April 14th, 2019
According to a recent article in the BVI News, Six Senses Hotel, Resort and Spa, an internationally-acclaimed five-star resort brand, has announced plans to build a new resort on Virgin Gorda.
In the article, Dr Hubert O’Neal, District Representative for the Ninth Electoral District, said plans are underway for the development bringing the promise of more employment opportunities for persons in the local tourism and hospitality sector. “Thanks to your NDP government, there is expected to be a brand new five-star development called Six Senses Resort and Spa at the Blunder Bay area here in North Sound. This development is on the magnitude and scale of Little Dix Bay, and the government has already given the green light for this exciting new development,” Dr O’Neal said at a National Democratic Party (NDP) rally in North Sound, Virgin Gorda on Tuesday.
BVI Traveller was created in September of 2017 to help tourism in the British Virgin Islands recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Irma.
To that end, we met our goals. In the past 7 years there have been over 1.2 million visits to the website and over 3 million pages have been viewed. There are over 1,000 pages on the site featuring news posts and detailed listings on all hotels, villas, restaurants and sailing charters located in the BVI. The BVI Government and many business, hotels, villas and sailing charters have all agreed that the site “moved the needle on tourism” after Irma.
The site, however, has run its course. It has served its purpose by bringing visitors and local businesses together to rebuild the tourist industry and it is now time to shut down operations for good.
I want to thank everyone for your help and support.
Chuck Metter