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# The island if St Vincent is 20 miles long by 11 miles wide.
# St Vincent has a local airport where you can fly from several other islands: Barbados, Tobago, Antiqua, Grenada, St Lucia, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic. The international airport is due to open in 2011 in Argyle.
# The Grenadines make up a chain of 32 islands and Cays in total, namely Mustique, where Mick Jagger and the royalty holiday (Princess Margaret had a home there), Canouan, where Raffles run a resort and Donald Trump is building a resort with prices starting at $1 million. Young island is where Bill Gates daughter wed.
# St Vincent is the largest island in the Grenadines and looks practically untouched along most of the coastline.
# St Vincent is volcanic and therefore has dark sand. The scenery is beautiful, with mountains covered in palm trees, waterfalls and plenty of lush green foliage.
# It is no wonder the movie 'Pirates of the Caribbean' has filmed all three movies on the island, you can still visit the film set today.
# The water in St Vincent is very clean and is one of only 12 places in the world where you can drink water straight from the tap untreated.
# Even though the tourism on the island is in its youth, last year 200,000 people visited the island on a cruise compared to 553,000 in Barbados.
# The Grenadines is famous for yachting and as you sail around the islands you will see some of the clearest water in the world with sightings of turtles and dolphins almost guaranteed.
# St Vincent and the Grenadines is also a Mecca for divers as the marine life, visible at 20 feet, can only be seen on other Caribbean islands at around 80 feet.
# Only around 7 or 8 bays along west coast can be developed (the rest is mountain) this is great news for investors as it guarantees the property market can not become saturated.
# St Vincent has stunning sunsets. The island is one of a few islands where you will see a ‘green flash’ as the sun sets, a rare sight.
# There are currently only 3 hotels on the island, which only have around 30 rooms in each. Its no wonder the island has not yet been placed on the tourist map, as there is practically nowhere for tourists to stay.
# There are no official figures for capital growth on St Vincent. Prices on this development are one fifth of west coast Barbados and a quarter of west coast St Lucia. Neighboring islands have been used as comparables, as well as the Crane in Barbados for prices and room rates.
The Resort
# The Resort is built to 5* classification will have some of the most unique facilities a modern hotel has ever seen. The resort will have a pure white sand beach, as sand will be shipped in from Guyana.
# A pirate ship has been commissioned which is a replica of the Black Pearl in the movie 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. This will be a restaurant floating offshore.
# There is a cave in the bay as you approach the beach, this will have a glass walkway taking you to probably the only cave bar in the world which is on glass with down lighting so you can view the fish at night.
# All cabanas will have lagoons running between them, these will house coi carp, which not only look beautiful, and they will also serve a purpose. Black coi carp eat mosquito larvae, which will reduce the number of mosquitos on the resort tenfold. Fish are currently being bred on site.
# To create a dramatic effect at night, the cliff will be softly lit.
# In keeping with other resorts, it will have a 20,000 sq ft spa built on a lagoon, called 'Spa Island'. This island will also house luxury 1 bed cabanas with private infinity pool, massage huts and outdoor tables for in house dining. These will be perfect for honeymooners. (These properties have not yet been released).
# One cabana is being built for VIP guests, this cabana will have a full size swimming pool, massage hut and outdoor Jacuzzi, and it will be sectioned off away from prying eyes.
# The resort will have the islands first casino, which will be housed near the conference center (another first for the island). The conference center is very important as nowadays a lot of blue chip companies provide conference holidays for their staff; these will help to keep occupancy at a high level, as some large companies have been known to fill complete resorts for 2 weeks at a time. The Prime minister will also use the conference facilities because at the moment he has to hold meetings in his house.
# Due to the developers commitment to the island, they have Government backing. The developers have modernized the airport, providing air conditioning, filled pot holes in the roads and is now the 2nd largest employer on the island, with almost 500 employees, after the government.
# Another reason the government are behind the developers is that they are developing in an environmentally friendly way. The resort will be powered by a biodiesel generator, which uses natural fuel. The water will be recycled on the resort into grey water for the gardens. All of the trees which had to be dug up for building have been replanted, there is a nursery on site in which shoots are currently being taken from the foliage to grow.
# The developer is buying an airplane which can provide guests with a transfer from Barbados. Guests will arrive at St Vincent and be ushered into their own private check in business lounge without delay and taken straight to the resort. There will also be the option to fly from Barbados in a sea plane, which will take guests straight to the resort beach and have a customs check on the jetty.
Feasibility Study
Before launching the development, the developer commissioned a feasibility study carried out by PKF. This is a lengthy study which looks at the design of the resort, the plot of land and the island in general and then to take every worst case scenario into account; i.e: what if there was a flood or hurricane, how would it affect revenue, what should be done to help prevent these things. Everything mentioned in the study has been taken into account. As an example the report advised to raise this development by 7-9" as 40 years before hand there was very heavy rainfall. In fact, the developer raised the land by 3 and a half feet and in some areas by 6 feet.
The outcome is that due to the design of the resorts and the PKF study, which states that the resorts will make a compelling proposition to any hotel chain, there have been a string of prestigious hotel chains bidding for the resort. The hotel chain will be named later this year, at which time there will be re branding a significant price increase on all available properties.
