The Grenada Tourism Authority, in collaboration with industry partners True Blue Bay Resort, Calabash Luxury Boutique Hotel and Belmont Estate who was voted the Caribbean’s Best Attraction 2023 by USA Today Readers Choice Awards, hosted a Destination Presentation and Chocolate Dinner at the Beachcombers Hotel in St Vincent. Guests included representatives from the St Vincent […]
St. George’s, 24th April 2023 – The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) is pleased to report that the newly launched Pure Grenada Excellence Champion (PGEC) Customer Service training sessions on the sister isle of Carriacou were a resounding success. 250 participants from various sectors attended the sessions, which took place between April 3 to 6 at […]
St. George’s, Grenada W.I. – Grenada, known as the spice island of the Caribbean, is hosting its 10th annual, week-long Grenada Chocolate Festival. The festival, which started in 2014, will take place from May 16 – 21, 2023 and celebrates the rich history and culture of chocolate production in Grenada. The island is home to […]
Hillsborough, Carriacou, March 28, 2023 Plans are in progress to stage the 2023 Carriacou Maroon and String Band Music Festival. Anderson “Leftist” Matheson, Coordinator of the Cultural Secretariat, is spearheading the event, along with a team of volunteers. The festival will run from April 28th-30th. Matheson says the Secretariat will showcase the island’s rich cultural heritage, […]
St. George’s, 23rd March 2023 – The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) is proud to announce the launch of The Pure Grenada Excellence Champion program, a comprehensive customer service training program specifically designed to promote a culture of excellence for Grenada’s hospitality enterprises. This program is an expansion of the GTA’s current training program offered to […]
As Curaçao continues to shatter tourism records, one of the region’s leading tourism executives opines that the Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB) might be a model for others to follow, given its significant achievement in using data and analytics to overcome market challenges. The Dutch Caribbean destination recently reported close to a half-million stayover visitors in 2022 and there’s no letting up, […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica (February 21, 2023) – A leading Caribbean tourism official wants to see Caribbean nationals derive more benefits from the tourism industry, leading to greater generational wealth for residents of the region. Speaking at the first Global Tourism Resilience Conference, which was held in Kingston, Jamaica last week, Jamaican hotelier Nicola Madden-Greig said this […]
Caribbean tourism stalwart George Myers, who passed away last week, was remembered by the chief executive of the Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board (NPIPB), the organization he helped form several decades ago. “George was truly a legendary figure here in The Bahamas – a place he loved so deeply,” said Joy Jibrilu, NPIPB’s CEO. “He had that rare ability to […]
The world celebrates Global Tourism Resilience Day for the first time on Friday, February 17. Proclaimed by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the special day aims to emphasize the need to foster resilient tourism development to deal with shocks, taking into account the vulnerability of the tourism sector to emergencies. The international day, a successful development initiative by the Government […]
