News
‘Mindset of some government depts & agencies a challenge’- Flax-Mars
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While testifying before the House of Assembly‘s Standing Finance Committee last year to examine the draft estimates for 2015, Director of the BVI Tourist Board Mrs Sharon-Flax-Mars complained bitterly about the lack of funding for the sector from the current administration.
VG BVITB Office paralyzed as 'Tortola takes over' – Staff
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – The ghost in the closet is beginning to come out as staff attached to the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) are crying “Enough is Enough” with allegations of being stripped of their duties as Tortola takes over everything.
‘Tourist Board useless in marketing Festival’ - 2013 Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - When it comes to the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee reports, they take no prisoners and in a candid way they tell it like they see it.
'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.

