The Port of Guadeloupe (PAG) opened its new cruise terminal at Pointe-à-Pitre this past Wednesday and celebrated with a ceremony that involved Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas.
Brilliance of the Seas' arrival launched the 2012-2013 cruise season for the Caribbean island.
The ceremony was marked with a ribbon cutting ceremony by Thémine Gil, chairman of the Board of PAG, with its director general Laurent Martens present along with Brilliance of the Seas' Captain.
The new port terminal cost 1.4 million euros and the capacity of the terminal was increased to 2,000 peope with luggage space doubled and new better defined pedestrian paths created. In addition other amenities were added including a bar and local crafts village.
The improved cruise terminal will hopefully improve tourist numbers for Guadeloupe. Management expects its traffic to grow by 50% for the new seas, with more than 80 calls planned and Royal Caribbean is one of the companies calling upon the island.
