“Our hotels opened in November last year, so we closed for about eight months.”
Andrea Polanco
“Wow – what’s that like being closed for so long? Is this the first time you’ve seen something like this since working with the property?”
Martin Krediet
“Yes! I have personally there for ten years, Bernie has been with them for twenty-five years at Blancaneaux – so it is really nice to see that loyalty and longevity with staff as well who have been there for ten years. They become family and you roll up your sleeves and do what is necessary.”
…and so during those eight months off, the properties worked hard to rebound for when they reopened. The staff worked on a two week shift system on maintenance, landscaping and other projects to ensure that the properties were ready to receive visitors. And their aggressive marketing strategy to get visitors through their doors paid off; Turtle Inn was the highest revenue earning property over the holidays.
Jan 14, 2021
Karen Bevans
The five-year contract signed by the Director of Tourism Karen Bevans in April 2019 is the subject of much scrutiny, particularly since it has left the new P.U.P. administration hamstrung and cannot name a director of its own. In poring over the agreement, we note that the former Chief Operations Officer at Belize Telemedia Limited is given a thousand dollars in monthly allowance for communication expenses. Upon leaving the utility company in 2014, Bevans was given five years of free telephone and internet service as part of her package. While we are not privy to the details of her initial contract as Director of Tourism, it stands to reason that the terms are very much the same where communication expenses are concerned. If this were the case, it would suggest that Bevans may have benefited from the allowance, despite her monthly bill being waived. News Five has confirmed that the five-year period of free telephone and internet expired
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