CASTRIES, St. Lucia – St. Lucia’s award-winning boutique hotels – Coco Kreole and Coco Palm – will thank suppliers in London next week for a 400% increase in business from the British and wider European markets, the hotels’ managing director Feolla Chastanet reports.
Heading to the United Kingdom this week with other hoteliers and tourism officials to attend World Travel Market (WTM), Chastanet reported that over the past 12 months, the UK and European markets have yielded solid results for her properties.
“WTM gives us the opportunity to meet and thank our suppliers for the numbers they have produced as well as to get a pulse on what the market holds for the future,” said Chastanet, who will be backed up in London by her Sales and Marketing Manager, Fenna Williams.
She said current exchange rates make St. Lucia an attractive proposition for the European visitor, and she looked forward to talking with tour operators about confirming rates for 2009.
Feolla Chastanet
This will be Chastanet’s 20th consecutive year attending the prestigious trade show and her third year carrying the Coco Resorts banner.
Staged annually in London under one roof, World Travel Market is a must-attend, business-to-business exhibition. WTM provides a unique opportunity for the whole global travel trade industry to meet, network, negotiate, conduct business and stay abreast with the latest developments in the travel industry.
Chastanet said the November 12 to 15 London trade show is not limited to meeting British partners. It attracts worldwide buyers and sellers from every sector of the industry.
Before WTM, Coco Resorts takes part in the St. Lucia Tourist Board’s Ireland trade show in Dublin as the Celtic Tiger has been one of the shining stars in the European market.
“We have long felt an affinity with the Irish who have come to stay with us and felt at home. The fact that they are also big spenders is another bonus,” Chastanet noted.
