2,000 jobs for Barbados

2,000 jobs for Barbados

Within the coming weeks, the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI) will partner with Royal Caribbean to host a national job fair to identify workers for almost 2,000 jobs. It will be just in time for the upcoming winter season. The date for the employment fair will be...
10,000 more trees

10,000 more trees

The Sandals Foundation plans to plant another 10,000 trees to strengthen the Caribbean’s climate resilience and food security. The massive conservation effort is in keeping with this year’s global Earth Day theme, “Invest in Our Planet”, and builds on the Foundation’s...
CHTA moving to boost intra-regional travel

CHTA moving to boost intra-regional travel

Determined to recover the more than US$1 billion in revenue the sector lost because of COVID-19, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) will bring its members together for a two-day virtual discussion on how to boost travel within the region....
Barbados Welcome Stamp Programme reaps rewards

Barbados Welcome Stamp Programme reaps rewards

Barbados says it has approved over 2,000 applications from foreign nationals wanting to participate in the country’s Welcome Stamp Programme. The 12-month programme is being pitched as a way to diversify the island’s tourism product, attract a new type of...
VIRGIN ATLANTIC: Bagpipes to Barbados

VIRGIN ATLANTIC: Bagpipes to Barbados

For the first time in its 37-year history, Virgin Atlantic is now flying international flights from the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. The flight to Barbados is also Scotland’s only direct one from the Caribbean.  The inaugural trip was on December 5. As the gateway...