The Territory welcomed the inaugural call of the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s Ilma to Virgin Gorda today, Tuesday 19th November. The luxury cruise vessel is the newest luxury vessel to join the Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection and is slated to spend the day in Virgin Gorda.

The Ilma is currently on a six-night round trip cruise from San Juan, Puerto Rico with 273 passengers and 382 crew members onboard. After the vessel departs the Territory, she returns to Puerto Rico to conclude her current itinerary.

To commemorate this occasion, a plaque exchange ceremony was held where a plaque was presented on behalf of the Government and people of the Virgin Islands to the captain of the Ilma, Captain Magnus Bengtsson commemorating the vessel’s inaugural call to the Territory.