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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — Carlos Vogeler, general director for the Americas of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), said Cuba now is in the third position as the ...
Students at the BVI Technical & Vocational Institute swept the top prizes in the BVI Tourist Board’s Trash to Treasure competition after placing first and ...
Government is hoping to promote wedding tourism more by passing a bill in the House of Assembly on Thursday that will allow couples getting married in the territory ...
A newly constructed bus stop has been erected in the Valley, Virgin Gorda to facilitate commuters heading to work at many of the island’s tourism properties on the ...
Wednesday, April 25 – Premier and Minister for Finance Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE said enhancing tourism and international relations are of critical ...
Wednesday, April 17 – Forging a new direction in Tourism to ensure the long-term sustainability of the industry is critically important to the Government of the ...
Thursday, April 12 – Government is moving ahead with its tourism boosting initiatives and fulfilling its agenda, as a committee for the proposed development of Gun ...
The Premier and Minister for Finance Honourable Dr. D. Orlando Smith OBE, and Minister for Communications and Works, Honourable Mark Vanterpool met with ...
Wednesday, April 11 – In strengthening the Territory’s tourism market and product and improving the quality of life for all, the Government of the Virgin Islands ...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 – Rosewood Little Dix Bay in partnership with the The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board has once again welcomed five high school ...
Remarks by Premier and Minister for Tourism Dr. The Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE – BVI Tourist Accommodation Properties (TAP) Association meeting; ...
Exciting tourism education options continue to capture the attention of high school and primary school students throughout the BVI. The BVI Tourist Board has engaged ...
3rd April, 2012 – Dear fellow Virgin Islanders: A healthy and productive relationship between the British Virgin Islands and the rest of the world is ...
An amicable end to the prolonged tent city debacle has to be achieved by Minister for Communications and Works Mark Vanterpool, who received favourable responses ...
Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Dr. Kedrick Pickering has said government is taking a new approach to tourism: attract more high-end ...
Thursday, March 29 – The Premier and Minister for Finance, Honourable Dr. D. Orlando Smith OBE and Minister for Communications and Works, Honourable Mark ...
The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board (BVITB) spent more than $700,000 in the Wendy Williams promotion last year. Director of the Tourist Board Hadassah Ward told ...
Health Minister Ronnie Skelton has suggested that the cruise ship pier be named after former Chief Minister Cyril B. Romney when it is lengthened and widened. ...
The ruling National Democratic Party’s At-large representative Archibald Christian wants to know how much money the Tourist Board spent on marketing the BVI ...
Today Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) Mr. Hugh Riley paid a courtesy call on the Premier and Minister for Tourism Dr. the Honourable D. ...
Taxi drivers and livery operators and the BVI as a whole can expect a big drop in cruise ships visiting the territory for the 2012/2013 season. This bad news came ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 – Staff at Rosewood Little Dix Bay were recognized for their outstanding service at the resort’s annual tenure awards ceremony on ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 7th March, 2012 – The BVI’s pristine beaches are one of the main attractions to the islands, this is why we have to ensure that ...
Wednesday, 22th February, 2012 – My Government has entered office at a time of great political and economic upheaval around the world and at a time when we ...
Passenger’s first impression on arrival at the cruise pier, the need to make Road Town more pedestrian-friendly as well as a need to showcase more historical and ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 20th February, 2012- The BVI Tourist Board is challenging primary and secondary students territory-wide to put their best ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 16th February, 2012 – A detailed article entitled “Guana Island: Paradise Found,” tagged the BVI’s Guana Island as a ...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (15 Feb, 2012) – The Caribbean recorded a rise in tourist arrivals in 2011 when compared to 2010, with further growth forecast this year. The ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 7th February, 2012 – Primary and secondary school students from the Jost Van Dyke School participated in a tourism education ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 30th January, 2012 – What is Nature’s Little Secrets? Is it the BVI’s lush landscapes, clear blue seas or unique natural ...
Last week, Wednesday, the Sugar Mill Hotel of Tortola won the prestigious International Hotel Award (IHA) for best Small Hotel in the Caribbean. The award was ...
The situation of crimes targeting tourists on boats was raised at the tourism rescue and recovery strategy consultation that was held on January 12 at the Eileene ...
Thursday, January 12th, 2012 – Happy New Year to all of you and thank you for participating in this very important meeting as we dialogue in this forum to find ...
