Government has again promised that the long-awaited opening of the Wyndham Grand Hotel, at the site of the historic Sam Lord’s Castle Hotel, will finally take place “by the year-end”.Additionally, Minister of Tourism Senator Lisa Cummins said that when the St. Philip facility does open, it will be a personification of what was presently being done in tourism. That is, incorporating a little bit of the old and a whole lot of the new, to take the sector forward.Speaking at a service of thanksgiving at the Sanctuary Empowerment Centre, Country Road, St. Michael on Sunday to launch the Tourism Week of activities, Cummins also said that the 450-room hotel will be a major site for the meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE) market. At the same time, making up the seating capacity lost at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre with the emergence and expansion of Ross University at the Two Mile Hill, St. Michael facility.
Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, said several initiatives aimed at reinvigorating the tourism sector were currently being planned, including future investment into a new convention centre. She was speaking on Sunday during a thanksgiving service to commemorate the start of Barbados Tourism week, held at the Sanctuary Empowerment Centre in Country Road, St Michael. Further referencing the current hotel project at Sam Lord’s Castle, the minister …
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Minister of Tourism Senator Lisa Cummins and Member of Parliament for St Michael South Kirk Humphrey expressed those sentiments yesterday during the official opening of Nautilus Ocean Suites and Bayside Bistro, Upper Bay Street, St Michael. During her address, Cummins said they were working on a new law that would address issues such as the safety of turtles. “We are preparing to finalise new sustainable development tourism legislation that will …