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Barbados will soon be gearing up to welcome additional holiday-makers looking for sunshine, as British Airways has announced an increase from 10 to 12 flights per week, demonstrating the UK’s long-s | eTurboNews | Travel News |

NEW YORK, NY – This summer Barbados invites travelers to live like a local and experience the island’s lively Crop Over Festival, celebrating a 200 year-old tradition that honors the end of the su NEW YORK, NY – This summer Barbados invites travelers to live like a local and experience the island’s lively Crop Over Festival, celebrating a 200 year-old tradition that honors the end of the sugar cane season. The six-week festival celebrates all that is Bajan with dusk till dawn parties, a...

‘Global’ candidates among applicants for BTMI top spot Article by May 15, 2021 The search for a new Chief Executive Officer at the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) has begun and the response has been overwhelming. Word of this has come from Minister of Tourism and International Transport Senator Lisa Cummins, who gave the assurance that the crème de la crème of the applicants will be selected, from prospective candidates from the global search. She said the hunt ...

Barbados Tourism looking for new CEO 1 hour ago The current interim CEO is leaving to take on a new responsibility with the Grenada Tourism Authority. Applications are being accepted through May 27, 2021. The current Interim CEO, Petra Roach, is leaving to head to Grenada to take up a new opportunity with the Grenada Tourism Authority. The year 2020 saw the global tourism industry experience change at rapid and unprecedented levels, creating major challenges for the industry but also resulting ...

May 11, 2021 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc. by Guy Hewitt The frantic search for a CEO of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) is matched in recent memory only by the hunt for Winston Hall. But this is no laughing matter for tourism is the lifeblood of our economy, accounting in 2019 for 36.2  per cent of GDP. Due to COVID-19, thousands of households: workers, manage...

Social Share Veteran tourism professional Cheryl Carter has been appointed Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc’s (BTMI) Interim Head of Global Markets. Carter, who is currently BTMI director for the UK market, brings 26 years’ experience to the temporary acting position, following the departure of tourism veteran Petra Roach whom the BTMI had appointed to the newly-created post in 2019. Roach was acting as BTMI chief executive officer when she resigned earlier this month. She has taken up th...

Share: Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), Petra Roach has officially been announced as the new chief executive officer for the United Kingdom, director of sales and marketing for the U.S., global head of markets and interim CEO. She successfully elevated the Barbados brand to its current heights and has been instrumental in Barbados’ increase in airlift, the GTA said in its announcement, adding her in-depth knowledge of both marketing and the tourism industry will be a welcomed skill...

Carter gets BTMI Global Markets post Article by April 27, 2021 The Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI) is putting its confidence in one of its stalwarts as interim lead in the vacant position of Head of Global Markets. Cheryl Carter, who has been with the BTMI for several years, has been appointed in the position that was held by outgoing acting BTMI chief executive officer (CEO), Petra Roach. Roach’s sudden resignation was to take effect from June 30, however, she has s...

Share: The Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) announced on Monday it is bidding farewell to global head of markets and interim CEO  Petra Roach, who is leaving to take up a new opportunity with the Grenada Tourism Authority later this year. In a statement from the Board, BTMI Chairman Roseanne Myers thanked Roach for her notable contribution to Barbados’ tourism industry over the years. “On behalf of the Board, management and staff we say a sincere thank you to Petra Roach for her...

Hunt on for BTMI boss – PM Article by April 9, 2021 The vacant position of chief executive officer (CEO) at the Barbados Tourism Marketing Incorporated (BTMI) will be filled. That assurance was given tonight by Prime Minister Mia Mottley, two days after the former Acting CEO, Petra Roach resigned from the state agency. Speaking during a press conference tonight at Ilaro Court, Mottley said a “headhunt for the best possible person” would soon begin to fill the post. Roa...