By Frank Martin Plastic emerged in the United States in 1860, when a grand prize was offered to anyone who could replace ivory to make billiard balls. Today that material formed by organic compounds, synthetic or semi-synthetic, is still present in a dangerous game; pollution. It is a very bad ...

Barbados’ Ambassador to the United Nations, Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Thompson has called on Caribbean countries to develop policies for the production and protection of national heritage, in search of sustainable tourism. During the opening conference of the annual meeting of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Thompson called for an economy of ...

Barbados is on track for another record year of tourist arrivals. That disclosure came recently from Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc., William Griffith. “The BTMI is already reporting 324,551 arrivals for 2019, which is four per cent above the same period for 2018. The UK ...

By Frank Martin TTC Service.- The sargassum has lit the red alert light in the Mexican tourism industry, in the Caribbean islands and also in scientific groups that are concerned with the expansion of the aftermath of climate change. Mexican resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum have been ...

Barbados has been awarded by Expedia Group Media Solutions, the advertising arm of Expedia Group, the 2018 Digital Marketing Campaign of the Year in the Latin America Caribbean. Presented at the annual Expedia Group Partner Conference, the award programme celebrates partner campaigns from around the world that demonstrate innovation, creativity ...

From Belize to Barbados, tourist beaches have been swamped by huge tides of foul-smelling Sargasso – and climate change could make the problem worse. At sea, Sargasso is an essential habitat for some marine life, but when it reaches land it rots, sucking up oxygen from the water and emitting ...