The Coconut Radio
p. 109 · Read in the full issue
PlM’s coconut radio says there’s a little bit more than meets the eye to the announce ment in the British New Hebrides news-sheet of Decem ber that the Peacock-sponsored Lokalee Beach Hotel at Hog Harbour, on Espiritu Santo, is shrinking its operations.
According to Mr. Lindsay Barrett, in the story, the move is not permanent and things will be back to normal when the hot season is over. Meanwhile, he says, there has been a cut-back on staff and 12 of the 20 bed rooms have been closed. Break fast, lunch and bar facilities continue, but patrons take their evening meal at the newly established Tree Fern Lodge nearby.
What we’ve heard is that Lokalee Beach is looking for a buyer. Which goes to show there is more to the tourist business than just building the hotels.