Montserrat is being showcased with a booth and display materials at the ever-popular Antigua Sailing Week. Read more…
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TOURISM DIVISION EFFORT BRINGS STEVE HARVEY SHOW WINNERS TO MONTSERRAT
The lucky winners of the holiday giveaway, ‘Montserrat Villa Vacation’ which was awarded on the Steve Harvey Show, arrived on island on Thursday February 15, for their four-night vacation package. Adriane and Erick Adkins from Chicago, Illinois won the award in March 2017 during their appearance on the US based television programme. Read more…
Our Paradise Lost: A Volcano That Changed Montserrat Forever
Written by Amandla Thomas-Johnson 18/07/2015 10:59 AM The Soufriere Hills volcano which erupted 20 years ago today, claimed lives, destroyed neighbourhoods, and forced people to flee abroad, but there’s still no place like home. Here, The Voice newspaper features an article based on the experiences of two Montserratians, now residing in the United Kingdom…
Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Montserrat
Montserrat before the volcano and even now is popular with people who are interested in ecotourism, volcano tourism, hiking, bird watching and scuba diving. The island also has strong appeal for those who want to experience the Caribbean the way it used to be. Below Ursula Petula Barzey, founder of Caribbean & Co lists in no particular order, 10 of the more popular tourist attractions in Montserrat.
A First Impression of Montserrat, from Below the Surface
The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean, precariously perched on the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc along the eastern subduction zone of the Caribbean plate.” The incredible volcanology that has been forming and shaping Montserrat since the Pleistocene is fascinating.
Montserrat, here we come!
According to USA Today, Windstar Cruises will begin offering Caribbean cruises starting and ending in Montseratt later this year. The small-ship line says its 208-passenger Star Legend will operate seven-night voyages that include stops at Montserrat as well as St. Barts, St. Maarten and the British Virgin Islands starting on Dec. 8. Tourism to Montserrat…
St. Patrick’s Day in Montserrat
USA Today Travel recently featured Montserrat as a Caribbean destination where you can don your green garb and celebrate the patron saint of Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day. St. Patrick’s Day on Montserrat features a roster of spirited parades, jump-up breakfasts, pub crawls and cricket games leading up to a March 17 remembrance of the slave uprising that…
Go Off the Grid to Montserrat
The island of Montserrat is on the rebound. A dynamic tourism marketing thrust driven by a new website, which has just gone live, is seeing the island creatively and meaningfully brought to life. The former capital Plymouth, now literally suspended in time, is a central feature of Montserrat’s new lease of life in its tourism brand…
Harnessing Mother Nature
In a recent article, Caribbean Journal discuss Montserrat’s plans to harness geothermal energy. Montserrat has long been defined by the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano, whose 1995 eruption forever changed its future. But today, the island wants to use the teeming energy of the volcano to chart a new course for development: by harvesting geothermal energy. It’s part…