: 11/30/2009
I wonder why a president of the BARBADOS TOURIST AUTHORITY would meet a tennis player at the airport and would honour be given to Ussain Bolt for example but who is more successful but is Jamaican, our neighbour and a thousand times more popular and successful and not white. Did he meet Serena?

: 11/28/2009
Bajans are never satisfied is one thing I know. They do not recognize their own. They are quick to criticize and slow to praise but a "Prophet is without honor in his home country"

Rer32hl : 11/28/2009
Barbados is not friendly or hospitable to their caribbean neighbors.

Re: More Marketing Required Internationally : 11/27/2009
Definately agree with some of the comments made.Sun Sea and Sand is not all that Barbados has to offer. I think Tennis Pon de Rock is catchy however more publicity would have been much better in marketing it international and locally. The BTA needs to come on board and realize that events are becoming the gateway to accessing the international tourism market. More creativity need to be invoke in their marketing strategies to bring Barbados to the fore front.
Take a leaf from other islands in the region that have really propel themselves during this recession period.

Re: R32HL : 11/27/2009
Bajans are Indeed warm and friendly, but ONLY TO PEOPLE FROM NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE, not the Caribbean. STUPSEEEEEEE

: 11/27/2009
I agree Barbados does not do a very good job in maketing it self even the tourist board do not seem to want to include all Bajan people at home and abroad in promoting Barbados it seems if you do not know/associate with the correct people your ideas or suggestions are not even considered. My friend is Jamaican and they have this incentive to always promote Jamaica and are encourage by their embassy are invited to different functions etc. With Barbados most events or promotions seems to be in secret or advertise to a select few. Barbados is seen as one of the nicest and safest place to visit but you get the same question why do we not hear more about Barbados food, customs etc. Classic example the Tennis Tournament if this was better publicise more visitors would book and descend on Barbados for this Tournament. If I did not see this story in the Nation Newspaper I would not have known about this Tounament unless it was seen on the news after the event.This is not to say Barbasdos Tourism are not doing a decent job but they seem to concentrate more on the US market I know us in the UK visit on a regular basis but give us some of those deals the US get after all it cost us more in Airfairs than the US and we do love Barbados.

tennis star : 11/24/2009
Barbados tourism must be doing something right because the tourist keep comming year after year. Give credit where its due.

: 11/24/2009
Barbados tourism must be doing something right because the tourist keep comming year after year. Give credit where its due.

Proud Bajan : 11/24/2009
An excellent comment Ra, couldn't have said it better. We as Barbadians have alot to be proud of, but we fall down tremendously as compared to other islands in how we market and sell ourselves in all arenas.

Have fun in Barbados : 11/24/2009
Hope you and your family have lots of fun in Barbados. Indeed, the island is one of the most unique places in the Caribbean and the people are warm and friendly. Hope it will not be your first and last time. Don't forget to go to the beach.

: 11/24/2009
Pon De Rock. Get with it Barbados, keep the lingo out of your international affairs, sounds ridiculous. What's wrong with the folks trying to market our beautiful country? There is a time and place for everything. 246

: 11/24/2009
If you have to include sea, sun, sand in EVERY Barbados promotion, then THAT lacks creativity...
What you have failed to realise is that International Tennis Forums have been promoting the event since word slipped through some cracks, and the name "tennis pun de rock" was well loved and received as a truly great promotional name.
What you also fail to realise is that Barbados isn't the only place with sea, sun, sand, having fun etc, and it certainly isn't the cheapest...There must be other things to catch people with....

Potentially a Great Event! : 11/24/2009
The only question I have is a question that was posed by a caller on the CBC TV show why "Tennis Pon De Rock"?
Couldn't someone come up with a catchy phrase that included sea, sun, having fun, the Barbados people etc??
One of the problems with the marketing of Barbados is that there is a lack of creativity and any sense of what appeals to visitors.
Here you have an opportunity to present "Barbados" to the tennis world and the best you could come up with is "Pon De Rock".....it means nothing to non-barbadians who should be the ones you need to get the word about Barbados out to!!!!
Other countries like Jamaica, Virgin Islands, the Bahamas among others do an excellent job of marketing their country....but Barbados tourism seem clueless in this area!!!