St Kitts-Nevis is a beautiful country with a lot to offer says PM Harris on groundbreaking ceremony of ERA Development Hotel

The Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Timothy Harris during the groundbreaking ceremony of 240-room ERA Development Hotel said that St Kitts and Nevis is a beautiful country with a lot to offer.

On Monday a brief ceremony was held for the launch of planned 240-room ERA Development Hotel, which will be constructed on approximately 350,000 square-feet of land at Brighton’s Estate, Cayon.

The project will create more than 300 jobs in the St Kitts and Nevis. The planned five-star hotel will feature amenities including a swimming pool, a bank, a bar, spa, gym, salon and a supermarket, as well as authentic Asian, European, Caribbean restaurants.

During his address, Dr Harris said that It is very important that everyone see the development that is happening in the Federation as being inclusive and is spread everywhere, from Basseterre to the suburban areas and to the rural areas of St. Kitts and Nevis. "This is something that we want to incentivize and to encourage so that the richness of our diversity is experienced by everyone,” he added.

Dr Harris said that he is sure that the tourists who will come here and the local people who will come here will have excellent service and reception. "This project will bring a major boost to the socio-economic life of the people of St. Kitts and Nevis,” he said.

The Team Unity administration welcomed the development “as a major investment in the northeastern side of St. Christopher.”

Apart from PM the Honourable Eugene Hamilton, Parliamentary Representative for Constituency Eight, in which Brighton Estate lies was also present during the ceremony.

“I want to encourage you to ensure that as this project gets underway and is developed…that at every step of the way we ensure that persons from this community and the surrounding communities are engaged,” the Hamilton said.