexico, with dozens of new hotels in the pipeline and a growing collection of luxury, lifestyle and premium properties from Cancun and Playa del Carmen to Mexico City and Baja California Sur. The company says Mexico is now its fifth-largest market worldwide by hotel count […]
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Saint Lucia’s Bay Gardens Resorts has appointed travel professional Kelly Fontenelle-Clarke as its representative in the United States market. The Atlanta-based representative has more than two dozen years of marketing experience, including many years working for her homeland with the Saint Lucia Tourist Board and the newly-formed Saint Lucia Tourism […]
The Saint Lucia Tourist Board has announced a new board of directors. The 12-member board has been appointed to oversee the organization’s operations for the 2016-2018 term. New St Lucia Tourism Minister Dominic Fedee recently met with the new board members to talk tourism issues on the island. The new board includes Agnes Francis (Chairperson), […]
After a very strong year in 2014, the pace of tourism growth in St Lucia has slowed so far in 2015. Last year, the island reported a 6 percent growth in stayover tourist arrivals compared to the previous year. So far in 2015, however, growth has slowed to 2.6 percent, according to the most recent […]
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