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The political and economic chaos in the United Kingdom, one of this country’s main tourism markets, is unlikely to negatively affect travel to Barbados this winter season, a local political economist has said. At the same time, Professor Don Marshall, the Director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), said it could be a different story for the next summer season. “We have to watch for runaway inflation because the middle-class British consumer coming to Barbados will, with a weakened pound, recognise how expensive it is to be in Barbados and it could...

Discussions between the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA),  airlines and other tourism interests at the recent Caribbean Travel Marketplace (CTM) are likely to result in benefits for the industry here in the upcoming winter season and beyond, a senior BHTA official has disclosed.Although keeping the details close to his chest, the association’s chief executive officer Geoffrey Roach told Barbados TODAY that this year’s Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA)-organised CTM was productive, and the aim now is to follow through on the preliminary talks held during the 40th ...

One of the oldest calls from businesses in the tourism industry could soon be answered if all goes according to plan for a programme that will make it easier for them to access concessions.Representatives of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) have started discussions with the Mia Mottley administration to implement a trusted trader programme that would see tourism industry operators being able to finally access concessions under the Tourism Development (Amendment) Act (TDAA) as intended.A committee has been set up to devise a structure for the programme that would allow eligible...

Sixteen Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) awards will be up for grabs this year at the Association’s 70th Anniversary Tourism Gala on Friday, December 9. The biennial awards ceremony, customarily held at the end of the two-year

The adage that there are only two constants in life – death and taxes, is proving true in this post COVID-19 landscape. Managing a business, a household, or a country is an increasingly difficult task and riddled with a growing number of challenges.At the micro level, many households were forced to tap into their rainy day savings as sudden and pervasive job losses became a feature of the period. For government, the pandemic resulted in significant, unplanned expenditure and borrowing.Barbados, having experienced years of economic upheaval after the global financial collapse, experienced an ...