St. John's---Aug. 31, 2006---The Home Stay programme which was set up to create opportunities for visitors to access rooms in homes here in Antigua & Barbuda is set to go live on the ICC Cricket World Cup Site as of 1 September.

This is according to Overseer of the Home Stay Programme and Managing Director of Grand Events, Elma Humphreys. According to Humphreys, as of Friday, individuals who plan to visit the island for Cricket World Cup 2007 will be able to book their accommodations directly through the site and a Grand Events link.

She, however, admitted that previewing of rooms will not be a feature on the site since they were still in the process of viewing and inspecting the rooms being offered by individuals.

At last count, the Home Stay Programme had received an offering of almost 500 rooms from locals. The programme was set up with a view of supplementing the approximately 3,000 rooms presently available in hotels and resorts which will be in high demand during the period when the nation will be hosting the games.

Source: Hazra Medica, Antigua Sun