Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre
The Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre is a conference centre facility on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Owned by the government of Barbados and managed by the government agency Barbados Conference Services Limited, the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre is just outside the capital city of Bridgetown, in St. Michael.
Facility
First opened in 1994, the building contains a total of over of meeting space and is made up of space which may be subdivided for smaller events of between 50 and 1200 persons.When first constructed the building was considered too large by members of the opposition and construction on back portion of the facility halted just after a change in government. Many Calypsonians sung about the side of the facility as being "unfinished" or stating the facility had its "backside exposed". After a change in government in 2008, the semi-completed ~15-year-old auditorium was torn down to make way for office space and a carpark instead. This action was much to the condemnation of the former prime minister that spearheaded it, Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford.
Annual events
- Laff It Off Productions
- Caribbean Consumer Conference
- KLOTH Pop Up Event
Past major events
- The UN Global Conference on Sustainable Development for Small Island States
- The Caribbean Tourism Conference
- The CARICOM Heads of Government Conference
- The US-CARICOM summit between US president Bill Clinton and the CARICOM heads of government
- Organization of American States
- The UN World Conference Against Racism - African and African Descendants World Conference Against Racism.
- 2020 State Opening of second session of Parliament.
- UNCTAD-15
Awards
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 - The "Caribbean's Leading Conference Centre" - by the World Travel Awards
Naming