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Grand Bahama: Layoffs At Our Lucaya
- By S Coward
- Published 26-Jan-09
- Financial Crisis/ Recession , Travel/Tourism
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Jan. 26, 2009 -- More than 100 hotel industry workers joined the unemployment line
Friday following a mass layoff exercise at the Our Lucaya Resort on
Grand Bahama, according to Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers
Union Second Vice President Lionel Morley.
Nevis Tourism Authority Reports 65% Drop in Revenue with Four Seasons Closure
- By S Coward
- Published 21-Jan-09
- Travel/Tourism , Financial Crisis/ Recession
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Charlestown -- Jan. 21, 2009 -- Premier of Nevis, the Hon. Joseph Parry, will be meeting with the Four Seasons Resort management team to discuss the future of the property on the island of Nevis. The meeting will take place in New York on Thursday, January 22, 2009.
Rainbow International to Provide Airlift from Puerto Rico to Anguilla
- By S Coward
- Published 13-Jan-09
- Airlines/Cruiselines , Travel/Tourism
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Jan. 13, 2009 -- If all goes well, as planned, there will be a solution in the near
future to the difficulty of full airlift from Puerto Rico into
Wallblake Airport, Anguilla. At present, American Eagle, having cut
back its operations, is providing only one flight at night to the
island.
Absolutely Anguilla Magazine 2008-2009 Launched
- By S Coward
- Published 12-Jan-09
- Travel/Tourism
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The Valley - Jan. 12, 2009 -- The Anguilla Hotel and
Tourism Association (AHTA)
launched “Absolutely Anguilla”
their new visitor magazine for
the 2009 season at an enjoyable
event held in the gardens of the
Anguilla Tourist Board on
Thursday January 08, 2009.
Tourism Hurt by Closure of Four Seasons on Nevis
- By S Coward
- Published 07-Jan-09
- Travel/Tourism
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Basseterre -- Jan. 7, 2009 -- The closure of the
Four Seasons Resort in Nevis is being seen as a blow to tourism St.
Kitts and Nevis.
Caribbean Tourism Arrivals to Decline by At Least 20% in Q1, 2009 - CTO Chair
- By S Coward
- Published 03-Jan-09
- Financial Crisis/ Recession , Travel/Tourism
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Jan. 3, 2009 -- Visitor arrivals in the Caribbean in the first quarter of 2009 will
decline between 20% and 35% depending upon the destination, according
to Harold Lovell, chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization and
minister of tourism for Antigua & Barbuda.
80 Workers Axed in BVI Tourism Sector, Over $4M Spent to Promote Industry
- By S Coward
- Published 30-Dec-08
- Travel/Tourism
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Torotola -- Dec. 30, 2008 -- Several workers in the BVI Tourism Industry have felt the impact of the
reduced number of visitors to the Territory which is seemingly due to
the sinking US economy, as 80 persons have been laid off from their
jobs.
St Lucia Government to Announce Plan to Help Tourism Sector Soon
- By S Coward
- Published 26-Dec-08
- Travel/Tourism
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Castries -- Dec. 26, 2008 -- Tourism Minister, Allen Chastanet says Government is working on addressing the problems facing the island’s hoteliers.
Inaugural Air Canada Vacations Flight Arrives in Jamaica
- By S Coward
- Published 22-Dec-08
- Airlines/Cruiselines , Travel/Tourism
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Montego Bay -- Dec. 22, 2008 -- Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, headed a number of government and
tourism officials who were on hand, at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on Friday (December 19), to
welcome some 214 passengers who arrived in the island on the inaugural Air Canada Vacations non-stop scheduled air service from Vancouver.
Marriott Vacation Club opens up 22 more villas on St. Kitts
- By S Coward
- Published 22-Dec-08
- Travel/Tourism
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Basseterre -- Dec. 22, 2008 -- Marriott Vacation
Club International (MVCI), the vacation ownership division of Marriott
International, Inc. has announced the third phase opening of Marriott’s
St. Kitts Beach Club at Frigate Bay, St. Kitts.
St. Lucia Government Examining Ways to Assist Troubled Hotel Sector
- By S Coward
- Published 19-Dec-08
- Travel/Tourism
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No Hotel Bookings in St. Lucia Past April 2009
- By S Coward
- Published 18-Dec-08
- Travel/Tourism
- Unrated
Regional Tourism Brand Crucial to Offset Diminution from Global Financial Crisis - CARICOM
- By S Coward
- Published 18-Dec-08
- CARICOM , Economy, Trade & Investment , Travel/Tourism
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CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana -- Dec. 18, 2008 -- The development of a Regional Tourism Brand
is critical to lessen the impacts of the global
economic downturn on the Region’s tourism sector,
said the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Secretary-General, His Excellency, Edwin Carrington.
Bermuda's Tourism Summit Brings New Strategy, New Success from New York
- By S Coward
- Published 18-Dec-08
- Travel/Tourism
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Bermuda -- Dec. 18, 2008 -- Autumn visitor numbers from the
Belize Tourism Industry Feeling the Pinch from U.S. Recession
- By S Coward
- Published 17-Dec-08
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Belize City -- Dec. 17, 2008 -- (www.channel5belize.com): It’s the beginning of the peak tourism season and for some in the industry it has gotten off to a rocky start.