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Young VIslander aims to promote local businesses & VI culture

- www.whinbvi.com to launch next month
Ms Adelle E. K. Paul is the owner of WHIn NETWORKING LTD, a VI company that is engaged in promoting local businesses in the following categories: Adventure; Family Fun; Hotels and Romantic Getaways; Music and Entertainment; Shopping; Sports; Wine and Dine; and Travel Services. Photo: Provided
The WHIn Networking Ltd website will feature information for key travel services providers, giving users useful information on the different ways of getting around the VI and time schedules. Photo: Provided
The WHIn Networking Ltd website will feature information for key travel services providers, giving users useful information on the different ways of getting around the VI and time schedules. Photo: Provided
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A young Virgin Islander has embarked on an initiative that will see her throwing in her lot towards the territory’s development.

Ms Adelle E. K. Paul is the owner of WHIn Networking Ltd, a VI company that is engaged in promoting local businesses in the following categories: Adventure; Family Fun; Hotels and Romantic Getaways; Music and Entertainment; Shopping; Sports; Wine and Dine; and Travel Services.

The businesses will be promoted via a central website and mobile app, and also via radio and television stations in the VI and around the Caribbean.

“WHIn BVI stands for What’s Happening In the BVI. I first came up with the idea whilst I was studying abroad several years ago and I went about formulating the business plan. When I returned home to the BVI, I knew for sure that this product was absolutely necessary. I thought, where is there to go in the BVI? What is there to do? It turns out that there are lots of places one can visit for any occasion.

“I mostly learned about different venues via random conversations with friends and family. Once at the venue, my reaction would be, wow! People really need to know about this place! The food is divine! What a nice chill out spot! So yes, the BVI is indeed filled with many secrets and my passion is to help others, whether residents or visitors, to discover them and grow a greater appreciation for the BVI. One can indeed fall in love with the BVI several times over as I have,” Ms Paul stated.

The website will also feature information for key travel services providers, giving users useful information on the different ways of getting around the VI and time schedules.

Paul told Virgin Islands news Online she has been fortunate to build relationships with individuals within the VI whom are experts in their field and have assisted her in developing a product that is attractive and offers services on multiple platforms.

“The aim is for the company to be launched by 1st June. I therefore encourage all businesses to sign up now to ensure that their company details are promoted from the launch date. Also, to take advantage of our introductory rates,” Ms Paul advised.

Promoting the VI’s history & culture

What Ms Paul finds most encouraging about her business initiative is that she believes it will help promote the Virgin Islands in several ways.

According to her, WHIn Networking Ltd will create a central hub for the promotion of VI businesses since there are several establishments that offer great services but remain undiscovered, unless they are heard of through word of mouth.

“These businesses can now be discovered, not only locally but also throughout the Caribbean regions and the rest of the world. There are also businesses that can be promoted further through newer platforms such as our website, mobile app, radio ads and television ads. I am particularly proud of the ‘BVI Features’ section of WHIn Networking Ltd.

“The BVI has a rich history and I have always believed that more can be done to promote it. Research teams will strategically be put together to cover various aspects of BVI History and the information gathered will be presented in video format. The history presentations are aimed to be engaging and will help both residents and visitors to have a greater appreciation for these beautiful British Virgin Islands.”

Ms Paul noted that she as a strong desire to promote the VI culture, which she finds is rich and relevant.

“Whilst abroad, when asked about the BVI, I would mainly go on about its lovely scenery, food, music and people. However, the BVI is indeed filled with rich history and the stories ought to be told. Even today, young people are making history and they too should be celebrated. I am so happy that Civic Education now forms a part of the school curriculum, even from the primary stages. The BVI’s history will be brought to life and there will be a lot of work behind this.”

The young entrepreneur said her first interview about the VI’s history and culture was with Ms Ayana S. Hull. “Having been away for some years, it felt great coming back to a BVI with a territorial song that really spoke about the essence of the Beautiful Virgin Islands and its people. This fostered a new pride in me as a BVIslander. The interview with Ms Ayana Hull, whom composed the BVI territorial song along with her brother Kareem Nelson Hull, will be the first featured video on our website, mobile app, the radio and television. More information on this will follow. I think everyone should watch.”

Meanwhile, to subscribe for a package with WHIn Networking Ltd, persons are advised to go to www.whinbvi.com or call 441 7931.

14 Responses to “Young VIslander aims to promote local businesses & VI culture”

  • just asking.... (02/05/2016, 17:01) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
    Was she at mwm event?
  • BuzzBvi (02/05/2016, 17:08) Like (3) Dislike (17) Reply
    Everybody want to be doing the same thing strupps ...anyway good luck girl
    • pelican on a rock (02/05/2016, 17:37) Like (18) Dislike (4) Reply
      and when they do something different and it turns out to be profitable, people like you so will open up the same type of business.
  • Good venture (02/05/2016, 18:11) Like (14) Dislike (0) Reply
    Congratulations on your venture and wish you the very best with it. Good luck
  • :) (02/05/2016, 18:46) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    Hey Adelle good luck and God bless.
  • pete (02/05/2016, 23:00) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
    great idea. It will add to what Limin' times started with. But I like the idea of pushing history and heritage. There are so many really great stories that not even school children know about beginning with Smugglers Cove and the Arawak Indian sites,slave burial, ruins, plantation house. One reason to protect the natural environment of Smugglers as a major microcosm of BVI history for generations to come. Cotton was grown on island for its textile factory, it exported coal to other islands right up to the 1950s etc. Visitors like this kind of information too.
    You could get students to do the research as part of their curriculum.
  • Andtherest (03/05/2016, 08:40) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
    And all the plantations were owned by English people. Get it, people, they were the ones who enslaved us. It is important to tell this story, so we can as a people say, never, again, never, no colonialism and no slavery. Arthur Hodge (white overseer) beat Prosper (black apprentice) to death for missing to catch a mango from the tree. Prosper would have gone up tree and fetch that mango, but wickedness and no-sonte-mah caused him to tell Prosper look up and don't let that mango drop to the ground or else....People, beware. History has a way of repeating itself....please not here.
    • pat (03/05/2016, 17:11) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
      that was a story with turning point and consequences. Hodge was punished in a court of law. BVI people owned their land decades before the civil war in US. They owned their own businesses early on because of emancipation. Any kind of subjection is wrong from both sides. It can't happen again. there are more opportunities now then there were then, yet people hang on to sick history as a lifeline and identity. It is time to learn to swim and create the BVI you want instead of pointing the finger. Much of the corruption today is local. But all this is why history is important.
  • East Chic/classmate (03/05/2016, 11:35) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    Hey Adelle. I'm very proud to be reading this. You were always a very intelligent person and you have proven that you will continue to excel and exceed in life. Good things comes to those who strive to achieve excellence. Great job!!!
  • Lav (04/05/2016, 16:17) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    You go girl! Good to see this article!


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