Fort Young Hotel Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Fort Young Hotel, Roseau Dominica (February 9, 2009) – The Fort Young Hotel in Dominica celebrates 20 years of being Dominica’s leading and premier hotel.
To celebrate this special year, the Fort Young Hotel has developed various attractive packages, has finalizing plans to upgrade the 31 original rooms, has published a book on the history of the Fort Young, and will end 2009 with an extensive jubilee program for both residents of Dominica as well as its guests. “We are happy to launch a wide range of new packages that will be appreciated by all guests with special expectations. Unique about the Fort Young Hotel is its diversity, and we are home for many different type of guests: SCUBA divers, adventurers, families, culture and history seekers, all of whom will find what they are looking for during their vacation. All those different groups are looking for quality accommodation and excellent service when visiting the island of Dominica,” Ruud van Baal, Fort Young’s General Manager explains. “To review the entire program and all packages and activities, we have added a special page to our web site” van Baal adds.
“Despite the difficult economic times the world and the region are facing, we are cautiously optimistic about the future,” says Fort Young Hotel’s Chairman, Phillip Nassief. “What started as a need to provide comfortable accommodation in 32 rooms for visitors to the island has grown into the island’s premier hotel of 71 rooms. We are full of inspiration and plans to position the Fort Young as the hotel of choice in the Caribbean for nature lovers, adventure seekers, and scuba divers. We thank our guests, shareholders, the Government of Dominica and staff, who have made it possible to expand the Fort Young Hotel and achieve its special status as Dominica’s Premier Hotel,” Nassief continues.
Recently the Fort Young Hotel launched new Adventure, Family, Honeymoon, and Wedding Packages, and other packages will be added soon while existing packages for SCUBA divers and whale watchers continue to be available. Special promotions for the upcoming, popular Dominica Carnival (Mas Dominik) and the Annual Dive Fest are also being offered. For bookings and inquiries please contact your favorite travel partner, in the US call 1-800-581-2034, e-mail sales@fortyounghotel.com or visit our web site www.fortyounghotel.com for on-island contact information.
Fort Young Hotel, Dominica’s Premier Hotel is located on the outskirts of Roseau, the capital of this spectacular and rugged island in the Eastern Caribbean. Offering 71 luxurious rooms, superb wine & dining facilities, on premise dive operations, excursion desk, duty free shopping as well as wellness center and conference rooms, the Fort Young Hotel is the perfect getaway for divers and non-divers alike looking for top service, diving and eco adventure.
Known as “The Nature Island” and located between the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Eastern Caribbean, the independent nation of Dominica (pronounced “Dom-in-eek-a”) is the largest and most mountainous of the Windward Islands, encompassing an area of nearly 290 square miles. A place where man and nature live in harmony, adventurers and nature lovers alike will revel in the Island’s eco-tourism options which include scuba diving, snorkeling, mountain biking, kayaking, horseback riding, nature tours, hiking/trekking, whale, dolphin and bird watching, sailing and fishing.
