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Antigua had a particularly tough year in 2009, with arrivals from
the UK down by a fifth, but the tourism authority is optimistic
it will reach 2006-07 levels again this year. As well as the ever-
popular Antigua Sailing Week, the island hosted the Caribbean
600 race for the first time this year. November saw the launch of
Nonsuch Bay, a collection of cottages, apartments and villas close
to English Harbour, while December saw the reopening of
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Antigua’s iconic Jumby Bay. The Rosewood resort closed in
summer 2008 for a $28-million renovation project, adding a new
Sense spa, two new restaurants and redesigned guestrooms. “It
being out of action really impacted us,” says Colin James, chief
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executive of Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority. The tourism
authority relaunched its website last month, with an agents’ area
detailing incentives, fam trip opportunities and training.
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Barbados
Barbados fared slightly better than Antigua, with UK arrivals
around 13% down year-on-year. The 2010 ICC World Twenty20
cricket is expected to pull in visitors, with many of the matches,
including the men’s and women’s finals, to be held in Barbados.
Fine dining continues as a key theme, with the successful
Gourmet Card, launched last year, making a comeback and
Barbados remains the only Caribbean island to have a Zagat
Guide. The Elegant Hotels Group has undergone a rebranding
to bring its five properties more clearly under the Elegant Estate – a six-room boutique hotel by the luxury chocolatier
umbrella. Major expansion at The Crane continues, with a new – is eagerly anticipated to open by the end of the year. The
Italian restaurant, fitness centre and ice-cream parlour shortly $100-million redevelopment at Jalousie Plantation, which
to open in The Crane Village. will relaunch as The Tides Sugar Beach, continues apace. Its
new Rainforest Spa, with seven treehouse treatment rooms set
St Lucia among natural pools on the mountainside, is to open by May.
St Lucia had a similar struggle last year, with UK arrivals 14%
down. But the island is looking forward to another spectacular Jamaica
Jazz Festival in May, with Toni Braxton, Corrine Bailey Rae, While many islands saw tourism dip in 2009, Jamaica bucked the
Shaggy and Buena Vista Social Club all confirmed. Calabash Cove trend by seeing an overall increase of 4%. Tourism minister
and Cap Maison have already established themselves within Edmund Bartlett predicts that 2010 might see an increase of a
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