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Carnival 2025 Set to Draw Record Crowds, Hotels Nearly Fully Booked
With just weeks to go before the start of Antigua’s summer festival, Cabinet officials say preparations for Carnival 2025 are well underway—and early indicators suggest a record turnout.
During Wednesday’s post-Cabinet media briefing, Director General in the Office of the Prime Minister, Maurice Merchant, said bumper attendance is expected at all major events, with local hotels already reporting a 90 percent increase in occupancy for the period.
“Caribbean Airlines has scheduled two additional flights out of Trinidad for the season, while American Airlines now operates three daily arrivals from Miami,” Merchant announced, crediting mass troop promotions in North America for driving the surge in visitors.
He added that the transformed Antigua Recreation Grounds—also known as Carnival City—is being readied to host the festivities. Culture Minister Daryll Matthew assured Cabinet that all systems are in place for a “safe, culturally rich and exciting Carnival.”
Carnival 2025 officially kicks off later this month and includes a packed calendar of music, mas, and cultural events drawing performers and revelers from across the diaspora.
Officials say the increased visitor numbers and airlift represent a welcome boost for the tourism and entertainment sectors, following years of pandemic-related disruptions.
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And which hotels are these? Cause as someone in the industry I can verify that carnival time is where hotels get the LEAST bookings and have the lowest occupancy. Not only that but some hotels also close around that time as well. So again name which hotels are fully booked?
Hype! Maybe they coming for Panorama cause this might be the only original show that’s keeping carnival alive.
Listening to all these tunes that took a whole year to write and composed and you get the same thing, nothing really stands out so after august you no hear them again, it’s like everybody just trying to see if they can get a quick and easy payday.
You go to a fete and the biggest tune is Pardy by Machel, simple but massive, even Hellsgate mashed up the crowd with their own version, I wonder if anyone paying attention
To enjoy having no water and the worse roads in the Caribbean.
after travelling to St Kitts a few times i can say Antigua is way way behind.