When REDjet is approved – where do Barbadians fly? Belize, Anguilla and Bermuda have some suggestions for us!
Originally REDjet was awaiting approval from Barbados by November 15, but now that looks as though with PM Thompson’s State Funeral around the corner, it may take a little longer. It can’t stop folk from dreaming where should they go if flights indeed start from as low as $9.99 USD or about a purple bill in our fundage (aka – $20 BBD)!
L to R: Tourism Director - Seleni Matus, Min. of Tourism, Civil Aviation & Culture - Manuel Fereida, Chairman of Belize Tourism Board - Lindsay Garbert
If you want to go far, there’s always Belize – their Film Commission is not as pro-active as they want just yet, but according to Seleni Matus their Tourism Director, they’re in the process of fine-tuning that department to enrich Belize’s foreign exchange potential {CLICK ON FOLLOWING LINK FOR FULL AUDIO};-
Barbadian-born William Griffith, Director of Bermuda's Tourism & the Permanent Secretary of Bermuda's Tourism Ministry
From southern to northerly, how about a flight to Hamilton? Who? That’s Bermuda, they recently gave Regis Philbin a pair of Bermuda Shorts, he’s already vertically challenged – it must have reached his ankles, LOL! Seriously, their Director of Tourism is a Bajan, William Griffith and he revealed a lot is happening in Bermuda next year {CLICK ON FOLLOWING LINK FOR FULL AUDIO};-
The Caribbean Tourism Organisation is holding their their 12th Sustainable Tourism Conference in Hamilton in early April 2011
If you’d rather be closer to home then let’s savour Anguilla, where folk Bill & Hillary Clinton or Robert Redford have stopped by to earn some well deserved R&R. According to Candis Niles, Anguilla’s Tourism Director, she says there’s a new contest arriving for a chance to win a trip to their 91 square mile territory which has only 15,000 people {CLICK ON FOLLOWING LINK FOR FULL AUDIO};-
Starting from LEFT? Candis Niles, Anguilla's Director of Tourism, alongside her? Haydn Hughes, Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism
Anguillians are very much 21st century active, and do not plan to leave promotion to merely ads on radio, tv or print both near & far {CLICK ON FOLLOWING LINK FOR FULL AUDIO};-
Bet you wish the low far flights were already in effect, huh? I know I do!