Grenada is among host venues offering accredited media tax-free accommodation

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec 19 - Antigua & Barbuda and Grenada have joined the growing list of Host Venues which have granted accredited media a tax waiver on hotel accommodation for next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup. At their Cabinet meeting last week, the Government of Antigua & Barbuda agreed that accredited members of the media who travel to that country to cover CWC matches will be exempt from paying hotel taxes. A similar decision was taken by the Government of Grenada recently and was likewise communicated to ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc. Reacting to the news, ICC CWC 2007 Managing Director & CEO, Chris Dehring, said he is pleased that “two more Host Venues have embraced Operation Media Welcome by granting this exemption which will significantly reduce costs to media”. “This totals four Host Venues which have done so; first, Saint Lucia and then Jamaica and now Grenada and Antigua & Barbuda. “The media are a very important and influential element of this tournament and CWC hopes that other Host Venues will recognise the benefit of such a concession to accredited media who will be coming to the Caribbean to work and, apart from covering games, to showcase our unique region to the world,” he said, adding that CWC will continue to liaise with regional governments regarding this matter.