Winners of the 2022 Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Awards competition have been announced. The awards, which are hosted by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation, were announced on 15 February 2023 via a virtual awards ceremony. The awards were conceptualized by the CTO in 2000 to celebrate the beginning of the new millennium […]
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Retired Slave Apartheid 1937 Exhibition Opens in Barbados
Local Barbadian artist Ras Daniel is the creative mind behind the Retired Slave Apartheid 1937 Exhibition in Barbados. The exhibition, which was launched on Thursday, February 09, 2023, is being held at the Queen’s Park Gallery in Bridgetown. The timing of the exhibition reinforces the importance of African and Caribbean […]
Notice of the 50th BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival
The 50th BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival is on schedule for March 27 to April 02, 2023. This event, which is a highly anticipated event on the Caribbean sailing calendar is promising warm water and hot racing. The organising authority of the event comprises the BVI Spring Regatta and […]
Experience St. Croix Promotion Launched
Experience St. Croix: A Vibe Like No Other is an inviting promotion by the Department of Tourism for guests coming to the island. At the recent Caribbean Travel Marketplace, held at Baha Mar in the Bahamas, Joseph Boschulte, United States Virgin Islands Commissioner of Tourism, spoke about the new branding […]
Bonaire to Host Yoga & Wellness Festival in 2023
Bonaire will be hosting its first yoga and wellness festival in 2023. In a recent press release announcing the festival, it was revealed that it is a partnership between Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB), Bindu Yoga & Healing Centre (BINDU) and the wellness sector. At a meeting on December 13, 2022, […]
New Marketing Strategy for Antigua and Barbuda
The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority (ABTA) recently held a series of strategy meetings with their marketing teams from around the world. The aim of the meetings was to discuss a new marketing strategy for Antigua and Barbuda. Additionally, they were a forum to discuss the new way forward for […]
The Bahamas to Host Inaugural FinTech Festival in 2023
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas and the Government of the Bahamas will be hosting their inaugural FinTech Festival in January 2023. D3 Bahamas is an in-person festival that will be held from the 24th to 26th January 2023 at Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau. The festival aims to attract […]
Endless Links: CHTA Awards Recognize Resilience
Here are some of the Caribbean travel stories that you may have missed during the month of October 2022: Breaking Travel News: Barbados Among Top Caribbean and Atlantic Islands Travel Off Path: St. Maarten Drops All Travel Restrictions Returning To Normal Tourism Travel Pulse: Caribbean’s Rapid Tourism Recovery Continues in […]
GTA Announces New Airlift Capacity for Grenada
In a recent press release, the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) announced new airlift capacity for Grenada. As a result, it is expected that by November 2022, the international airlift capacity will return to 2019 levels. 2019 was a record-setting year in which stayover totals for visitors arriving by air hit […]
Aurora Anguilla Resort & Golf Club to Open Year-Round
The Aurora Anguilla Resort & Golf Club will remain open year-round. After the summer season, hotels in Anguilla close during the fall months of September and October. However, Aurora Anguilla has committed to remaining open and thus giving visitors to the island the opportunity to plan a fall getaway in […]
Endless Links: Barbados Expects Increase of Arrivals in Winter
Here are some of the Caribbean travel stories that you may have missed during the month of September 2022: Travel Trade Caribbean: Barbados Expects Increase of Arrivals in Winter Caymanian Times: The Future of Caribbean Travel Travel Press: 40th Caribbean Travel Marketplace Kicks Off Next Week Conde Nast Traveler: Here’s […]
Curacao’s Visitor Arrivals for August 2022 Pass 2019 Figures
Curacao’s visitor arrivals for the month of August 2022, surpassed figures for August 2019. Additionally, stayover visitor arrivals for the first eight months of the year (318,432) were 1% higher than those of the first eight months of 2019 (313,954). These statistics were revealed in a recent press release from […]