Carlisle Bay Resort Antigua

108 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 All these activities are captured in a weekly itinerary that the resort shares with guests, allowing them to pick the ones they wish to participate in. Guests can also schedule private sessions for one- on-one activities like Pilates and Yoga. The Covid-19 pandemic and its aftershocks were felt worldwide, and Antigua was not spared. Murphy explains that the island imports almost ninety percent of its supplies from the US and other nations, was especially hard hit by the supply chain challenges that emerged during and after the pandemic. One way the resort works around the supply chain issues is to leverage local produce, a trend that has emerged among many island resorts in the Caribbean. “We utilize as much local produce as we can get our hands on, we see it as a partnership with the local producers, to try and remedy a difficult situation as a community.” Murphy says. “We also have a vegetable and herb garden on property where we plant rocket, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, beetroot, plantain, sweet potato etc. CARL I SLE BAY RESORT ANT IGUA Brian Murphy, General Manager of Carlisle Bay Antigua