The company that manages Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (LESC) is implementing initiatives to earn extra revenue to be self-sustainable, including offering services outside of Barbados.Chief executive officer of Barbados Conference Services Limited (BCSL) Charmaine London said the management company has been working with the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) seeking to attract more business in the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events (MICE) market.She made the disclosures on Wednesday as she responded to questions during the Estimates debate in the House of Assembly after Minister of Tourism Ian Gooding-Edghill said BCSL had not needed budgetary support from the Government since this administration took office in 2018.“We’ve been working collaboratively with our industry partners and event producers to produce our own events because we really cannot only depend on booking short-term events with our local clients as well as our overseas clients,” London said, noting t
Charmaine gets help from Cherry Tree Trust
Article by December 22, 2020
For about nine years, Charmaine London has been operating a jewellery-making supplies shop in an air-conditioned container along Bank Hall Main Road, St. Michael.
London, who graduated from the Barbados Community College with an Associate’s Degree in graphic design, started out making and selling souvenirs to local shops. But she said that venture was not as viable as she expected, so she got into the jewellery business, focusing initially on teaching classes.
She later recognised that
YouTube was providing prospective students with an alternative, so she switched to supplying the materials for making the products.
Board Member and Trustee of The Cherry Tree Trust, Renee Kowlessar, centre, receiving the cheque from Managing Director, Barbados & the OECS, Donna Wellington, right. Looking on is The Cherry Tree Trust’s General Manager for Beneficiaries Services, Ezlon Griffith.
For about nine years, Charmaine London has been operating a jewellery-making supplies shop in an air-conditioned container along Bank Hall Main Road, St Michael.
London, who graduated from the Barbados Community College with an associate degree in graphic design, started out making and selling souvenirs to local shops. But she said that venture was not as viable as she expected, so she got into the jewellery business focusing initially on teaching classes but she later recognised that YouTube was providing prospective students with an alternative, so she switched to supplying the materials for making the products.