AS SMALL HOTELS struggle to keep their doors open, they are calling on Government to help fund their marketing ventures and provide a long term plan for the tourism industry.
Chairman of Intimate Hotels Barbados, Renee Coppin, told the media yesterday that small hotels were unable to “predict where we are going to be in September, October and already occupancies are not looking very promising”.
Coppin summed up the situation at Pirates Inn Hotel at Browne’s Gap, Hastings, Christ Church, following a tour of several small hotels, including Ocean 15, Ocean 2 and Rostrevor in St Lawrence Gap and Nautilus Beach Apartments on Bay Street, St Michael.
Coppin said that small hoteliers had attempted to implement a number of marketing initiatives but were challenged by limited funding from Government. They could not do it on their own. AH)
Above , Chairman of Intimate Hotels Barbados Renee Coppin (left) speaking to (second from left) Shadow Minister of Tourism Santia Bradshaw, assistant to the Opposition Leader Pat Parris, Shadow Minister of Small Business Cynthia Forde and Opposition Leader Mia Mottley, about the challenges small hotels in Barbados are facing. The meeting was at Pirates Inn Apartment Hotel, Browne’s Gap, Hastings, Christ Church, yesterday following a tour of a number of small hotels. (Picture by Lennox Devonish.)
