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BVI Cabinet to Decide on New Tourist Board TB Chairman by Next Week

In his message for Caribbean Tourism Day on November 2, Premier and Minister for Tourism, Hon. Ralph T. O’Neal said the board will soon have its full cadre of members and their new Chairman.

 

Social media and travel policy

The topic of social media has cemented its place on the agenda of almost every conference, seminar and forum within the business travel sector.

 

 

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10/02/2009 10:42

Ethiopia to tap new tourism markets

The Ethiopian tourism sector hopes to weather the global recession by developing its unique attractions, boosting private sector involvement and...
09/02/2009 09:11

UK top European source market for Malaysia

The UK remains the leading European source market to Malaysia.   It was the only European country to have delivered 370,591 visitors...
09/02/2009 08:38

UAE Expects Fewer Traveler in 2009

According to the findings from YouGov Siraj’s Travel Tracker update, a research tool which tracks travel trends quarterly, the amount people are...
09/02/2009 08:32

Business travel budgets face cutbacks

Business travel budgets are being slashed with more than a third of buyers (38%) saying they have less to spend this year.   A poll of...
05/02/2009 08:34

Tourism Australia Debuts New Ad Campaign

Tourism Australia’s annual event, G’Day USA Australia Week, a celebration of Australian culture, food and travel, launched Jan. 13 in Los...
04/02/2009 08:34

Spain to Support Kenya Tourism

Kenya and Spain have agreed on immediate areas of action to help enhance the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two countries to...
02/02/2009 14:44

Business Travelers Taking Shorter Trips

The average length of hotel stay by customers of the travel management company HRG UK plummeted in 2008 from 1.9 nights to 1.5 nights. HRG...
27/01/2009 10:21

UNWTO Calls On Tourism Leaders To Join The Green Economy

Despite the evolving global recession there is a real opportunity if world leaders succeed in aligning short term response to the economic...
27/01/2009 09:48

Europe feels US financial crisis in absence of American visitors

American Express has shuttered two decades-old offices in major tourist cities. Taxi drivers are wailing that Americans and their big tips are...
26/01/2009 10:13

Russia Outbound Continues to Soar

The old saying that when American sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold has never rung truer than during the current economic downturn....
26/01/2009 10:04

Jamaica Recorded Four Percent Tourism Growth in 2008

Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has revealed that despite the economic downturn in major markets overseas, this island experienced...

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