Monday, 2 November 2026UK editionUpdated every morning
Hotels, flights, festivals and island life, reported for UK travellers
Business and travel trade
Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre has begun an official visit to Taiwan, securing a US$20 million housing loan and discussing food security, education and a possible travel fair showcasing Saint Lucia.
Reported by St. Lucia Times
Nature and outdoors
Officers from Saint Lucia's Department of Labour have carried out unannounced inspections at workplaces across Soufrière, checking conditions and employment practices against the Labour Act.
Business and travel trade
Olympic 100 metres champion Julien Alfred has given 50 copies of a children's book about her life to the charity Diverse Classroom Books, which will place them in schools across Saint Lucia.
Nature and outdoors
Saint Lucia has confirmed plans for an Underwater Sculpture Park, a new attraction for divers that will also promote marine conservation around the island.
Culture and events
Entertainment Sounds Productions in Bisee marked its 6th anniversary and 4th awards ceremony, honouring steelpan players and musicians, as Saint Lucia's jazz scene grows from its Castries roots.
Culture and events
A new feature traces how St Lucia, independent since 1979, balances tourism-led growth with its English-French Creole identity, from the Pitons to the ocean economy.
Nature and outdoors
A new underwater sculpture park, Below Saint Lucia, opens at Anse La Verdure in November, pairing art and history with marine conservation for certified divers.
Business and travel trade
Saint Lucia has collected 38 international tourism honours across the World Travel Awards, World MICE Awards and World Spa Awards, retaining its honeymoon and adventure titles and adding new corporate retreat recognition.
Sport
Saint Lucia's footballers beat Guadeloupe 3-0 in the Concacaf Nations League on Friday 2 October to move top of League B Group B with six points from three games.
Hotels and resorts
The sister resorts have opened an oceanfront puppy cafe on Anse Mamin Beach, where guests can dine alongside adoptable rescue puppies while proceeds fund animal welfare work across the island.
Sport
Saint Lucia head to Guadeloupe on November 13 to face winless Bermuda in League B, Group B, looking to build on three straight qualifying wins.
Flights and cruises
Trinidad and Tobago contractor NH International has won a US$243 million contract to build a new terminal at Hewanorra International Airport, with completion targeted for late 2029.
St Lucia
A new exhibition and ceremony at Constitution Park in Castries has marked fifteen years since the death of calypsonian The Mighty Pe'lay, with a national calypso exhibition planned for November.
Hotels and resorts
The Landings Resort and Spa in Saint Lucia has introduced a women-focused spa menu covering menopause and postpartum care, two years after launching the Caribbean's first oncology spa programme.
Sport
Ramesh Subasinghe has run a five-day camp at the Saint Lucia Cricket High Performance Centre, working with young fast bowlers including McKenny Clarke, Keon Gaston and Shawnil Edward.
Sport
Saint Lucia sides claimed two trophies across three regional sevens tournaments, with the women's team beating Guadeloupe in Martinique and Rogues RFC taking the SVG Independence Sevens.
Sport
Swimmers Noah Dorville and Fayth Jeffrey and runner Kadan Sam will represent Saint Lucia at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, chasing only the island's second medal at this level.
Business and travel trade
Lester Francois, a retired warrant officer class one who left Vieux Fort for the British Army in 2002, has won the Veteran of the Year honour at the Leavers to Leaders Awards in Wiltshire.
Sport
The Piton Sparks are back in the Netball World Cup Sydney 2027 Americas qualifiers after corporate and public donations rescued the trip, with a rebuilt 12-player squad departing on Sunday.
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.
