CRICKET WORLD CUP SPARKS CARIBBEAN PAINT BOOM
November 1st, 2006
BY JAMES FULLER, in Port of Spain
CRICKETERS and illegally-licensed drivers are two of the more unusual factors currently affecting the Caribbean paint market.
The impending Cricket World Cup, to be held in the West Indies during March and April 2007, has spawned a flurry of construction activity with resultant benefits for the paint industry.
There are 12 stadiums being constructed across nine islands, at a cost of around US$400 million, but these are just the headline projects. Across the region, hotels, restaurants, resorts, nightclubs, bars and airports are ...
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