A taxi driver in the BVI believes as government continues its attempts to improve the industry, the issue of safety must be seriously considered. Minister of ...
Premier and Minister for Tourism Dr D. Orlando Smith said the opening of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in North Sound, Virgin Gorda last evening represents a giant ...
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — Cuba’s tourism industry is expected to show an 8.2 percent increase in arrivals by yearend, as 2.7 million people have chosen the island ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 23rd December, 2011 – Visitors come from near and far to experience the lush green lands, clear blue seas and enchanting ...
Thursday, December 15, 2011….. The staff at Rosewood Little Dix Bay have been undergoing a resort wide training in preparation for the upcoming winter season. The ...
MONDAY, 19TH DECEMBER, 2011 – Madam Speaker, stimulating and fixing the economy in an effort to enhance the quality of life of the people of these Virgin ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 16th December, 2011 – Motorists on Tortola will soon have upgraded directional road signs marking which routes to take around the ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 11th December, 2011- Millions of viewers worldwide caught a glimpse of the treasures of the BVI as they watched “The Wendy ...
Government has recognized that the territory’s tourism industry is need of a “major strategic overhaul at all levels”. In his Speech of the Throne yesterday, ...
GUANA ISLAND, British Virgin Islands – So little to do, so many beaches to do it on. We are on White Bay Beach on this privately owned island, a luxurious dot ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 30th November, 2011 – Wet days no longer have to be a damper for those planning a day at the beach. Thanks to a collaborative ...
Sharon Flax-Mars, who has been tipped for the chairmanship of the BVI Tourist Board, has not ruled out serving in the position. “I am a BVIslander and if am called ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 22nd November, 2011 – How many children know the meaning of tourism? Do they understand the role they play in representing the ...
Cruise passengers visiting the British Virgin Islands over the coming months will have the option of touring the Maritime Museum at H. Lavity Stoutt Community ...
Government will be appointing a chairman for the BVI Tourist Board shortly, according to Arliene Penn , director of Communications in the Premier’s Office. “… ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 15th November, 2011 – “Save energy, save water, and recycle,” – while the global community recognises its carbon footprint, ...
Director of the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) Ms. Hadassah Ward was viciously attacked and chewed out on the BVI News blogs on Wednesday over statements she made in a ...
The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board and BVI Scuba Organization at DEMA in Orlando, Florida. 2nd – 5th November 2011. The BVI Tourist Board at the DEMA ...
Not caring where your garbage fell after leaving it atop your car, throwing a small piece of garbage here and there, now and and again, may not seem like a big ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 2nd November, 2011 – The BVI Tourist Board Annual Tourism Stakeholders Meetings have come to a close with participants receiving a ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 2nd November, 2011- Over 200 spectators gravitated to the 10-foot sculpture set ablaze during the Gui Jie August full moon in ...
Director of the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) Hadassah Ward is concerned many persons on the general elections campaign trail “speak in ignorance” and ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 2nd November, 2011 – Will you marry me? These four little words will spark the season for proposals and engagements, and while ...
Road Town, Tortola, 28th October, 2011- Twenty students vying for the 500 hundred dollar grand prize at the fourth annual Janice Blyden Table Setting and Service ...
National Democratic Party leader Dr. D. Orlando Smith plans to proceed with developing the 135-room Prospect Reef Hotel into a tourism hospitality training centre ...
NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — Over 8 million votes were cast by Conde Nast Traveler readers to determine the world’s best hotels, ...
Road Town, Tortola, 24th October, 2011- How you doing? This famous question christened by celebrity talk-show host Wendy Williams will be asked alongside a series of ...
Director of the BVI Tourist Board Hadassah Ward said the main objectives of the Annual Tourism Industry and Strategies Meetings which opens today in the territory ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 21th October, 2011 – For three days beginning Monday, 24 October to Wednesday, 26 October, the British Virgin Islands Tourist ...
Notable progress is being made in the direction of securing more and even bigger yachts to dock in BVI waters, particularly in the area of North Sound, according to ...
By this time next week it will be known who is the ‘Caribbean’s Leading Destination’ and which is the ‘Caribbean’s Leading Hotel’ and the ...
Wendy Williams is set to arrive in the British Virgin Islands tonight to mark the beginning of what the BVI Tourist Board has promised to be a massive campaign which ...