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BHTA: Sector still wants safe zones The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) is still pushing for the creation of safe zones in the hospitality sector. Chief executive officer Senator Rudy Grant noted yesterday that while Government had advised that safe zones would come into effect for the hospitality sector on December 1, to date that had not happened and he said the BHTA had received no further update about …
Forward bookings for the hotel and accommodation sector are outpacing projections, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Barbados Hotel Tourism Association (BHTA) Senator Rudy Grant reported Wednesday.Delivering an update at the BHTA Fourth Quarterly General Meeting, Grant said that the tourism sector which has struggled for the past 21 months remained in a delicate position even though there are signs of recovery.“As it relates to our accommodation, we are anticipating that we will have occupancies in excess of 50 per cent. And I haven’t specifically identified the occupancy figures and it is for this reason: what we have been observing is that the projections we are making, the actual occupancies are higher than those projections.
Barbados has lost an outstanding figure in the tourism industry, Richard Williams. Williams’ widow Clare made the announcement in a Facebook post: “It is with much sorrow that we have to inform you that Richard, beloved husband to Clare and devoted father and grandfather to Alana, Penny and Liam, died Friday, November 26 due to complications with pneumonia.” Tributes have flowed for Williams whose work was recognised regionally and internationally. …
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