Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said “we are in extensive and detail discussions about the possibility of constructing a 120 room hotel. We already received the conceptual drawing for this hotel.”
Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran said that two anchors were identified for the execution plan, namely air transport links and development financing.
In 2010, Port-of-Spain and Kingston agreed to a deal that allowed the Jamaica government to own 16 per cent of CAL as part of the conditions for CAL taking over the lucrative routes of Air Jamaica.
Caribbean Airlines, which began operations in 2007, acquired Air Jamaica in 2011. The Jamaican Government has a 16 per cent stake in the Trinidadian air carrier.
The CaribbeanTravel.com website launched a few weeks ago with 33 destinations, nearly 400 hotel listings, and more than 100 restaurants and attractions.