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September 6th, 2022
Financial services carried VI when tourism industry was halted- Premier Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “We see the wisdom of our predecessors when they chose to establish our financial services industry in the 1980s,” Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) remarked in a statement on the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Irma today, September 6, 2022.

June 18th, 2022
Steven Spencer takes BVITB's ‘Junior Chef beyond the Plate’ title

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Steven Spencer is the winner of the BVI Tourist Board and Film Commission Junior Chef beyond the Plate competition 2022.

May 19th, 2022
VI must identify trends & demands of millennial cruise tourists– Hon Rymer

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) estimating that some 87% of millennials have indicated a willingness to cruise in 2022, Deputy Premier Hon Kye M. Rymer (R7) said the Virgin Islands must identify those millennial trends to cater to the demographic.

April 25th, 2022
UPDATE: Premier, VI delegation arrive for Cruise Global Conference in Miami

MIAMI, Florida, USA – The Virgin Islands delegation led by Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has arrived in Miami Florida for the 2022 Seatrade Cruise Global Conference this week, April 25 to April 28, 2022.

April 13th, 2022
Captain Owen G. Harrigan Visitor Center re-opens on VG

GUN CREEK, Virgin Gorda, VI- Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has declared re-opened, the Captain Owen G. Harrigan Visitor Centre in Gun Creek, Virgin Gorda.

March 20th, 2022
Moorings could have been handled differently - Skelton-Cline

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Local commentator and man of the cloth Claude O. Skelton-Cline has blasted the handling of charter companies. He said, taking into account the marketing of the Territory's tourism products and the trickledown effect on the local economy, it could have been handled better.

February 20th, 2022
Picturesque signs being erected across VI in new tourism marketing push

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Director of Projects at the Project Department of the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB), Ms Anya N. Frett says the construction of a number of high-profile signs across the territory comes as the Virgin Islands is embarking on a new tourism marketing push that focuses on digital sharing and curated spaces.

January 2nd, 2022
VI economy ‘constantly & consistently progressing with recovery’- Premier

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Devastated by the hurricanes of 2017 and then severely impacted by the global coronavirus pandemic, the ever-resilient Virgin Islands may have been battered with blows but has not gone down for the count. In fact, like ‘Rocky’, it is fighting its way back with grit and steely determination.

December 8th, 2021
BVIAA announces amended operational hours for VI’s 3 airports

BEEF ISLAND, VI- Mr Clive Smith, Ag. Managing Director, BVI Airports Authority, on behalf of the Board of Directors hereby informs the travelling public of the amended operational hours of the Territory’s three (3) international Airports.

November 24th, 2021
Persons interfacing with cruise passengers & crew ‘strongly' urged to vaccinate

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Persons in the Virgin Islands (VI) who interact with cruise ship crews and passengers are being ‘strongly' encouraged to get vaccinated or face twice-monthly COVID-19 tests, according to recently released Cabinet minutes.

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