St. Kitts is pleased to welcome the Cockleshell Bay Resort development, which will be set on 150 acres in the island’s picturesque southeast peninsula and will feature a Park Hyatt hotel and residences as well as a 160-berth Camper & Nicholson’s managed yacht marina, a casino and a selection of world-class restaurants.

In a small but impressive ceremony in Basseterre on Thursday, September 17th, 2009 an agreement was signed between project developer Chris Kanhai of St. Michael’s Foundation Ltd. of Canada, and Rakesh Sarna, Chief Operating Officer-International, of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, for Hyatt Hotels & Resorts to manage the Park Hyatt St. Kitts at Cockleshell Bay.  It will be the first Park Hyatt hotel in the Caribbean and will feature 125 guestrooms plus a state-of-the-art luxury spa with eight treatment rooms.  100 Park Hyatt-branded residential townhouses and condominiums and 86 estate villas will also be included in the Cockleshell Bay development, which is scheduled for completion in 2013.

In signing the development agreement at the ceremony, Prime Minister Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said, “We are extremely pleased to welcome the prestigious Park Hyatt brand to this development, which will further advance our Government’s economic transformation of St. Kitts following the closure of the sugar industry in 2005. Both the developer and Hyatt share our Government’s commitment to the creation of a mix of sustainable tourism enterprises that reflect St. Kitts’ unique heritage and culture, and I am confident that this high-end project will be an excellent addition to the island’s overall product mix.”

The Cockleshell Bay Resort development is the latest major luxury project being created on the island’s southeast peninsula, complementing the Christophe Harbour development, which is currently under construction.  Other major mixed-use developments in various stages of planning and development on St. Kitts include Kittitian Hill (to be managed by Sedona Resorts), Ocean’s Edge Resort and the Silver Reef Resort.