Barbados bats on aviation

Barbados bats on aviation

The time is right for Barbados to transform its tourism sector says the Caribbean island’s Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins. She is convinced that aviation must be at the forefront of that push. At the recent Barbados Aviation...
Barbados pushes regional tourism

Barbados pushes regional tourism

The island nation Barbados has established talks with several low-cost carrier charter airlines on setting up a regional route, according to Chairman of Tourism and Marketing Inc (BTMI), Shelly Williams. This is seen as good news for intra-regional travellers. “In the...
Sandals EMPOWERING women in the Caribbean

Sandals EMPOWERING women in the Caribbean

The Sandals Foundation is committed to investments that create a positive and sustainable impact on its communities and surroundings, including the people who live there and call the Caribbean home. Recently, the philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts International made...
Love stood the test of time, and the pandemic

Love stood the test of time, and the pandemic

Theirs is a love affair that started in May of 2016 in England and nurtured along the way at Sandals resorts in Jamaica and Barbados, then blossomed beautifully in marital bliss in March 2022 at the Sandals Royal Plantation (SRP). Lee and Demi Martin built an...
Bartlett bats for Caricom single-visa regime

Bartlett bats for Caricom single-visa regime

Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett says a single-visa regime among Caricom member countries should be the next critical consideration in rationalising entry protocols in the region. “[This is] for touristic purposes and can be provided for visitors coming...