Vote for the Stars of Belize Tourism!

Vote by midnight May 13th, 2010 for the 10th Annual National Tourism Awards!

The Belize Tourism Board thanks all participants for submitting nominations for the 10th Annual National Tourism Awards. Again, we welcome your participation in selecting from the top four nominees in each category.

Deadline for VOTING is midnight May 13th, 2010.

Awards:
• Destination of the Year *New*
• Environmental Organization of the Year
• Receptive Service of the Year
• Hotel of the Year
• Restaurant of the Year
• Small Hotel of the Year
• Tour Operator of the Year
• Tour Guide of the Year
• Frontline Person of the Year
• Cultural Award of the Year
• Small Vendor of the Year

Judging Process:
The Belize Tourism Board will ensure that the judging process is fair and credible. With your votes on the finalists, representatives of the BTB's Board and management team will select a panel of judges comprised of representatives from the tourism industry (both private and public sector). The identities of the judges are kept confidential.

The two highest votes in each category are then presented to the judging panels and nominees are assessed on how well they meet the award criteria. These semi-finalists are then further reviewed, and may even be subject to site visits or interviews. The panel of judges then confers and picks the winner for each category.

To submit a nomination to the Belize Tourism Board please click here
or use the link below:

http://www.travelbelize.org/awardsvote/


To view past winners visit belizetourism.org

School Safety Course held for school teachers

School teachers meet today at the San Pedro Town Council to attend a school safety course sponsored by The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Optical Field Angle Distortion (OFAD). After completing a three day course participants will receive a certificate of completion.

SPHS Business Fair

Third and fourth form business majors from San Pedro High School (SPHS) held a Business Fair on Saturday at the SPHS Auditorium to showcase what they’ve learned during the year of business courses under the tutelage of Mr. Josue Sosa. 17 groups came together to show projects that included beauty products, smoothie stands, hotels, discotheques and more. Students had to take what they had learned throughout the year and create a business plan, then execute the plan, creating a product that was as local as possible.

San Pedro Lion's Club Fund Raiser Today!

Caye Caulker Celebrates Earth Day and Global Youth Service/Volunteerism Day

Press Release – April 29, 2010 - Forest and Marine Reserves Association of Caye Caulker (FAMRACC) -
Earth Day dawned warm, sunny, and bug-free for our Earth Education Programme at Caye Caulker Forest Reserve, Earth Day, Thursday, 22 April, 2010. Our participants included the entire student body, faculty and staff of Caye Caulker’s Ocean Academy High School. Supporting linkages, including 3 of our 4 boats carrying the group 3.5 miles north from the village to the Reserve, were donated from membership, officers and staff of FAMRACC (Forest and Marine Reserves Association of Caye Caulker). The fourth boat was contributed and piloted by Fisheries staff of Caye Caulker Marine Reserve. Financial support for this event, including fuel, food and non-staff boat captains, in addition to the balance of our Littoral Forest and Mangrove Restoration Project, come from PACT Foundation Grant PF/09/02. We also appreciate assistance from two members of Association of Protected Areas Management Organisations, Ms. Vanessa Grajalez and Keri Robison.

Participants were divided into three groups, working in each of three rotations. Activities included Trail maintenance, headed by Ranger Omar Thomas; Experimental Forest maintenance including watering seedlings, headed by President Tony Aguilar; and sign painting, headed by Secretary Ellen McRae. All sessions were productive and the Reserve is now looking cleaner, the trails free of debris, and good progress has been made toward production of the signs that will inform visitors to CCFR. A nutritious lunch of rice & beans, chicken and coleslaw was made on-site by a pair of fine Caye Caulker cooks. During this activity the students learned a great deal about what it takes to manage a Reserve, while experiencing the restoration project firsthand.


We at FAMRACC wish to extend our deepest gratitude to all participants in our Earth Day Programme and to everyone who has assisted us in the Forest Restoration project since 2007.