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BVI Cabinet to Decide on New Tourist Board TB Chairman by Next Week

In his message for Caribbean Tourism Day on November 2, Premier and Minister for Tourism, Hon. Ralph T. O’Neal said the board will soon have its full cadre of members and their new Chairman.

 

Social media and travel policy

The topic of social media has cemented its place on the agenda of almost every conference, seminar and forum within the business travel sector.

 

Barbados to Host Inaugural Food & Wine and Rum Festival

The Barbados Food & Wine and Rum Festival will take place Nov. 19 to 22, 2010 in partnership with Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, Departures and Executive Travel brands.

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2009-02-05 08:34

Tourism Australia Debuts New Ad Campaign

Tourism Australia’s annual event, G’Day USA Australia Week, a celebration of Australian culture, food and travel, launched Jan. 13 in Los...
2009-02-04 08:34

Spain to Support Kenya Tourism

Kenya and Spain have agreed on immediate areas of action to help enhance the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two countries to...
2009-02-02 14:44

Business Travelers Taking Shorter Trips

The average length of hotel stay by customers of the travel management company HRG UK plummeted in 2008 from 1.9 nights to 1.5 nights. HRG...
2009-01-27 10:21

UNWTO Calls On Tourism Leaders To Join The Green Economy

Despite the evolving global recession there is a real opportunity if world leaders succeed in aligning short term response to the economic...
2009-01-27 09:48

Europe feels US financial crisis in absence of American visitors

American Express has shuttered two decades-old offices in major tourist cities. Taxi drivers are wailing that Americans and their big tips are...
2009-01-26 10:13

Russia Outbound Continues to Soar

The old saying that when American sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold has never rung truer than during the current economic downturn....
2009-01-26 10:04

Jamaica Recorded Four Percent Tourism Growth in 2008

Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has revealed that despite the economic downturn in major markets overseas, this island experienced...
2009-01-26 09:52

Obama election gives USA travel an immediate 10% increase in visitor interest

On the day of his inauguration into office, US President, Barack Obama is changing attitudes to the US in more ways than one, according to a...
2009-01-22 08:45

USA Ranked in Top 5 Preferred Destinations in The World by European Buyers

A major European Meetings Industry report presented at EIBTM 2008 this month, by The Right Solution MD Sally Greenhill revealed that the ‘Mood...
2009-01-22 08:34

Amadeus to launch a new solution for agents to book hotel consolidator content

Amadeus has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Transhotel to improve travel agents' access to Transhotel content.   Amadeus is...
2009-01-21 09:08

UNWTO activities at FITUR 2009

Providing the tourism sector with the necessary tools to help overcome the current economic situation is among UNWTO’s increased response...

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