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BHTA Sets New Gold Standard in Tourism with Global Institute AHLEI Partnership

THE Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) has partnered with the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) to provide internationally recognised training, certification and workforce development across the tourism industry. Emphasizing the significance of the collaboration, BHTA CEO Senator Ryan Forde explained that the agreement will benefit tourism professionals as well as secondary and tertiary students by

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Reparations Focus for 2026 Season of Emancipation

THE OFFICE of Pan African Affairs and Heritage will officially launch the 2026 Season ofEmancipation and commemorate the anniversary of the historic 1816 Bussa Rebellion with apublic discussion on reparations on Tuesday, April 14.Rodney Grant, Programme Advisor – Office of

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BHTA Secures Major Grant for Bajan Harvest Hub Initiative

THE Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) has been awarded a landmark regional  technical assistance grant from Compete Caribbean Plus (CC+) to develop its transformative  Bajan Harvest Hub initiative, designed to strengthen agriculture-tourism linkages and enhance  food security on the island.  Greg Broomes, BHTA Operations Manager, explained that Bajan Harvest Hub emerged as one of  only five projects across the Caribbean to receive funding under the programme, which is  intended to increase the competitiveness of clusters and value chains, while integrating green  innovation, climate resilience and environmental sustainability into their operations.  Providing further details he noted, “Bajan Harvest Hub, a cluster development initiative  executed in partnership with the Barbados Agricultural Society, with support from the Inter- American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, is designed to improve the tourism industry’s  access to fresh, high-quality local produce on a consistent basis, build linkages between tourism  and agriculture and ensure that the tourism dollar stretches as far as possible.  “Currently we have nine hospitality enterprises including a mixture of hotels, restaurants and  catering companies, slated to participate in the pilot project, which is essentially a business  model built around a centralised, digitally enabled coordination mechanism to manage the 

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