Monday, 2 November 2026UK editionUpdated every morning
Hotels, flights, festivals and island life, reported for UK travellers
Culture and events
Saint Lucia marked International Creole Day on 28 October with a student-led showcase at the Cultural Centre, as the island pushes to keep the Kwéyòl language alive in the next generation.
Reported by The Voice St. Lucia News
Business and travel trade
Saudi Arabia's ambassador met Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre in Saint Lucia on 14 May 2026, discussing deeper ties and touring the Saudi-funded St. Jude Hospital reconstruction.
St Lucia
Open Waters Theatre brings its fifth major production, A Twisted Christmas, to the National Cultural Centre in Castries this November, with a nine-strong cast and a Broadway ambition.
Sport
Dr Natasha Gemma Innocent represented Saint Lucia at Concacaf's first anti-doping educator forum in Miami, part of preparations for the new World Anti-Doping Code from 1 January 2027.
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A consular officer from the US Embassy will take passport and birth abroad applications in Rodney Bay, St Lucia, on 11 November 2026, by appointment only and paid online in advance.
Culture and events
Twenty-one Massy Stores staff in Saint Lucia have earned the Super Lead certificate, a 12-week leadership course run with Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, with every graduate scoring above 80%.
Hotels and resorts
The Saint Lucia Tourism Authority is offering UK and Irish residents a free seven-night all-inclusive holiday at Windjammer Landing plus Arsenal hospitality, with entries open until 15 December 2026.
Sport
Saint Lucia's young Piton Boyz closed the FIFA Under-15 World Cup and Festival in Baku with 6-0 wins over American Samoa and Bhutan after a bruising early round.
Hotels and resorts
A 25-lodge adults-only hotel on a working cacao farm above Soufrière has joined Marriott's Design Hotels portfolio, giving UK travellers a new route to one of Saint Lucia's most distinctive small stays.
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Suriname experts joined an ILO workshop in Castries from 12 to 15 October 2026 to help Saint Lucia build its first Decent Work Country Programme, a step for jobs and workers' rights.
Nature and outdoors
A new Kwéyòl-named residency at Balenbouche Estate trained six young Saint Lucians to film environmental stories rooted in community and history, with screenings to come.
Nature and outdoors
The GEF Small Grants Programme presented its 13th annual report at Government House, marking more than a decade of community-led environmental work across Saint Lucia.
Flights and cruises
A new Condor and British Airways interline deal links Frankfurt to Saint Lucia's Hewanorra airport via Gatwick, with through-checked bags and daily BA winter service.
Hotels and resorts
Ladera Resort on Saint Lucia's southwest coast stages marriage proposals in six settings, from a treehouse built around a 300-year-old mango tree to a private sail beneath the Pitons.
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A family travel writer's guide to Saint Lucia with children finds the family wing of Coconut Bay books up nearly a year in advance for the peak December to March season.
Hotels and resorts
Coconut Bay Beach Resort & Spa in Vieux Fort has finished the largest refurbishment in its 20-year history, converting all 250 rooms into Junior Suites with a further $4m spent across the property.
Business and travel trade
The Department of Education has opened applications for a Vice Principal at the Dame Pearlette Louisy Primary School, the state primary named after Saint Lucia's first woman Governor-General.
St Lucia
Households in Saint Lucia can import up to two barrels of goods duty-free from 1 November to 28 February under Cabinet-approved Christmas concessions.
Food and drink
Saint Lucia marked World Food Day on 16 October 2026 with a national celebration at Odsan and a government push for the island to grow more of what it eats, a shift visitors will taste on their plates.
Edited by Peter Joseph, StLucia.co.uk editorial team. We read news from around the world overnight, in many languages, and writes each story in its own words. Every story names the outlet that first reported it and links to the original.
