By Jasminee Sahoye A respected historian, anthropologist and politician from the island of Dominica has thrown out a challenge to Caribbean tourism officials to ensure that their information about sites, performances and experiences is accurate, honest and interesting. Dr. Lennox Honychurch, during a presentation, titled Delivering Authenticity: The Truth About Product Development, at the […]
By Jasmine Sahoye In an effort to ensure that visitors to Caribbean tourism destinations receive the best products and services, the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has instituted a pilot survey in six countries to gauge what it calls total visitor satisfaction. The total visitor satisfaction survey, which has already started in Barbados, St Lucia, […]
By Jasminee Sahoye Tobago tourism officials want Canadians to know that the island is ready and open for visitors to experience their unique exotic destination and to use the island as their ultimate destination for weddings and honeymoons. A team, which includes the administrator of the Division of Tourism and Transportation, from the 116-square […]
While efforts are being made by the Caribbean Tourism Organization to market the Caribbean as an attractive tourist destination, individual countries are doing their fair bit of work to promote their unique products. Last Monday, the Saint Lucia Tourist Board unveiled a new brand campaign “Lift Your Senses,” that captures vacation moments in a fresh, […]
Written by Dr PETER FLAHERTY, Faculty of Education, York University, Toronto, Canada Sunday, 06 January 2013 21:28 ON New Year’s Day, 2010, I shared a first-time visitor’s impression of Guyana with the readers of this newspaper. My comments then were mostly positive, since my very pleasant experiences here had contrasted so sharply with the negative […]
It’s another perfect day here at Beaches Resorts, as Travel + Leisure Magazine just announced that two of our resorts hold the top two spots for Top Family Hotels in the Caribbean in their annual World’s Best Awards. We were over-the-moon to hear that the highly-lauded publication, geared toward the discerning traveler, officially released its […]
