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LeSource Grenada Sailing Festival: A positive after the storm

Holiday In Wales After the devastating hit of Hurricane Ivan on Grenada, two good pieces of news are coming from the LaSource Grenada Sailing Festival. Firstly, it has been confirmed that the event will be taking place on its original dates of January28th to February1st, 2005, and the organisers will be looking forward to welcoming entries from as many of its faithful Festival friends and supporters as possible. And secondly, the event will be joined by a new Premier Festival Sponsor, ComNav Marine Ltd., based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.

In addition, fish cakes, shrimp kebabs, jerked marlin, barbequed snapper, local fruit juices, beverages, cultural performances, and music combine to make the entire experience truly enjoyable. 00 p.m. 00 a.m. The Grenada Board of Tourism is pleased that this event is adding quality to our tourism product and is hopeful that other communities will come on board with other activities that augment Grenadas offerings to both locals and visitors, said Naline Joseph, Director of Marketing for the Grenada Board of Tourism.

Holiday Wales ComNav Marine Ltd. is one of the largest privately owned autopilot manufacturers in the world and has been providing advanced marine navigation systems for commercial, recreational and government markets since 1983, now with a worldwide dealership program in more than 80 countries.

The Shanghai Water Tourism Association is planning to develop water tourism into a permanent tourist attraction, emulating the successes of Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Water port as part of the Shanghai Nanhui Peach Blossom Festival. "We want to promote water tourism in Shanghai, " said Dao Shuming, director of the Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administrative Commission, told the Shanghai Daily newspaper. "We want to gain more fame among foreign travelers."

Cottage Holiday In Wales Mr David Martin of ComNav Marine said: Our participation in the LaSource Grenada Sailing Festival is the first of many initiatives that Comnav Marine Ltd. will be undertaking to raise our product awareness in North America and the Caribbean. We hope to display our new NX2 Fast Data Exchange sail racing instruments and software and bring them to the attention of the Caribbean Yacht Racing community. These exciting new instruments were key to the acquisition of meteorological data for the Alinghi Americas Cup Sailing Team and were also used by the Americas Cup boats participating in the Challenge Series in San Francisco. Our goal is to give the yacht racing community the same features and functions that are found aboard many of the elite racing yachts around the world, at a fraction of the cost. We look forward to an active role with the organising committee of this regatta to make it a success in all ways.

A visit to neighboring Carriacou ( minute flight) is easily arranged by air or boat. Although a little hilly, Carriacou is not mountainous like Grenada. It is ideal for walking, boasting fine sandy beaches, natural harbours and beautiful views over the Grenadine islands. Petit Martinique (3 miles from Carriacou) has not been developed for tourism, but is an interesting place to visit by local boat from Carriacou.

Caravan Holiday In Wales Also commenting on the announcement, Mr James Robinson, Chairman of the LaSource Grenada Sailing Festival, said: We are delighted to welcome ComNav Marine Ltd. to the event. Gaining the support of such a major international company in the marine industry is a great boost for the Festival, particularly at this time as we fight back from the devastating effects of Hurricane Ivan. This news will help to keep our event and Grenada on the world map for quality sailing. Even as an intimate, fun Regatta in the Caribbean, we pride ourselves in maintaining a reputation for running a professional, high-class event. We believe that through our partnership with ComNav Marine, a company also dedicated to quality and high standards, the LaSource Grenada Sailing Festival will go from strength to strength.

For a different view over St Mark's Square, we sail past the Giudecca Island and Lido seaside resort, made famous by the International Film Festival.

Camping Holiday Wales Since 1994 the Festival, with its unique mix of international yachts and traditional wooden, bamboo rigged workboats, has become a very special event for Grenada one to which friends return again and again. In 2004 the LaSource Grenada Sailing Festival was featured as one of the five top Caribbean Regattas in the prestigious American Yachting Magazine Sailing World, published in the yachting haven of Newport, Rhode Island. With this history, the Festival organizers have been determined to go ahead and stage its 2005 event as a very positive message from all in Grenada.

St. Director of Tourism Since 1998 Mr. Peter Hilary Modeste has served, as the Director of Tourism of the St. Lucia Tourist Board. President of the St. Lucia Hotel & Tourism Association, Mr. Modeste has been employed within the tourism sector for a number of years. He was educated at the University of Wales and is married with three children. A former Minister of Education, Mr. Modeste has served on a number of national organizations including the St. Lucia Development Bank.

Accommodation Holiday Wales In addition, the Festival organisers would like to thank all those existing sponsors and supporters, without whom the event could not take place: LaSource; Grenada Board of Tourism; Heineken and Mount Gay Rum through agents Bryden & Minors; Cable & Wireless Grenada Ltd; Grenada Co-Operative Bank Ltd.; Grenlec; The Grenada Broadcasting Network; Grenada Bottling Ltd.; True Blue Bay Resort & Marina; American Eagle; British Airways; Alex Swan Ltd; Island Water World; Horizon Yacht Charters; Turbulence Grenada Ltd.; The Grenada Yacht Club; COT Caribbean Graphics and Eightzeronine Design, Barbados.

Holiday Last Minute Wales The entry form is on the Festivals official website www.grenadasailingfestival.com.

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