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BTB Industry Update - March/April 2010
 New Director of Tourism

BTB's New Value Proposition

I am excited and enthusiastic about officially joining the Belize tourism partnership in the position of Director of Tourism at the end of March 2010. Over the course of the next few months I look forward to meeting you, and to working with you to ensure that our plans at the Belize Tourism Board are in tandem with the needs of the industry...
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New Director & Chairman  Announced

New Director Of Tourism And Chairman Of The Belize Tourism Board

On April 7th, 2010 , the Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Culture in conjunction with the Belize Tourism Board held a press conference with media from across the country at noon today...
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Frommer's Travel Guide Tours Belize

Frommer's Travel Guide Tours Belize

Travel writer, freelance journalist and poet Eliot Greenspan arrived in country at the end of April for a three–week stay working on updating the Frommer's Belize Travel Guide...
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Freelance Writer And Photographer In Belize

Freelance Writer And Photographer In Belize

Freelance writer Karen Catchpole and photographer Eric Mohl are currently business partners. Catchpole and Mohl have been working alongside the BTB to format an itinerary that will cover all their needs while in Belize...
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Liquidassests.Tv Visits Belize

Liquidassests.Tv Visits Belize

Into The Drink – The Belize Tourism Board supported the visit of LiquidAssests.tv – April 24th through 28th, 2010. The full service media and marketing solution company produces high–quality, high–def video for businesses...
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 Travel Agent Magazine Writer Joe Pike

Travel Agent Magazine Visits Belize

Joe Pike – Writer for Travel Agent Magazine visited Belize March 1st through 5th, 2010 on a 4–day familiarization tour. Travel Agent is the leading publication serving travel professionals and has been the established leader...
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 Travel Writer For About.com Harriett Bernstein

About.com Wants Belize For Weddings And Honeymoons

Harriett Bernstein – Travel Writer for About.com visited Belize from March 14th through 21st on a 7–day familiarization tour focusing on weddings and honeymoon in Belize...
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N New York Post Explores Inland And Offshore Belize

New York Post Explores Inland And Offshore Belize

New York Post - Travel Writer, Justin Silverman visited from Belize March 19th through 26th, 2010 on a 7-day adventure familiarization tour featuring Belize Inland and offshore attractions...
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Sports Editor On A Run Through Belize

Sports Editor On A Run Through Belize

Michael Sandrock – Sports Editor for the Colorado Daily Newspaper and freelance writer for the Daily Camera Newspaper and The Running Times Magazine visited Belize from March 19th through 29th on an assignment covering a story on volunteers...
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Presentation & Sales Blitz in Guatemala City

Presentation & Sales Blitz In Guatemala City

The Belize Tourism Board partnered with Maya Regional to host a breakfast presentation to over one hundred wholesalers and travel agents in Guatemala City on Tuesday, April 28th , 2010...
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BTB Meets Agents In Fort Lauderdale

BTB Meets Agents In Fort Lauderdale

The books are now closed on a signature travel industry event this year – the 2010 Home Based Travel Agents Show held from April 14th–17th at the Greater Ft. Lauderdale Convention Center...
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Belize Presentation To Delta Agents

Belize Presentation To Delta Agents

The Belize Tourism Board conducted an educational Belize presentation to over 300 Delta reservation agents on March 2nd, 2010 at Delta reservations office in Atlanta, Georgia...
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Belizean Adventure At The Travel Expo In Washington, DC

Belizean Adventure At The Travel Expo In Washington, DC

Belize was represented at the 6th Annual Adventure in Travel Expo in Washington, DC on March 6th & 7th, 2010 with an additional Belize presence of five private sector partners representing various hotels and tour operators...
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Belize Goes Beneath The Sea

Belize Goes Beneath The Sea

On March 26th – 28th, 2010 representatives from Belize traveled to New Jersey to attend one of the largest consumer, scuba diving, and travel exposition in North America...
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Belize For Weddings & Honeymoons! At The Caribbean Bridal Expo

Belize For Weddings & Honeymoons - At The Caribbean Bridal Expo

Belize was represented at this year's Caribbean Bridal Expo ( CBE ) held on March 26th & 27th, 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico at the Puerto Rico Convention Center...
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New BTB Director Visit Hopkins And Corozal

New BTB Director Visits Hopkins And Corozal

As part of its ongoing commitment to reach out to stakeholders, the new Chairman of the BTB Board, Lindsay Garbutt and the New Director of Tourism, Seleni Matus accompanied the Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation & Culture...
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Workshop On Multi–Hazard & Contingency Planning

Workshop On Multi–Hazard & Contingency Planning

On April 16th and 17th, the Belize Tourism Board and the Belize Tourism Industry Association, in collaboration with the Organization of American States, held a two day workshop...
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Belize City Paint Beautification Project

Belize City Paint Beautification Project

The Belize Tourism Board in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Culture through its partnership with the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) have embarked on a Belize City Paint Beautification Project...
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Clean Schools Competition Has A Winner

Clean Schools Competition Has A Winner

In 2009, as part of the BTB's local public awareness campaign entitled "I Am Belize", the school competition was launched. The campaign is an initiative of the BTB and has the participation of representatives...
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Belize Advances Tourism Opportunities With SICA

Belize Advances Tourism Opportunities With SICA

The Central American Council of Tourism Ministers hosted its 74th Ordinary Meeting in Panama, April 21st to 23rd, 2010. The participating Belize delegation included the Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation & Culture, Hon. Manuel Heredia...
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Belize For Weddings & National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan Kicks Off

National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan Kicks Off

A Kick–Off stakeholder workshop was held at the Radisson Fort George Hotel on Friday April 23, 2010 to conclude "Phase 0" within the development of the National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan...
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