So far, there are no hotels on the eastern coast of Anguilla spanning the areas of Junks Hole Bay, Savannah Bay, Mimi Bay and Sile Bay, comprising hundreds of prime beach land.
But Savannah Bay may be the first of the areas where some major tourism development is said to be under active consideration. The latest news about this has come from Premier Ellis Lorenzo Webster at the Government’s Press Conference on Monday, September 27, and at a radio interview at an earlier date.
He said the Savannah Bay land was previously owned by the KOR Group which was affiliated with Viceroy Hotel, and was sold in July this year. He disclosed at the Press Conference that “the Principals associated with Four Seasons had visited Anguilla on several occasions. They have already submitted outline drawings for what they propose to do up there. It is about 210 acres of property and some of it is beachfront.”
He added: “That’s all I can say right now except that they have a big project planned, and it would be great to see a project happen in the east. That is one of the goals that the former Chief Minister, the Honourable Hubert Benjamin Hughes, had to do when there was a project scheduled for that area.
“The MOU was signed back in 2014 and it is also one that we see is essential for that side of the island to have. It is beautiful ecologically, environmentally, and we should have a project that blends in [with that area]. That is the plan.”
