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Cruise ships can set sail in November following White House ruling
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WASHINGTON DC, USA- Cruise ships will be free to set sail again early November if they so choose, following a White House order that scrapped a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to extend the no-sail order to mid-February 2021.
COVID-19 signalled need for a more innovative VI – Hon de Castro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Junior Minister for Tourism, Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) says the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on the Territory have highlighted the need for more innovation in the Virgin Islands (VI).
VI reopens to international visitors on Dec 1, 2020
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The question on the minds of many persons, particularly those in the hospitality industry, when the Territory would reopen to tourists in this COVID-19 pandemic, was answered today, September 21, 2020, by Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1).
COVID-19: 'VI did the right things in the right order'- Julio S. Henry
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - After a May 7, 2020, doom prediction that the Virgin Islands' 'Economy will sink and the Territory will suffer' if tourism was not immediately revived, social commentator and talk show host Julio S. Henry has now commended the Government for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the order that it did.
COVID-19 'is like the common cold or flu now'- Julio S. Henry
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Pointing out that COVID-19 pandemic has now evolved to a point where the virus can be seen as a common cold or flu, tourism operator, business owner and radio talk show host, Julio S. Henry says the Virgin Islands (VI) Government needs to start approaching the virus as such and proceed to open up the country.
VI financial services holding strong but it’s not all a glory story- Elise Donovan
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- One of the Territory’s major revenue earners, the financial services industry has been resilient and robust during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic; however, Chief Executive Officer of BVI Finance, Ms Elise Donovan said the local industry must not get comfortable but continue to be vigilant and proactive.
VI missing out on marijuana tourism- Justine Callwood
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) passed the Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Act 2020 into law, Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) made it clear that the bill was only for the medicinal use of marijuana and its local cultivation.
VI taxi drivers to receive COVID-19 stimulus pack
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Taxi operators who ply their trade in the Virgin Islands will soon be the recipients of a government piloted COVID-19 economic stimulus package to make up for lost income as a result of lockdown measures to prevent the spread of the Novel Coronavirus in the territory.
No Expats! BVITB wants locals applying for Tourism Director post
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Following a leaked email revealing that the current Director of Tourism, Mrs Sharon P. Flax-Brutus, intends to call it quits at the end of the year, the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) in accepting the resignation, has already advertised a vacancy for the post.
VI among island nations expected to be hardest hit by global pandemic
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While the Virgin Islands usually ranks among the top travel and tourism destination in the world, it is now facing a tourism projection that it would prefer does not to come to reality.
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