BusinessLocal NewsTourism Tourism braces to go on without American visitors by Randy Bennett 06/05/2020 written by Randy Bennett 3 min read The tourism industry may have to recover without the help of one of its main source markets, the US, dealing a potentially massive blow to the already crippled industry, Tourism … Continue Reading 06/05/2020 8 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal NewsNewsTourism Symmonds โto come to aidโ of small tourism players by Randy Bennett 06/05/2020 by Randy Bennett 06/05/2020 Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds has pledged the Governmentโs help for small businesses, entrepreneurs and tourist attractions to rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic. And he told journalists during a virtual … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal NewsTourism โShift from tourism in economy rebootโ – Marshall by Randy Bennett 05/05/2020 by Randy Bennett 05/05/2020 Government needs to look beyond tourism to jumpstart the economy in the short to mid-term, the head of the UWI think tank has suggested. Predicting that the countryโs main economic … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsNewsTourism Symmonds: Tourism will ‘bounce back by yearend’ by Barbados Today 01/05/2020 by Barbados Today 01/05/2020 Amid dire predictions of millions of dollars in losses for tourism-dependent small island economies globally, Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds on Thursday expressed confidence that by yearend Barbados’ tourism industry … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HealthLocal NewsNewsTourism Tourism officials strategising during COVID-19 down time by Barbados Today 25/04/2020 by Barbados Today 25/04/2020 Tourism officials are using the downtime caused by COVID-19 to strategise on ways to reposition brand Barbados so that this destination remains top of mind in the islandโs major source … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal NewsNewsTourism Resumed tourism air arrivals โby Julyโ, Caddle hopes by Marlon Madden 25/04/2020 by Marlon Madden 25/04/2020 As unemployment rises dramatically in Barbados and hopes for the immediate recovery of the tourism industry fades, the Minister for Investment appears to be banking on Barbados receiving its first … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal NewsTourism Cruise ships buying local by Marlon Madden 23/04/2020 by Marlon Madden 23/04/2020 Cruise ships off the coast of Barbados are continuing to source some of their food for crew members from local farmers at their own cost. Word of this has come … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal NewsNewsTourism Action team picked to jumpstart tourism by Barbados Today 23/04/2020 by Barbados Today 23/04/2020 Tourism officials are consumed with determining strategies to keep Barbados top-of-mind in its major markets with a near $30 million fund, while the country battles the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Minister … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal NewsTourism Target Caribbean tourists, says regional expert by Marlon Madden 21/04/2020 by Marlon Madden 21/04/2020 Tourism-dependent destinations in the Caribbean are being advised to look more to regional travel to boost their tourism product post COVID-19. At the same time, former Minister of Tourism and … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal NewsNewsTourism Nine out of ten hotels closed in industryโs worst crisis by Randy Bennett 16/04/2020 by Randy Bennett 16/04/2020 COVID-19 has crushed the tourism industry, accounting for 5,000 hotel workerโs jobs lost and shuttering nearly nine out of ten hotels in the industryโs worst crisis, according to the Barbados … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
