The Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association desperately wants to meet with Caribbean Airlines to formulate a marketing plan to improve the dismal visitor figures forecast during the Easter vacation. In response, CAL explained they have been too busy to meet, further; they will not be providing additional flights. This news has been described as vulgar and obscene by Minority Assemblyman, Farley Augustine.
Port Authority workers are frustrated as they accused management of unfair treatment. They staged a protest in Scarborough hoping that their concerns are heard.
The Channel 5 News sat down for a one on one with the New Tobago Soca Monarch champion, the genius, Mix Chemical.
Trinidad certainly demands a lot of attention from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, however Tobago has not been left out. While rolling out the “I Support Our Services” programme on the island, Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith shared some plans for making policing in Tobago better.
Residents of Bon Accord and Crown Point were blindsided in 2018 with the shocking news that they may lose their homes through compulsory land acquisition for the construction of the new airport terminal. Government’s plans changed and put on hold. However residents have seen notices in the newspaper about a new area to be used and they are calling for a meeting with the relevant authorities to understand what is going to take place.
Some individuals have stated that Sandals would have encouraged more direct airlift as well as other investors to the island. A month after the hotel giant’s withdrawal; questions linger about the future of the tourism industry. The Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association remains hopeful but knows there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. Here is more.
Roslyn Reid has successfully defended her Calypso crown in the 2019 Tobago Calypso Monarch.
Littered all over Tobago are relics such as sugar mills and copper pots, remnants of the island’s a reminder of our island’s sugar producing past, powered by slavery. On the grounds of the Goodwood Secondary School, there are ruins of the Goldsborough estate sugar mill and instead of keeping it a secret, the school has decided to turn the ruins into a tourist attraction.
The Division of Tourism, Culture, and Transportation opened the highly anticipated Icons of Tobago museum. The museum showcases the life work of two of Tobago’s larger than life calypsonians, Calypso Rose and The Mighty Shadow.
The murder caught many persons off guard and many took to social media to vent their varying emotions on what is being termed the senseless act.
