Call For Local Investment In Dulcina Hotel

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Thursday, 14 June 2012 02:30

By Everton Barnes

Antigua St John's - Opposition Barbuda Senator Arthur Nibbs, is calling on the Barbuda Council to put the abandoned Dulcina Hotel project on the market for investment by Antigua and Barbuda nationals.

Nibbs, who heads the Antigua Labour Party team on the Council, said the Dulcina Hotel is symbolic as it was the first hotel project to have been started by Barbudans.

The Dulcina Hotel is located at what is referred to as ‘River’  in Barbuda and several buildings were started and later abandoned. According to Nibbs, the original project was started by a group of Barbudans back in 1966 through a company they formed called Barbuda Light and Power. Among other things, it provided electricity and it also operated a wholesale business.

He said the company started the hotel but that when it was about 90 percent complete, the company ran into financial difficulties and the hotel was abandoned.

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He added that several attempts were made to revive the project over the years. Among those who attempted was Winston Derrick, now chairman of the Observer group. Nibbs said he was able to put a number of the units into operation while he ran a restaurant there.

Nibbs said the people who started the hotel were pioneers with a vision. He said they pooled their resources together in an effort to help themselves and he is now calling on the current generation of Barbudans to follow this proud legacy and to come together in a spirit of cooperation for their own benefit.

He also wants opportunities to be made available for Antiguans to invest into the project as well.

Nibbs is suggesting that should a local consortium be formed that the government should give them all the necessary tax reliefs to ensure that the project succeeds.

Meanwhile, Nibbs said a town hall meeting will take place in Codrington Thursday night to discuss this and other issues related to development on the sister isle.

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