The Calabash nominated for “Grenada’s Leading Resort” Award

We all knew it but here’s proof! The Calabash has been nominated in the category of “Grenada’s Leading Resort” by the World Travel Awards which will take place in Orlando in September. The nominations are based on last year’s voting and recommendations made by travel, tourism & hospitality industry professionals. Added to this Grenada has been nominated [...]

Grenada Starts to Prepare for Carnival 2009!

Its one of our favourite times of the year! The whole island comes together to celebrate our culture and history with an amazing amount of enthusiasm and abundance of colour which is almost infectious! Grenada’s Carnival is one of the biggest events on the island and is widely renowned as one of the best carnivals [...]

44th Annual Carriacou Regatta is in Full Flow

The Carriacou regatta is now fully underway, having started on last Sunday, it runs right through until the 4th of August. The festival started in 1965 as a mere boat racing event in Hillsborough Bay, Carriacou. Carriacou Regatta has now grown to become the biggest summer festival in the region. It is held over the [...]

Watch USA vs Grenada today in the CONCACAF Gold Cup

Grenada take on the USA today in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The USA are of course coming into the game after narrowly missing out in the Confederations Cup Final against Brazil. That was an incredible game, leading 2-0 at half time the USA looked good for an upset but Brazil showed their class to come [...]

A Fairytale Wedding in Grenada

On the 15th June Calabash was the happy host of the wedding of Margaret and John Bithell. We do of course have a bit of a specialism in helping to organise a lot of guests’ dream weddings every year and this one was really special because of Margaret and John’s story. It’s best told by [...]

Liverpool FC Legends arrive in Grenada

Just a quick post to say that the Liverpool FC legends have landed, your intrepid blogger flew out with them today. Currently I believe they’re relaxing in the warmth of the Calabash Hotel bar enjoying a sundowner or two. As we might have expected the plane journey turned into a bit of a social with [...]

Liverpool FC Legends at Calabash Hotel

It’s only a few days now until the Liverpool FC Legends arrive at Calabash to stay for a week. Opodo published a story today on the subject, click here to read it. We look forward to welcoming the following players next Wednesday (10th June): Phil Thompson Bruce Grobbelaar Rob Jones Jason McAteer Gary Gillespie Mark [...]

Going for Gold, Gone for Gold

The Grenadian National Football Team (that’s football in the English sense) have a new coach, ex-Kings Lynn boss Tommy Taylor. He takes over at a time of promise for Grenadian football, currently the team is ranked 103rd in the FIFA world rankings, a record high for the nation. Taylor’s first job will be to oversee [...]

The Embassy of The Calabash Hotel

This weekend the official renaming ceremony of Point Saline International Airport takes place. The airport will assume the moniker The Maurice Bishop International Airport. Many VIPs will be in Grenada for the ceremony and Calabash will be accommodating the Vice President of Cuba and his delegation. We will also be graced with an official visit [...]

UK Office goes to Ireland

The UK sales arm of Calabash will be in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on June Tuesday June 9th to support one of the major tour operators who feature the hotel. We’ll be presenting to over 40 travel agents who’ll be given the new Calabash sales brochure which details all aspects of the hotel including the new [...]