Business View Caribbean | March 2021

40 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN MARCH 2021 guests,” says Cooper. “Our staff are very loyal and very proud to be part of the Mount Cinnamon team. We do lots of family events for staff – barbecues on the beach and that sort of thing. Especially during the lockdown, we have really tried to keep in touch with our staff and make sure they are all doing okay. These guys and gals have not only been here for years, but they are like family. Grenadian people are very loyal and they work very hard. They are by far my biggest asset here at Mount Cinnamon.” Although they are not operating at full capacity during the pandemic, Mount Cinnamon is still open. And while they take care of the guests who are visiting, the resort is being prepared for when things get busy again; painting rooms and working to keep the grounds up to the high standard visitors expect. Grenada currently has zero cases of COVID-19 and the island is hard at work rolling out the AstraZeneca vaccine. Cooper admits, “It has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs with the pandemic. We have always tried to put a positive message out there, and I think we succeeded at that. Our two largest markets are the U.S. and the U.K., and Canada is probably our third largest market. A lot of what’s happened has been dependent on what’s going on in those areas. There were a couple of weeks where we did sort of shut our doors, there were just no flights coming into the island. Thankfully, those airlift restrictions have been lifted. People are wanting to travel again, which is great. I think that’s probably largely due to the vaccine being administered and people having a little bit more hope now and feeling more confident in the safety of travel and the protocols. It has been an interesting journey, but the whole time we have really tried to stay positive and optimistic.” Mount Cinnamon takes pride in their commitment to environmental sustainability. “We like to think of ourselves as sort of a niche resort in that regard,” says Cooper. “We do a lot of work with the international certification of