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Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre

Field	Value
name	Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre
image	[[File:Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Conference And Cultural Centre, Barbados-001.jpg	230px]]
image_caption	Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre Two Mile Hill St. Michael
address	Highway 5, Two Mile Hill,
St. Michael, BB11093,
Barbados, West Indies
coordinates
owner	Government of Barbados
operator	Barbados Conference Services Ltd. (BCSL)
opened	1994
former_names	Sherbourne Conference Centre
total_space	164000 sqft
website

St. Michael, BB11093, Barbados, West Indies

Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre Two Mile Hill St. Michael

The Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (formerly known as the Sherbourne Conference 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 (BCSL), 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 164000 sqft of meeting space and is made up of space which may be subdivided for smaller events of between 50 and 1200 persons (theatre style).

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 (which contained a planned performing arts centre) 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 (CTC-20)
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 (OAS)
The UN World Conference Against Racism - African and African Descendants World Conference Against Racism.
2020 State Opening of second session of Parliament.https://www.nationnews.com/2020/09/15/lescs-big-day/
UNCTAD-15 (2021)https://www.unctad15.org/

Awards

2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 - The "Caribbean's Leading Conference Centre" - by the World Travel Awards

Naming

On 24 October 2008, the facility's original name of Sherbourne Conference Centre was changed to its present name in honour of Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, a former prime minister of Barbados.

Notes

References

(October 2008). "Barbados Conference Services Limited: Facilities". Barbados Conference Services Limited.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZMheK1vEMs Red] - [[Red Plastic Bag]], 2002
Carter, Gercine. (14 November 2012). "Sir Lloyd vex". [[The Daily Nation (Barbados).
(2009). "The Caribbean's Leading Conference Centre 2009". World Travel Awards.
A., C.. (24 October 2008). "Sherbourne gets new name tonight". [[The Daily Nation (Barbados).

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