New standards and regulations are coming to the tourism sector to support both large and small properties.Minister of Tourism and International Transport Senator Lisa Cummins, who made the disclosure, said legislation is also on the cards to encourage sustainable development tourism on the island.Speaking at the grand opening for Bayside Bistro and Nautilus Ocean Suites on Bay Street, St Michael, on Saturday evening, Cummins said: “In the coming weeks and in the coming months, we will be working with all of you to develop new standards and new regulations to be able to support properties like this.“We have already begun in collaboration with the Barbados Tourism Product Authority, and we have been working also with the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association [so] that properties just like Nautilus Ocean Suites and this amazing bistro have the opportunity to have access to . . . financing and capital to be able to benefit from innovation, digitalisation and, of course, renovations be
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Barbados could welcome thousands of visitors from the United Kingdom (UK) this winter season with travel group TUI UK revealing plans for a major boost in flights to the island as well as the homeporting of two of its largest cruise ships.According to Minister of Tourism and International Transport Senator Lisa Cummins, the island will benefit from over 54 000 planned airline seats, a major increase over last year.She noted that this extended programme reconfirms TUI UK’s commitment to Barbados and underpins their confidence that the island is a key destination for UK holidaymakers.“We are pleased with the news that TUI UK will increase their Barbados programme for the 2022/23 winter season. From the additional flight capacity and extended schedule to the homeporting of two of their largest cruise ships, and new hotel partners, this sheer size of this expansion underpins TUI UK’s confidence in Barbados,” Minister Cummins said.TUI previously chartered seven flights per week to B
Education access and systems in Barbados must remain on the cutting edge in this digital age, says Senator Andwele Boyce.Speaking in the Upper House on a resolution to approve the guarantee by the Government of $2 million of a $12 million-loan to be granted to the University of the West Indies (UWI) from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to finance the Regional Digital Transformation Project, he said it was the duty of the educational institution to remain on the cutting edge of the services they deliver to students.“The context and climate of education demand that we do things differently, that we modernise, that we deliver different services in a cutting edge way to a generation unlike any other, a generation of students who walk around with technological devices, who are [in tune] with the cutting edge of service,” he said.
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