The annual Easter festival is expected to result in economic benefit from an influx of over 300 visitors to the island’s shores.

The sports clubs of the Saint Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) and the Water and Sewerage Company (WASCO), have combined to host the 26th Annual Caribbean Utility Employees Association (CUEA) Easter Festival in Saint Lucia from Thursday, April 2, to Monday, April 6.

The Easter festival is held annually in a different member country, and is expected to result in economic benefit from the influx of over 300 visitors to the island’s shores.

The festival includes the CUEA annual general meeting, a community project, island tours, a sports day, a cookout, costume party, cultural and social nights, and a shopping day.

Participants will also view presentations by local carnival bands and by the Saint Lucia Tourist Board on the St. Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival, with a view to offer special packages and incentives in an effort to encourage their return to the island.

The theme for this year’s festival “Unity in Utilities,” is in line with the mandate of the CUEA to bring employees of Caribbean utilities together to engage in a series of sporting, cultural and community service activities and foster the sharing of experiences and information among participating islands.

The CUEA boasts a membership of eighteen utility employee clubs from thirteen Caribbean countries, including Jamaica, Trinidad, Saint Vincent, Barbados, Saint Kitts, Dominica and Antigua among others. The clubs’ membership varies among the water, electricity and telecommunication sectors.

The event is sponsored by the Saint Lucia Electricity Services Limited, the Water and Sewerage Company, the Saint Lucia Tourist Board, Bay Gardens, Exel Signs, 4Imprint USA, The Body Holiday LeSport, OHM International, Coconut Bay, Chemico, Windward & Leeward Brewery Ltd., AMR Pipeline Products Company UK, Ramco Plastics, Winman Ltd. and St. Lucia Distillers.