BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | OCT 17, 2022 Minister of State in Foreign Trade and Business, Sandra Husbands, presents artwork by Natasia Rollock to South Carolina’s Mayor, John J. Tecklenburg, while Director of Investment and Marketing at Invest Barbados, Renatta Mohammed (left) and Honorary Consul for Barbados in South Carolina, Rhoda Green, look on. (T. Barker/BGIS) […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | OCT 14, 2022 Acting Prime Minister, Santia Bradshaw receives a token of appreciation from Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, John J. Tecklenburg while looking on are (left to right) – President of South Carolina National Heritage Corridor, Michelle MCCollum; President and CEO of the International African American Museum, Dr. Tonya Matthews; and Honorary […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | SEP 29, 2022 Tourism Minister, Senator Lisa Cummins (centre) and Qatar’s Minister of Transport and Communications, Jassim bin Saif bin Ahmed Al Sulaiti (third from right), display their documents following the signing of the Air Services Agreement. Looking on are: (l-r) Secretary Air Transport Licensing Authority, Arlene Daniel; Permanent Secretary, Francine Blackman; Director of the Barbados Civil […]
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Officials broke ground on Tuesday to make way for the new Hotel Indigo on the south of the island pictured here from the Artist drawing. First Published on September 28, 2022 by Barbados Today As officials broke ground on Tuesday to make way for the new Hotel Indigo on the south of the island, Prime […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | SEP 27, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley speaking at the inaugural lecture in the Kofi Annan Lecture Series in New York, recently. (PMO) Faced with the financial fallout from the cost of living, debt and climate crises, Government has unveiled its Bridgetown Agenda as a guide for urgent and decisive […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : Minister of Tourism Senator Lisa Cummins (second from right) was joined at the church service by (from left) Geoffrey Roach, Jens Thraenhart, Ralph Bizzy Williams, Shelly Williams and Selwyn Cambridge. Tourism Week 2022 will be celebrated in Barbados from Sunday, September 25, to Saturday, October 1, under the theme “Rethinking Tourism”. The Week began […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | SEP 24, 2022 (BTMI) Tourism Week 2022 will be celebrated in Barbados from Sunday, September 25, to Saturday, October 1, under the theme “Rethinking Tourism”. Outlining plans for the Week, Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), Chief Product Development Officer, Marsha Alleyne explained that since 1980, on September 27, the United Nations World Tourism […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | SEP 23, 2022 | CORONA VIRUS Effective today, Friday, September 23, the wearing of face masks as the best defence against COVID-19 is now optional, but with a few exceptions. Acting Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw in a post Cabinet press conference at Ilaro Court on Thursday evening, said the changes took […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | SEP 24, 2022 (FP) The Ministry of Tourism and International Transport has embarked on a venture to expand the number of businesses that supply the cruise industry with goods and services. This initiative saw tourism ministry officials meeting with the local business community, both large businesses and a number of small […]
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PICTURED ABOVE Tourists along the Kara Kara Creek AUGUST 24, 2021 The gradual reopening of the local tourism industry, has resulted in several businesses making strides in providing local and international visitors – though not on a large scale- with outdoor tourism experiences, while adhering to the Covid guidelines. The Tourism Industry has been hit […]
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