‘Everybody is all hands on deck’ to sell VI @ Seatrade 2024- Clive L. McCoy
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“We have met with several companies that are interested in helping us market the destination from a cruise perspective and we also have some other meetings set up with some persons that are interested in helping us build our hospitality and our product in general,” Mr Mccoy said in a video update posted by the Government Information Service.
“Seatrade is an opportunity for us to come together and put our heads together, our minds together to make decisions that are going to ensure that the cruise sector of the British Virgin Islands remains second to none,” he added.
Seatrade Cruise Global is marketed as the world's largest and most renowned cruise event, drawing in over 10,000 cruise professionals, 600 exhibitors, and more than 80 cruise line brands, all representing 120 countries.
On the first day of the 2024 event, April 9, 2024, Minister for Communications and Works, Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) met with representatives from Disney and Carnival cruise lines, the Government Information Service (GIS) shared.
Hon Kye M. Rymer leading delegation
Mr McCoy said the VI team including the BVI Tourist Board, Ports Authority and several tour operators are on the ground leading discussions, “Everybody is all-hands-on-deck to ensure that whatever we come out of with this activation that we're able to move the territory in a positive direction,” he added.
Meanwhile, Mr McCoy said he is part of a panel on the state of the industry in the Caribbean where he will share information on VI as a destination is in terms of what the territory will offer.
He said he will also participate in discussions about how the VI can maintain a sustainable future for cruise and how the rest of the Caribbean impacts that sustainable future from a cruise perspective.
Minister for Communications and Works, Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) is currently leading the delegation which also includes the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communications and Works and officials of the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park.
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21 Responses to “‘Everybody is all hands on deck’ to sell VI @ Seatrade 2024- Clive L. McCoy”
the tourist trade money coming into the BVI, is swept under the rug, denied, not answered to, and so on. Of course
by BVI personell, but also by well placed people in the US and UK to make sure national or international news does not run a story, conservative or liberal media organizations. If certain BVI insiders have hurt someone or stolen their property they brought with them when they actually MOVED to the BVI - well we can't have that going around.
Bad for business. Fortunately for the BVI gliteratti, they have friends in high places in London and Washington and
a few billionaire agents as managers nearby. Of course the risk of retaliation by those who were victimized, is not discussed. But if that did happen, the BVI could still be saleable even if it is glowing green. I gave you a lot of green when I lived there. I will give you more.
BVI was the ONLY pier park to keep charging rent through lockdown and beyond...driving out the smaller operators to be replaced by the same jewelry stores who can afford to ride out the rent and the slow summer months.
Pier park is now a boring place for passengers to walk around..its just another place they have to go through to get to the taxi rank..
go there when no ships in you can cou t on one hand how many other tourists go in. only thing bring locals n are the food shops and coffee.
such a let down
What about our sailing capital of the world. Maintenance, captains, chefs, office staff.
Are we really that dull!!
Focus on improving air-travel into the territory especially from the european market
Stop the regular Talk and improve the runway and airport building
The current Administration needs to focus more; refrain from using the tax payers funds on entertainment
Shelling out our money to the Various Artists from outside, while the place needs fixing
Fix the place for all of us them spend a few dollars on the entertainment
Not all of we into fun & games: running our land is a very serious thing