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Exciting 3rd annual BVI Food Fete launched!
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- Junior Minister for Tourism Hon Archibald C. Christian has given the 3rd annual BVI Food Fete high praise, saying he is impressed with the event’s growth that has now expanded to the four (4) major islands and two smaller private islands in the territory.
USVI to invest over $2M in tourism for next 3 months
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- To help strengthen the territory’s position as a premier warm weather destination and to address growing competition in the travel and tourism industry, the Department of Tourism (DOT) in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) will aggressively execute its overall marketing strategy by investing more than $2 million over the next three months to ensure the territory is a top-of-mind choice for travelers during the fall and the upcoming 2016-2017 winter season.
VI needs to realise value of its ‘natural resources’- Radio commentators
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Rejecting the popular saying that the Virgin Islands (VI) lack natural resources, talk show host Cromwell Smith aka Edju Enka and retired civil servant and businessman John Samuel believe that unless more Virgin Islands see the value of the territory’s ‘natural resources’ they will never reap the maximum benefits.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Natalie N. Penn
By N. Johann Earle
Tourism Education Coordinator in the BVI Tourist Board, Natalie N. Penn is being recognised this week as our Young Professional as she makes her contribution to the education of youth on the importance of the hospitality sector to the Virgin Islands’ economy.
9th District resort owners welcome BVI Airways! - Hon Hubert O'Neal
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Representative for the Ninth District Honourable Hubert O’Neal believes the decision to pump $7 million into foreign owned BVI Airways is a good one that will benefit the territory immensely and has reported that major resort owners in his District are eagerly awaiting the commencement of the service set to begin in September or October this year.
USVI Congresswoman Plaskett slams President Obama on Cuba visit
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- United States Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Stacey E. Plaskett has issued a statement on US President Barack H. Obama’s planned visit to Cuba next month, coming on the heels of a deal signed on Tuesday February 16, 2016 between the United States and Cuba.
Beware monster weed
By Dickson Igwe
Sargassum is destroying Mexico’s tourism economy. Could the monster weed do the same thing in the wider Caribbean? The following narrative is an extract from the Washington Post of October 28, 2015, a story titled, “Mexico deploys its navy to face its latest threat: Monster seaweed.”
Gun related & other crimes must be tackled' – Ms JoAnn ‘Roxie’ Romney
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The promotion of sustainable job opportunities for youth has been underscored as one the main issues that must be addressed to significantly reduce crime in the Virgin Islands (VI), especially gun related crimes.
Barbados is the Caribbean’s Most Competitive Tourism Economy
By the Caribbean Journal staff
What’s the most competitive tourism economy in the Caribbean?
It’s Barbados, according to the latest edition of the World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness report.
Albert O. Wheatley proposes 15-member HoA
THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI - At his meeting on Sunday May 17, 2015 at the Emile E. Dunlop Community Centre in Anegada, one of the Independent candidates for the Ninth District, Mr Albert O. Wheatley, laid out his proposal for the island while being careful to note that, “Anegada must be developed by Anegadians for Anegadians”.
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