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Grenada: Gracious Everyday

Grenada: Gracious Everyday poster

Regardless of the season, promoting the islands should be a year-'round event. That's why we just had to share a recent post on Caribbean360 about Grenada's latest campaign.

This latest push by Grenada's Department of Tourism not only highlights Olympic 400-meter champion (Gold medalist) Kirani James, who also won Grenada's first Olympic medal; it also shares James' top 10 things to do when he is at home.

The campaign is entitled Celebration of Kirani: Celebration of Grenada, and utilizes the tagline, "Gracious Everyday."

Our Grenada family and the properties Swallow Villa and  Caribella both embody the true spirit of that phrase, and when the time comes for your to visit, you will echo that sentiment, we're quite sure!

Check out Kirani's Top 10 must-see-and-do on Grenada!

New partners Demeure blog their tour!

Our friends at Demeure got to stay at Casa Lupa and enjoy the islands! (Don Hebert photo)

Since 1985, we have been working hard to create the kind of vacation you'll want to write home about!

Times have changed, and nowadays people not only write... they may now email, text, tweet, post and blog, LOL!

Our network of rental agents is always expanding, and new partners Demeure took the time to share their experience on a recent "FAM" (short for "familiarization") tour... We welcome the Demeure team, and are happy to say that they have become great friends as well!

Read their blog, Welcome McLaughlin Anderson Luxury Villas!

Seaborne Airlines to add daily service from San Juan PR to the BVI

Stop the presses!

Seaborne Airlines is giving us even more of an "airlift", adding daily service from San Juan to the British Virgin Islands, including Virgin Gorda!

As more of our guests seek economical ways of getting here, we couldn't be happier! And now there's even more good reason to book early - Seaborne's special $99 fare deal is on for December 8-14, 2012. Visit them and book securely online. We'll see you on the beach soon!

Continue reading for information & flight schedule/press release courtesy of PRNewsWire:

Congrats to USVI Tourism Commish Doty on becoming CTO Chair

 

USVI Tourism Commissioner and CTO Chair Beverly Nicholson Doty

I'm very excited for U.S. Virgin Islands Commissioner of Tourism Beverly Nicholson Doty on her being elected Chair of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) - it's not only a high honor for Mrs. Doty, but a feather in the cap for the territory.

 

The announcement was made at the State of the Industry conference in St. Kitts early in October 2012.

"It is with great humility that I accept this vote of confidence in me and in the U.S. Virgin Islands from the CTO Council of Ministers and Commissioners of Tourism," Doty shared in a press release.

"I look forward to continuing the hard work of outgoing chairman Sen. Richard Skerritt of St. Kitts and Nevis and collaborating with each of the Caribbean's nations and territories to advance marketing, product and human development efforts through coordinated regional approaches."

Read the entire article in the St. Croix Source, Nicholson Dody Elected to Lead Caribbean Tourism Organization

Need a lift? Seaborne adds daily service to Beef Island Tortola

As of October 1, 2012, you'll have another way to get to Beef Island, Tortola... via Seaborne Airlines!  When we spotted the blurb in Travel Weekly by Gay Nagle Meyers, we just had to share it with you.

According to the Seaborne Airlines web site, "Seaborne service to/from San Juan International (SJU) to Tortola Terrence B. Lettsome (Beef Island) Airport will begin October 1, 2012. Double daily flights from San Juan International and St. Thomas are currently on sale. As the busy winter season approaches, additional flights and capacity will be added."

Don't forget passports for everyone when traveling to the British Virgin Islands from or through the United States!