Steve McClaren Buys Luxury Villa In Barbados
Sacked England soccer coach Steve McClaren will be spending part of his mega pay-off on – a SECOND luxury villa in Barbados. The 1.9 million five-bedroom home is under construction at the Royal Westmoreland resort, where he also owns a $1.8m villa. Set on a hillside, with spectacular views of the Caribbean Sea, the home it set among lush, tropical landscaping and boasts its own secluded swimming pool.
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McClaren’s sporty neighbours include Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker, who has a Pounds 2.5 villa on Flamboyant Drive, England soccer stars Rio Ferdinand and Joe Cole, cricketers Andrew Flintoff and Marcus Trescothick, golfer Ian Woosnam, jockey Richard Johnson and tennis legend Virginia Wade. British tennis star Andy Murray has also just bought a place there.
Source: Showbiz spy
The government of Barbados must be doing something right based on the above report. Barbados, especially on the West Coast, continues to attract the rich and very famous in the world. It is no secret that the tourism model which Barbados under the stewardship of Minister Barney Lynch has been seeking to create is to position Barbados as a high end destination. We are no experts and we have read Adrian Loveridge’s counter submissions over the years. We strongly believe that it is important that whatever strategy is used by the government, it must be clear. If Barbados intends to move to the high-end market in a big way, some other decisions have to be made to compensate. For example, government ministers should not continue to issue taxi permits to the ‘small man’ in large numbers. Government should rationalize how cruise ship traffic is handled. The model should embrace the small operators and the cruise ship slice of the business present a good opportunity.
The rich folks investing on our shores is a big vote of confidence in the country, but it also highlights the open door policy to investment which we are not entirely satisfied.
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