Then Accra Beach Hotel: Block Booking Of Capacity During a Peak Period Cherita Howard‚ Sales Manager for the Accra Beach Hotel‚ a 141-room hotel on the Carbbean island of Barbados‚was debating about what to do about a request from the West indies Cricket Board. The Board wanted to book a large block of rooms more than six months ahead‚during several of the hotel’s busiest times‚and was asking for discount. In return‚it promised to promote the Accra Beach in all advertising materials and television
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involvement in sport‚ casually or in an organized way‚ for non-commercial or business/commercial reasons‚ that imply travelling away from home and work locally (Standeven and De Knopf‚ 1999). Examples of sports tourism in Caribbean countries‚ specifically Barbados include: Cricket; Athletics; Sailing; Cycling; Diving; Field Hockey; Fishing; Hiking; Horse Racing; Equestrian Horse Riding; Motor Sport; Netball; Polo; Running; Squash; Surfing; Tennis (Lawn); Volleyball; and Water Sports (Callaghan‚ 2009). This
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address the factors that have consistently led to the economic decline of the island states. This paper examines the recent experience of the Commonwealth Caribbean in dealing with the current Global economic crisis with a particular focus on Jamaica‚ Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. It begins by examining the signs and the effect on each island. The paper then identifies five key issues that have emerged as factors contributing to and needing the attention of the heads in order to ameliorate against
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states had different views on what the federation should entail. Eric Williams of Trinidad wanted a strong federation with the power to levy taxes‚ control economic development and set up custom union. The federal Prime Minister‚ Grantley Adams of Barbados was in support of this. Jamaica on the other hand‚ opposed all of this and wanted a weak federation that did not have the power of taxation. (Greenwood 1991) Jamaica and Trinidad’s disagreement on this point was not good for the federation. Eventually
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Benefits of Jamaica having its own final court of Appeal (For & Against) The Privy Council based in Britain and serves as the final Court of Appeal for all of the countries of the region except Guyana and Barbados. Barbados and Guyana both accepted the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) established in 2005‚ as their final Court of Appeal. Caricom governments established the Caribbean Court of Justice to replace the London based Privy Council as the regions final court and concerns such as the
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competitive production leading to greater variety; quality and quantity of goods and services‚ thereby providing greater capacity to trade with other countries. On 1 January 2006‚ the Single Market component of the CSME came into being‚ involving Barbados‚ Belize‚ Guyana‚ Jamaica‚ Suriname‚ and Trinidad and Tobago. The other Member States except The Bahamas and Haiti‚ which had not signified their intention to participate in the CSME‚ and Montserrat – a British Dependency‚ which must await the necessary
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The information introduced by Layne in his audit of instructive exploration in Barbados unquestionably underscore the explanations behind that notoriety. Without a mandatory law more than 97% of kids between the ages of 5 and 16 years are enlisted in some sort of school. In 1985-86‚ 23.8% of government aggregate repetitive consumption
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Edward Kamau Brathwaite (born 11 May 1930‚ Bridgetown‚ Barbados) is widely considered one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon.[1] A professor of Comparative Literature at New York University‚[1] Brathwaite is the 2006 International Winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize‚ for his volume of poetry Born to Slow Horses.[2] Brathwaite holds a Ph.D. from the University of Sussex (1968)[2] and was the co-founder of the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM).[3] He received both the Guggenheim and
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However‚ as a result of a developing and maturing society‚ in addition to the birth of various generations and external influences‚ these “ways of life” can be inadvertently retained‚ renewed and even discarded. Our own Caribbean society‚ specifically Barbados is not exempt from such occurrences. Cultural Erasure is the gradual removal of various traditions and customs from society. The process of cultural erasure is gradual as these practices generally make a slow but noticeable transition from a
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THE PRIVY COUNCIL (JCPC)? The JCPC is the final Court of Appeal or Court of Last Resort for the Commonwealth Caribbean States‚ in both the original and appellate jurisdictions of a court system with the exception of the Republic of Guyana and Barbados. It is “the apex of the court system in most of the jurisdictions in the Commonwealth Caribbean.”1 The Privy
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