IBarbados yeNtengiso yezoKhenketho Inc. (i-BTMI) iya 'edolophini ngenxalenye yayo ye-13th yeConnect Barbados-indawo yentengiso yonyaka yeentsuku ezine zeshishini ukuya kwishishini. Abahambisi abakhenkethi abangama-70 abaza kudibanisa kwaye badibanise nabadlali beshishini lendawo phantsi kweenkwenkwezi kwi-Nidhe Israel Synagogue kunye neMyuziyam eBridgetown, ngexesha le-Welcome Cocktail Reception ngoLwesithathu, nge-9 kaMay.
Umphathi omkhulu we-BTMI, UWilliam 'Billy' Griffith, uthe ukhetho lwendlu yesikhungu yamaJuda luqhutywa ziifowuni zabaqhubi bezokhenketho zokuntywiliselwa kwimveliso yendawo ekuyiwa kuyo minyaka le. “Isizathu sokuba sikwazi ukutsala uninzi lwabanini babakhenkethi ukuba baxhume ikakhulu ngenxa yomnqweno wokubona kunye nokufumana onke amanqaku athengisayo endawo esiya kuyo. Xa besiza apha, bafuna ukubona ukuba yintoni entsha, yintoni enomdla, kwaye yintoni eyahlukileyo ngeBarbados, abanokuthi emva koko babuyele kuyo baye kuthengisa. Yiloo nto ke esiyenzayo kulo nyaka - sineehotele kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane ebhodini ukubonisa ezona zinto zilungileyo sinokunika zona. ”
I-Nidhe Israel Isinagoge yeyona ndlu indala yamaJuda kwi-Western Hemisphere kwaye ilanda imbali yamaJuda eBarbados phaya kwiminyaka ye-1600. Ngaphandle kwembali, abaqhubi bezokhenketho baya kufumana ithuba lokujonga ezinye zeendawo zokuhlala ezisandula ukwakhiwa nezilungisiweyo, kubandakanya ne-Sea Breeze Beach House eMaxwell, iChrist Church, kunye ne-Sandals Royal esandula ukuvulwa, apho igosa emva- Itheko liza kubanjwa ngorhatya lwangoLwesihlanu. Iindwendwe ziya kwenza itheko le-Bajan kwezinye zezona zinto zibalaseleyo kwezolonwabo lwasekhaya, ukufumana ingcamlo yomnyhadala wokunqanda indawo yokufikela.
Abasebenzi abakhenkethi abangama-70 endleleni
Zonke iimarike eziphambili zeBarbados zokufika kwezokhenketho ziya kumelwa kubakhenkethi abangama-70 ababhalise ukuzimasa, kubandakanya iiholide zeVirgin ezivela e-UK, iiholide zeAir Canada eCanada, iiholide zaseAmerican Airlines eziphuma eMelika, kunye nokuhamba nge-Intanethi Iiarhente ze-Expedia kunye noBhukisho.com.
Inqaku elikhethekileyo liqela elikhulu elivela eYurophu, kunye neenkampani ezili-13 ezibhalisiweyo, eziza kuqala kwintengiso. Oku kuza ngeBarbados iyaqhubeka nokunyusa ubukho bayo kunye nomsebenzi eYurophu, iseti ekwandiseni ishishini elivela kuloo marike.
Abathathi-nxaxheba abatyeleleyo bazakuba nethuba lokudibana ubuso ngobuso nababoneleli beenkonzo zasekuhlaleni ngeentsuku ezimbini zeentlanganiso zeshishini ukuya kwishishini (B2B) kwiHilton Barbados Resort ngoLwesine nangoLwesihlanu. NgoLwesine kusasa kuza kubakho iintetho ezivela kwi-BTMI, iBarbados Hotel kunye noMbutho wezoKhenketho (BHTA) kunye neBarbados Tourism Authority Authority (BTPA), njengoko benika abaqhubi bezokhenketho uhambo olujikelezayo lwalo lonke uphuhliso olutsha kwesi siqithi kulo nyaka uphelileyo. , kubandakanya iihotele ezintsha, iivenkile zokutyela kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane. Ezinye zeendawo eziphakamileyo ngokuqinisekileyo ziya kuba yiRihanna Drive, iNikki Beach, indawo yokutyela yaseHugo kunye noLoliwe weLifa leMveli elizayo nguSt.Nicholas Abbey.
Ezi ngcaciso-ntetho ziya kulandelwa kwangoko ziintlanganiso ze-B2B. Kwiintsuku phambi kokuba ivule inkomfa, zingaphezulu kwe-2000 izicelo zentlanganiso esele zingenisiwe njengoko bobabini abatyeleli babakhenkethi kunye namaqabane kushishino lwasekhaya benomdla wokudibana.
"Xhuma iBarbados ngokwenene kukuphumelela kwabathathi-nxaxheba balapha nabatyelelayo," wongeze watsho uGriffith. "Ku
Ukongeza kumava okuqala afumanekayo kubaqhubi bezokhenketho, inika iqonga labalingane bethu bendawo-abanokuthi bangabinalo ithuba lokuya kwimiboniso emikhulu phesheya njenge-WTM okanye i-ITB okanye iVirtuoso -ukunxibelelana nabafana abangaphandle kukho yonke imihla ngokuthengisa iBarbados. Baza kuva ingxelo malunga nento esebenzayo nengasebenziyo; funda malunga neendlela zokhenketho zehlabathi; kwaye babone ukuba bangayiphucula njani okanye bayilungelelanise njani imveliso apha ukuze ihlangabezane neemfuno kunye neemfuno zabo banokuba ngabahambi. ”
Ngomhla wokugqibela, ngoMgqibelo, nge-12 kaMeyi, i-BTMI iya kubamba uMhla woKhenketho ojikeleze isiqithi ebhodini kwi-Bajan Open Bus. Abaqhubi bezokhenketho baya kuzibonela ngokwabo ezinye zezinto ezinomtsalane ezixoxwe ngazo ngexesha lenkomfa.
Umxholo wenkcubeko
Ukuthatha inqaku lonyaka wamava enkcubeko, umxholo walo nyaka weConnect Barbados 'kukudibanisa amaThuba amaShishini aMnandi'. Indawo ezahlukileyo zokupheka zaseBarbados ziya kuthi ziboniswe kwinkomfa yonke, zivelise abaqhubi bezokhenketho kuluhlu lwezinto ezimnandi ezivela kwezinye zabapheki ababalaseleyo kwesi siqithi kunye nabaxube bezinto, kwaye zibabonisa ukuba kutheni iBarbados ithathwa njengekomkhulu leCaribbean.
Qhagamshela iBarbados iqala ngolwesiThathu, ngoMeyi 9 kwaye iqhubeke kude kube ngoMgqibelo, ngoMeyi 12.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- addition to the first-hand experiences available to tour operators, it offers a platform for our local partners – who may not otherwise have the opportunity to travel to the big shows overseas like WTM or ITB or Virtuoso – to interact with the guys who are out there every day selling Barbados.
- Thursday morning will see presentations from the BTMI, the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) and the Barbados Tourism Product Authority (BTPA), as they give the tour operators a visual walk-through of all the new development on island over the past year, including new hotels, restaurants and attractions.
- Beyond the historical element, tour operators will also get a chance to view some of the newly built and refurbished accommodation properties, including the refreshed Sea Breeze Beach House in Maxwell, Christ Church, and the recently opened Sandals Royal nearby, where the official after-party will be held on the Friday night.
