St. Vincent and The Grenadines wants to build some new hotels. With 2,200 rooms right now, it’s aiming for 3,500 to 4,000 rooms in the near future.
According to travel week, CEO of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority, Glen Beache has his eye on several top brands, including the Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is also in talks with several Canadian tour operators including WestJet Vacations and Air Canada Vacations for direct flights.
Canada is a coveted market for St. Vincent and the Grenadines. “Canada has always been an exciting market with a lot of potential for us,” says Beache.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines gets 80,000 visitors per year right now, including about 8,000 Canadians. “Canadians tend to travel more and be more adventurous than their neighbours to the south,” he said. “Canada has always been a steady performer.
I think we need to up our game and make sure people know what St. Vincent and the Grenadines is about, travel quoted Beache as saying.
Beache while in Canada also stated that Chartered direct flights will be heading down for carnival and more charter flights will be available in the fall and winter months.
As for who goes in first with direct scheduled flights, it’s a matter of wait and see. “Getting direct flights opens up a lot of opportunities for us,” says Beache. “It’s exciting times.” TRAVEL WEEKLY
