News
'No official audit of Tourist Board done' - Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - “We have not done an official audit on the Tourist Board. The BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) themselves have done an internal audit so they can re-organize which they have done,” said Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith at his press conference held on Wednesday September 17, 2014.
BVITB Director pushes VI as tourist destination of ‘lifetime’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Going around the world physically and via other means is the message that the Virgin Islands popularly called ‘BVI’ is one of the number one tourist destinations in the world with a true Caribbean flavour.
UPDATE: Will ‘BVI Night’ Brouhaha damage VI/USVI relationship?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The alleged ‘infighting’ that has become a public debate within the walls of the Virgin Islands (VI) that has no doubt spread to the sister Territory United States Virgin Islands (USVI) seems to be heading in a direction that can be damaging to the relationship which was once strong between the two Territories.
BVI Tourist Board in two-island clean up drive
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The BVI Tourist Board is encouraging all organisations, businesses, schools, churches, clubs and groups to join an Island-Wide Clean Up on the islands of Tortola and Anegada.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Jenel S. Lettsome
By Ron M. Henry
Not many persons have managed to harness and ultimately master their creative talents as this week’s Young Professional has been able to do.
Anegada Lobster Fest 2013 in living colours-Video Exclusive
THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI- Where do people go for the best lobster in the Caribbean? The Virgin Islands (VI) is still the place! Our beautiful archipelago is where globetrotters and international food lovers have discovered the most tasty, succulent catch of the sea: the Anegada spiny lobster!
UPDATE: A Lobster Fest Village in Anegada among early ideas for 2014
SETTING POINT, Anegada, VI - "We want something that would give everybody a fair bite of the pie and not some getting more than others because of where they are located." This is according to one restaurant owner on the sister island of Anegada who was not among the eight to participate in the inaugural Anegada Lobster Festival on November 30 and December 1, 2013.
Chef Fed ready to get cooking!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- International chef Fed Federer is in the Virgin Islands and although he doesn't intend to underestimate the local chefs he will be coming up against, he and his wing-man and Junior Chef Champion Ariq Flax-Clarke are upbeat about the upcoming cookouts during BVI Restaurant Week 2013.
VI’s sun & sand important to Latin American market – Gardner
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – JG Black Book of Travel’s CEO, Jena Gardner, has disclosed that the Virgin Island’s sun and sand type destination is an important selling point in the Latin American market, especially with vacations becoming increasingly expensive in Latin America itself.
TB Marketplace launch emphasises relationship building
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Representatives from the USA, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Puerto Rico and Latin America gathered with members of the BVI Tourist Board and several businesses today, November 13, 2013 in launching the BVI Marketplace.