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Christophe Harbour Blog

St. Kitts Leatherback Sea Turtle makes its way to Massachusetts

By Katherine Verano in Christophe Harbour Foundation, Nature and Environment, St. Kitts

A leatherback turtle from St.Kitts found earlier this month off the coast of Massachusetts in the North Atlantic Ocean. The turtle, named Kitty, was originally tagged in St. Kitts by the The St. Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring Network (SKSTMN). Exciting news for Dr. Kimberly Stewart and her team at SKSTMN. Kitty's movements can be tracked online. 

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Christophe Harbour Welcomes New Concierge

By Katherine Verano in Adventure, Dining, Events, St. Kitts

We extend a warm welcome to Shanda Labega, who has officially taken over as Christophe Harbour Concierge. A native of St. Kitts, Shanda has stepped into the role with long-standing community relationships. Her intimate knowledge of The Federation will aid her greatly in organizing each aspect of a Christophe Harbour member or guest's visit. Her familiarity with the area will benefit Shanda in creating distinctive itineraries for adventures and activities across St. Kitts and Nevis. Please join us in welcoming Shanda to the Christophe Harbour team.

Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when it's to someone who was an integral part of our team since Christophe Harbour launched in 2008. While we will miss working with former concierge Kathleen Brownsdon here...

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The 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah: Setting the stage for golf at Christophe Harbour

By admin in Golf

 

Buddy Darby, CEO of Kiawah Partners, shares his insights on what the PGA Championship means for Christophe Harbour. 

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The PGA Championship comes to Kiawah Island

By Katherine Verano in Events, Golf

When the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Denzil Douglas, and the Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Ricky Skerritt, arrive in South Carolina next week, they’ll be joining the world’s greatest names in golf for a history-making event: The 2012 PGA Championship on Kiawah Island.

The wait is over for our sister property, Kiawah Island, South Carolina as golf’s fourth Major of 2012 unfolds on The Ocean Course, home to the famed 1991 Ryder Cup “War by the Shore”.

With an estimated 673,000,000 households tuned in to the excitement, the eyes of the world will light on Kiawah Island, and Christophe Harbour is poised to maximize the benefits of this explosion in media...

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The Caribbean Unknown

By Katherine Verano in Nature and Environment

Modern science tells us that we, the human animal, utilize only 10% of our brain. Since middle-school biology class, we’ve puzzled over this. 10%? How can that be? A cure for polio, gravity-defying rocket launches to the moon, the internet, the iPad, cloning, master symphonies—all achieved using only 1/10th of our cognitive ability? While the other 90% naps or rouses itself to eat a bon bon or two before returning to slumber? What, then, could be achieved were we to goad our entire minds into action?

Now, consider this.

The Caribbean, that modern day paradise to world-travelers and celebrity elite, is only 2% inhabited. You read that right. When we talk of the Caribbean, of St. Kitts, St. Barths, St....

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