Reprinted from Caribbean Net News
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St Lucia wins top Caribbean destination award
12-22-2006

CASTRIES, St Lucia: Last week, the island of St Lucia was awarded the top Caribbean destination in the 2006 annual Travel Weekly Readers Choice Awards.

The award recipients were chosen by Travel Weekly readers, a collection of agents, industry marketing executives and CEOs of the world’s largest travel companies throughout North America.

These travel industry leaders visited the Travel Weekly website and voted to select just 12 resorts and 103 suppliers as finalists in this year's Readers' Choice Awards competition.

Called the Emerald Isle for its majestic mountains, lush rainforest and secluded waterfalls, St Lucia was chosen out of a pool of five Caribbean destination finalist that included St Lucia, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and the US Virgin Islands.

Lorine Charles St.-Jules, Director of Marketing North America accepted the award on behalf of St Lucia. “St Lucia’s wild and exquisite beauty, hospitable culture and vast tourism offerings are truly remarkable. We are thrilled that the readers of Travel Weekly have recognized St Lucia as the leading destination in the Caribbean.”

The award will be featured in the January 15 issue of Travel Weekly.