Thursday, July 8, 2010

Will Saint Lucia Suffer if Cuba Opens Up To Travel?

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

You're talking about strategic and rational thinking that is not available within the policy making persoanl.

Sad to Say!!!!!!!!!!!

July 8, 2010 at 7:34 PM
Anonymous said...

Well I have always dreaded that day and under the Obama Administration anything can happen. This will actually spell disaster for St Lucia as Cuba is an untapped market with so much potential that would blow the tourist away. I would love to travel to Cuba, cause I love the old architecture and the vast landscape with laden with ancient artifacts.

July 9, 2010 at 7:20 AM
Pe'lay said...

Mr. George you are way back in the stone age if you think that this has not been considered by every Caribbean country including even Puerto Rico & and US Virgin Islands. The history of Cuba alone points to what you are suggesting here. The great Copacabana Hotel still stands, and the curiosity of Americans (who are a very curious breed) will have them flocking to Cuba in droves. So this article of yours is really nothing new to Caribbean governments. But, that is still a future venture, so let's hope we can find a way around it by then.

July 9, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Anonymous said...

we told you so....

July 10, 2010 at 11:20 AM
Anonymous said...

It is inevitable; I think before Obama leaves office, he will seek friendly relationship with Cuba. Not if, but when this happens, lots of hotels on these small Islands will go on the auction block. Sorry, but that's the reality of it. I fear for the escalation of crime on these Islands. Castro have done a good job in the fight against crime, especially the crime of drug trafficking, something that the small Island states are struggling with. I have no sympathy for the hotel owners; St.lucia hotels are way over priced compared to Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico etc. Sorry guys, but its back to the soil.

July 10, 2010 at 7:34 PM
Anonymous said...

Anonumous, this is one time I fully agree with you. I have always said that for our hotels to have a chance at survival they must reduce their prices. I do not mean to boast, but as an airline employee for 21 years, my family and I have had the good fortune to travel to the four corners of the globe and to stay in some very fine hotels, which were priced at even 50% less than ours. This is what our hotel owners have to consider seriously, if they must survive in this industry, even before a place like Cuba opens up. And please don't tell us that they need government subsidiary or have to lower staff salaries to do that. The fact is volume would certainly increase on a beautiful island like ours, if hotel prices were lower.

July 11, 2010 at 12:45 AM

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