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MARIGOT--President of St. Martin Tourism Office, Jeanne Rogers-Vanterpool, said she will be showcasing infrastructural and other opportunities to interested investors at the Invest Caribbean Now conference in St. Martin on September 25.

"As we gear up for the launch of our new Five Year Tourism Master Plan, we are excited to speak to investors about ideas and opportunities that are available,” she added, noting among the major projects available are the expansion of port services, the Marigot Bay Development Project and other tourism-related opportunities that fall within the Marigot Revitalisation project.

"Investment opportunities both inside and outside of these major projects include, among other projects, resorts, hotels, marinas, conference facilities, theme parks, nature parks, shopping centres and shipping related activities," President Rogers-Vanterpool pointed out.

A delegation of more than 40-Beijing companies including Showland Investment Group Corp. Ltd., Beijing; Bestone Investment Ltd.; Henan Yue Xin Co Nationwide Financial Services Inc., Beijing Century Tang Tourism Development Co., Ltd., China's Low Carbon Tourism Promotion Committee, Beijing Four Seasons Travel Advisory Co., Ltd., China Women Tourism Committee, China Women Development Foundation and China News Agency will join other overseas delegates from China Harbour, Panorama Group and One Caribbean Television at the conference.

Speakers at the September 25 formal summit will include Vice-President of Economic Development, Wendel Cocks; President of the St. Martin Tourism Office, Jeanne Rogers-Vanterpool; Secretary-General of China Women's Development Foundation, Qin Guoying; Executive President of the China Women Tourism Committee, Xiong Yumei; ICN founder Felicia J. Persaud; Dean of the tourism department, Fujian Normal University and Strait Tourism College ZhengYaoxing and the executive director of the Sino-American Friendship Association, Li Li.

Invest Caribbean Now 2015 is an invitation only event that will open on the evening of September 24 with a cocktail, dinner and awards ceremony that will focus on the 2015 ICN Leadership Awardee.

Partners for this year's event include the Collectivité St. Martin, St. Martin Tourism Office, Port of St. Martin, Hard Beat Communications, the Chinese-American Business Development Center, the Sino-American Friendship Association, One Caribbean Television, the St. Maarten Chinese Association, CaribPRWire and News Americas Now.

ICN is the definitive private sector investment agency of the Caribbean. It is based in America's financial capital of the world, New York City. Now in its fifth year, ICN is the brainchild of Caribbean-born media entrepreneur, Felicia J. Persaud and is owned by Hard Beat Communications, Inc.

ICN promotes and pushes for the right investment opportunities in the Caribbean region; offers a concierge service for high-end investors seeking to make the right connection with key opportunities, governments and other parties in any Caribbean destination and connects small entrepreneurs in the Diaspora with SME micro loans.