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Virgin Holidays is set to launch a new concierge lounge in Barbados to help holiday makers get the most from their time away. The stylish lounge at Waves Resort in St James will offer a relaxing space for Virgin Holidays customers to speak to their concierge team and plan a memorable time in Barbados. The Virgin Holidays team in Barbados are local experts who know the island inside out and are on hand to share their knowledge and help arrange days out, restaurant bookings and all kinds of special requests.

via Barbados’ Premier Business & Investment Resource • Business Barbados.

Barbados will soon have a direct non-stop flight from South America.

Starting Summer 2010, GOL, the second largest airline in Brazil, will operate a Boeing 737 from Sao Paulo to Bridgetown once a week on Saturdays, with same-plane connections to Buenos Aires, Argentina and connections to Rio de Janeiro at no additional cost.  This will be the second scheduled service from Sao Paulo in Barbados’ history. In the mid-nineties, BWIA operated a flight from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago through Barbados to Sao Paulo.

The new service was born out of meetings which the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA), aided by Hon. Consul to Brazil, Jorge Nemr, held with GOL in Sao Paulo and in Barbados in August and September last year. Since then the parties have been in constant contact via e-mail and telephone. The flight will be promoted from March, 2010.

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BTA) — Tourism, long believed by economic pundits to be the sector to pull Barbados out of the global economic recession, is already showing tremendous signs of improvement in 2010.

Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) preliminary figures show a 5.3 per cent increase in arrivals as at January 29 over the previous period in 2010, while official 2009 figures show that tourism officials met their target with the sector waning by 8.6 per cent. Early 2009 predictions were for a performance in the region of -8.5 per cent.

At a recent press conference Tourism Minister Richard Sealy, commended the captains of the industry for their sterling efforts that saw job losses kept at a minimal. Meanwhile a number of businesses that buckled under the recession reopened under new management and new branding.

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For a very limited time, your companion flies free* when you purchase a Barbados vacation package that includes your flight and a four-night hotel stay! Just be sure to use promo code BGI50. American Airlines Vacations and the Barbados Tourism Authority have worked together on this rare offer to make it easy for you to visit this beautiful Caribbean destination. Don't miss this opportunity to relax on the warm and friendly shores of Barbados at significant savings!

via American Airlines Vacations – Companion Flies Free To Barbados.

Vanessa Williams has been appointed executive assistant manager/sales, marketing and hotel operations at Sandy Lane in Barbados.

Williams will report directly to general manager Robert Logan.

A native of Johannesburg, Williams joins Sandy Lane with more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry.

Prior to her new role, she was hotel manager/executive assistant manager sales & marketing at Raffles L’Ermitage in Beverly Hills, California. Before that she was director of marketing at the Intercontinental Hong Kong and director of sales and marketing at Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong.

Vanessa Williams takes executive role at Barbados’ Sandy Lane.

For our friends who are facing the cold Winter in Canada, come on down and visit us in sunny Barbados! Thanks for sending this in Rach!

British Airways January 2010 wolrdwide sale: Flights sale – flight, hotel, car rental sale – British Airways.

Only three years ago he was the hunky Spartan whose rippling torso caused an excitable frenzy among millions of women.

But Gerard Butler appears to have succumbed to the calorific excesses of the Christmas period and alarmingly piled on the pounds.

Paunch-ing above his weight: Gerard Butler lets it all hang out on holiday in Barbados yesterday, a far cry from his Spartan six-pack in 300

Butler, 40, was snapped on the beach in Barbados yesterday enjoying a warm and sunny start to the New Year after spending the Christmas period skiing in Aspen and a cold New Year's Eve in New York.

via Gerard Butler packs some paunch on his Barbados holiday as his Spartan muscles become a distant memory | Mail Online.

There’s something about the first onslaught of prairie winter that triggers my Caribbean dreams, and there may be no better year than this one to explore an upscale isle like Barbados.

Barbados definitely has loads of luxury (the only island with its own AAA and Zagat guides) but it’s also one of the easiest for budget travel. There’s a great infrastructure here — a hangover from more than 300 years of British rule — so you’ll find clean, drinkable tap water and good local buses, along with excellent small hotels, many offering special discounts.

via Bargain Barbados.

Children affected by HIV/ AIDS on the African continent will benefit from a fundraising polo event at the Apes Hill Polo Club in Barbados on Sunday, January 31, 2010, when HRH Prince Harry of Wales and HRH Prince Seeiso of Lesotho travel to the island to launch The Sentebale Polo Cup.

via Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso Host Charity Polo Event in Barbados.