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December 14th, 2013
Virgin Islands taxis & tour guides: time to take the bad customer service bull by the horns

By Dickson Igwe

This enthusiastic conversationalist was engaged in banter with a friend and Englishman who happens to be one of those individuals with his fingers on the pulse beat of Virgin Islands tourism. This was the center of Road Town on Saturday afternoon, December 7, 2013.

December 7th, 2013
Virgin Islands Customer service; and a very poor retail banking model

By Dickson Igwe

Eternal bank queues, and a small number of customer unfriendly bank tellers and staff are a metaphor for a poor Virgin Islands customer service model. The need for good customer service is a bread and butter matter for the Virgin Islands. The British Virgin Islands is a non manufacturing, importing country that is totally customer service dependent. Poor customer service is not an option. Poor customer service is a totally unnecessary deadweight, dragging down commerce and industry.

October 16th, 2013
Village Cay Restaurant closing for renovations

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Management of Village Cay Marina and Hotel announces to the general public that the Restaurant at Village Cay will be closed beginning Monday, October 21, 2013 until Thursday, October 24, 2013.

October 15th, 2013
VI customer service one of the poorest in Caribbean– Bishop Cline

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Bishop John I. Cline of the New Life Baptist Church expressed the belief that attitudes such as arrogance and a false sense of pride will cripple Virgin Islanders and have already contributed negatively to the way customer service is viewed overall on a local level.

July 15th, 2013
LIAT assures customers of its commitment to exemplary customer service

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, July 15, 2013 – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LIAT Mr. Ian Brunton is assuring the traveling public of the company’s continued commitment to raising the level of customer service offered by the airline.

March 9th, 2013
KING CUSTOMER and his poor treatment

By Dickson Igwe

This Wannabe Village Sheriff sat in on another high powered meeting the other day. And again he was in the company of a powerful group of Virgin Islands females. Now, what made this meeting fortuitous was this: it was the second time one of Nature’s Little Secrets - the poor state of customer service in the territory - was exposed in a forum of the type.

February 16th, 2013
When KING CUSTOMER is treated like OLIVER TWIST

By Dickson Igwe

Now this eternal thinker was privileged to sit in on a high powered meeting the other day. He was one of only two males in a room filled with typically very beautiful and lovely Virgin Islanders: women at the highest professional level. LA CRÈME DE CRÈME!

January 4th, 2013
This week we feature Young Professional Abraham A. Tarabay

By Cathy Richards

His ultimate goal in life is to be happy; happy with his family, wife, son and future children, happy with friends, to be successful in whatever he does that would ensure him having a very healthy household, “I mean that spiritually, I mean that physically and I also mean that metaphorically.” He considers himself a giving person, so whatever he wishes for himself he does for others. These are the ideals of Abraham A. Tarabay, our young professional this week.

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