St. Lucia Hope to Add 5,000 Guestrooms in Three Years

Saint Lucia is aiming to double its hotel capacity and wants to strengthen its presence in Canada.

It’s shaping up to be a banner year for Saint Lucia, as the country celebrates its 40th independence anniversary in 2019. Building on its success, the island is undertaking major projects for tourism development, including expanding its airport by 2022. Saint Lucia also wants to expand its hotels to welcome twice as many visitors.

About 40,000 Canadian travelers came to Saint Lucia in 2018, says Rod Hanna, Trade Sales Manager Canada for the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority.

Others like Sandals Resorts and Sunwing Travel Group, parent company of Blue Diamond Resorts, are expanding their offerings on the island.

Sunwing, with its Royalton Saint Lucia hotel already successful on the island, recently bought the Papillon by Rex Resorts property and transformed and divided it into two resorts: Starfish St. Lucia and the Mystique Royal St. Lucia.

Sandals Resorts meanwhile already has three properties on the island and another one to come in the next two years, near the Sandals Grande St. Lucian.

Source: Travelweek Group