Category: Leeward Islands

  • Winter and Spring Events in Montserrat

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    Celebrate St Patrick’s Week March 13-20  Fondly known as “The Other Emerald Isle”, Montserrat is the only place in the world, besides Ireland, that recognises St. Patrick’s Day as a national holiday. In fact, the island has a week of celebrations, which this year will run  from March 13th – 20th, 2010. This event commemorates…

  • Windows of Parisian department stores , Christmas in Guadeloupe and our contest winners in 2009

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    Bonjour, The holidays are a special time to travel with family, your loved-one or to meet up with friends. This  e-news is an invitation to discover all the magic of Christmas in France: in Paris, the store windows and the Champs Elysees, the most beautiful avenue in the world, are all aglow. Let yourself get seduced by the…

  • Don’t slash budgets!…warns Caribbean Marketer

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    Source: Barbados Business Enterprise Corp. (BBEC) Contact: Bevan Springer, Marketplace Excellence  + 1 201 861-2056  + 1 201 861-2056 bevanspringer@nj.rr.com DON’T SLASH BUDGETS, WARNS CARIBBEAN MARKETER General Manager of Bay Gardens Hotel, Waltrude Patrick (second from right) welcomes the BBEC team to St. Lucia at last week’s Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx). From left: Jeremy Stephen, Dr. Basil Springer…

  • Ferry Schedule to Montserrat in December 2009

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    PUBLIC NOTICE ON FERRY OPERATIONS DEC 2 TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 The Ministry of Communications, Work & labour advises that a Ferry service will be in operation from December 2, 2009.  Passengers wishing to use the ferry Service should contact the local  Handling Agent  MONAIR Ports Services Ltd in Montserrat at telephone (664) 491-2533/2362, or…

  • Wow!!! Return of the Ferry Services to Montserrat (MNI) from December 2009

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    November 18, 2009Regular Ferry Service between Montserrat and Antigua Returns The Government of Montserrat is pleased to announce the return of a permanent ferry service between Antigua and Montserrat from December 2nd, 2009. The MV Deluxe out of Anguilla will provide short term ferry service during the December period.  The schedule for the MV deluxe…

  • Winter Holiday News 2009-2010

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    Winter Holiday News 2009-2010 November 16, 2009 — Wanderlusts who are yearning to get away during the upcoming holidays should look no further and book a trip to one of the many sun or ski destinations below to ring in the festive season. With special holiday deals and offerings from Saint Lucia to Switzerland to…

  • Fly Montserrat News . Nov 12th, 2009

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    12th November 2009FlyMontserrat is proud to announce the launch of its first scheduled flight service between Montserrat and Antigua.The Government of Montserrat has approved the service which offers one return flight per day from the 1st to the 15 December 2009, and thereafter two return flights every day.   Starting 01 December, FlyMontserrat will offer customers …

  • Caribbean Stories of Love and Food!

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    CARIBBEAN STORIES OF LOVE AND FOOD November 2009 – St. John’s, Antigua At last! Exquisitely original vegetarian recipes attributed to the West Indian islands from Antigua, Montserrat, St. Kitts, St. Maarten, Barbados and as far south as Curacao in the Caribbean Sea. Jacinta “Jazz” Fenton, chef and nutritional coach, has published a 100-page book of…

  • Montserrat is in one of the 25 Best New Trips for 2010

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    This month’s issue of National Geographic Adventure Magazine is out and Montserrat is included as one of the 25 Best New Trips for 2010.    See web link below to the email version of the story   <http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/2009/11/best-new-trips-2010/trips-t ext/19> http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/2009/11/best-new-trips-2010/trips-te xt/19        To view a scanned copy from the actual magazine go to:…

  • MEDIA MAVENS CMEx BOUND IN SAINT LUCIA (Oct 13, 2009)

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    MEDIA MAVENS CMEx BOUND IN SAINT LUCIA CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA (October 13, 2009) – Media mavens and communications connoisseurs, most of them women, are planning to converge on Saint Lucia to discuss climate change and tourism outreach to multicultural communities in December. Several top communications specialists from the Caribbean, North America and Europe are offering…