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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, arts and crafts markets and a culinary-driven street fare. “With excitement building from year to y...
‘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 for a new BTMI boss came at a time when the marketing agency and the entire country were “challeng...
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 in new growth opportunities for premier destinations. The new CEO will develop appropriate strategi...
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, managers and owners alike are under immense financial pressure but political interference is making a bad ...