Grenada promotes Spicemas in TT

The team also included Spicemas Corporation chairperson and CEO Jocelyn Sylvester- Gairy and Kirk Seetahal, Grenada Tourism Authority’s (GTA ) Delran A T Andrews and Roger Augustine, and Radisson’s Grenada sales manager Arleen Redhead. Officials from several other hotels in Grenada were also on the trip.

Spicemas takes place August 14 - 15 and is the last carnival in this part of the Caribbean.

The contingent met with the media, travel agents and others interested in Grenada as a destination.

At the first meeting at the Radisson, Wrightson Road, Portof- Spain, last Tuesday, Hood said: “Our culture is part of who we are and we must always preserve and protect it.” She said that Grenada was a safe destination and Trinidadians must come and be a part of it.

Grenada’s Ambassador to Caricom Dr Patrick Antoine also spoke to the gathering. He said: “People who come to Grenada experience the safest Carnival ever, there is a sense of security as there is none safer. You can enjoy the spirit of love and unity in an island that is extremely peaceful.

We want you to enjoy the uniqueness and diversity of the Grenadian product. I want Trinidad and Tobago to walk this walk with us, come to Grenada and share with us.” Antoine said he knows all about Carnival as he has been around with his family, Mike Antoine in Legends [Legacy] in Trinidad.

Sylvester-Gairy said: “Carnival is a deeply creative event celebrating years of history. It gives visitors an opportunity to gaze back through a time lens while giving nationals renewed pride and ownership as its architects.

“Carnival opens up occasions for rebirth through masks, costumes, music, and pageantry; sending older folks reminiscing back in time and giving younger folk the chance to learn, experience and reclaim history. Each is allowed the freedom to own and enjoy the uniqueness of Grenada’s carnival.” Grenada boasts about the best and most unique jab jab in Carnival and has now put a strong hold on the beauty that is Monday Night mas.