PLANS to reinvent Fort Regent as a conference and leisure centre may be revisited.
And a Jersey conference ‘ambassador’ scheme will be launched in the next few months to encourage residents to use their contacts to win business for the Island.
The Fort has been the subject of a number of in-depth studies in recent years, but none of the plans has attracted sufficient backing. Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean says that although it would be unrealistic to suggest that the States should fund such a project, it could be a viable opportunity for a public-private partnership.
According to the Jersey Conference Bureau, the number of inquiries for corporate conferences in the Island increased last year and the specialists say that with appropriate investment, Jersey conferences could secure up to 45,000 bed-nights during 2009.
• Picture: Fort Regent has been the subject of in-depth studies before
