Dear Barbados Free Press
Mr Carlos Chase doesn’t seem to believe me, so perhaps you could post the list.
Many Thanks
Adrian Loveridge
A List of Closed Barbados Hotels
1. Tropicana Beach Hotel
2. Kings Beach
3. The Regent
4. Glitter Bay
5. Paradise Beach
6. Sierra Beach
7. Apple Experience
8. Oasis
9. St. Lawrence Apartments
10. Eastry House
11. Sam Lords
12. Windsurf Beach
13. Club Rockley
14. Caribbee
15. Inn of the Beach
16. Coconut Creek
17. Little Paradise
18. Sunshine Beach Hotel
19. Fairholme Apartments
20. Sunhaven Beach Hotel
21. Ginger Bay
22. Smugglers Cove
23. Villa Nova
24. Rainbow Beach
25. Ocean View Hotel
26. Saltash Apartments
27. Long Beach Club
28. Sandridge Beach Hotel (later this year)
96 Comments
April 4, 2008 at 12:32 pm
A friend of mine who is a senior manager in one of the largest tour operators serving the Caribbean says the closure of so many hotels in Barbados over the years is presenting them with big headaches as they cannot sell packages without hotels. It is also logistically impossible to sell packages using condos or apartments as they would have to deal with many owners in the same development or complex, who each have furnished their units to their own style and to different levels of quality.
April 4, 2008 at 12:37 pm
More tricks and gimmickry from Adrian Loveridge.
That is merely a list of the NAMES. I asked you for much more information than that. You only want to present a skewed picture to suit your political motives. Below are the four key questions I asked you, along with a few additional ones. You know very well that any time you and I engage, it is always you who runs away.
1. What were the NAMES of each of those hotels, the locations and the room stock?
2. What was the total number of hotels and rooms in Barbados 15 years ago and what are the numbers today?
3. What were the total number of visitor arrivals to Barbados 15 years ago and what are the numbers today?
4. And why have you singled out only the past 15 years?
NEW QUESTIONS
5. What is the total number of new hotels and room stock OPENED in Barbados over the past 15 years?
6. What is the total number of hotels and room stock in operation in Barbados at the end of each year over the past 15 years?
7. If you dare, take the politics out of it, forget the past 15 years and present everything from 1966 to 2008?
I am 100% confident that you Adrian Loveridge will NEVER answer those questions!
April 4, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Bajanboy,
“A friend of mine who is a senior manager in one of the largest tour operators serving the Caribbean says the closure of so many hotels in Barbados over the years is presenting them with big headaches as they cannot sell packages without hotels. It is also logistically impossible to sell packages using condos or apartments as they would have to deal with many owners in the same development or complex, who each have furnished their units to their own style and to different levels of quality.”
Nonsense.
Why do tourists keep coming here in even greater numbers then?
April 4, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Carlos Chase said,
“Why do tourists keep coming here in even greater numbers then?”
A question for you.
Where did you get the tourist arrival figures on which you based this question? Do you include the one day cruise passengers?
This has already been covered on this very blog.
April 4, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Why does Mr Chase expect Mr Loveridge to provide him with these statistics? Should not the Government Tourism Authority, or Minister of Tourism have these numbers at hand?..What is his next request of Mr Loveridge, the names of the Guests that stayed at those closed Hotels? The names and national insurance numbers of the ex employees of those Hotels? When does it stop?And if Mr Chase is trying to make a case …let him go to the trouble of digging up the stats he wants.
The list of Hotels closed during that time frame is quite an eye opener and nothing Mr Chase can present will deny that they are gone. Gone!
April 4, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Adrian Loveridge should know that tourism is about more than just hotels.
Here is the list of 87 hotels listed in the Cable and Wireless Barbados Yellow Pages 2007-2008.
1. Accra Beach Hotel
2. Allamanda Beach Hotel
3. Almond Beach Village
4. Almond Casuarina Resort
5. Amaryllis Beach Resort
6. Anthurium Suites
7. Atlantis Hotel
8. Barbados Beach Club
9. Blue Horizon Hotel
10. Blue Orchids Beach Hotel
11. Bougainvillea Beach Resort
12. Broome’s Vacation Home
13. Butterfly Beach Hotel
14. Casa Grande Airport Hotel
15. Cobblers Cove Hotel
16. Coconut Court Beach Hotel
17. Colony Club Hotel
18. Coral Lane Beach Apartments
19. Coral Mist Beach Hotel
20. Coral Reef Club
21. Coral Sands Beach Resort
22. The Crane Resort
23. Crystal Cove Hotel
24. Discovery Bay Beach Hotel
25. Divi Southwinds Beach Resort
26. Dover Beach Hotel
27. Escape At The Gap
28. Fairmont Hotel
29. Fairmont Royal Pavilion
30. Gems Of Barbados
31. Golden Sands Apartment Hotel
32. Grand Barbados Beach Resort
33. Hilton Barbados
34. Island Inn Hotel
35. Kings Beach Village
36. Little Arches Hotel
37. Little Bay Hotel
38. Little Good Harbour
39. Long Beach Club Hotel
40. Lush Life Nature Resort
41. Mango Bay
42. Melbourne Apartments
43. Melbourne Inn
44. Melrose Beach Apartments
45. Meridian Inn
46. Monteray Apartment Hotel
47. Montrowe Apartments
48. Nautilus Beach Apartments
49. The Newedgewater Hotel
50. Ocen 11 Hotel Apartments
51. Osterley Vacation Home
52. Palm Garden Apartment Hotel
53. Peach And Quiet Hotel
54. Pirate’s Inn
55. Pommarine Hotel
56. Port St. Charles
57. Regency Cove Hotels
58. Rostrevor Apartment Hotel
59. St. James Apartment Hotel
60. The Sandpiper
61. Sandridge Beach Hotel
62. Sandy Bay Beach Club
63. Sandy Ground Holiday Accommodation
64. Sandy Lane Hotel
65. Santosha Retreat
66. The Savannah Hotel
67. Sea Breeze Beach Hotel
68. Settlers Beach Villa Hotel
69. Shonlan Airport Hotel
70. Silver Point Hotel
71. Silver Sands Resort
72. South Beach Resort
73. South Gap Hotel
74. Southern Palms Beach Club
75. Southern Surf Beach Apartment
76. Sugar Cane Club Hotel
77. Sunshine Beach Apartments
78. Sunswept Beach Hotel
79. Tamarind Beach Hotel
80. The House
81. Time Out At The Gap
82. Treasure Beach Hotel
83. Tropical Escape Hotel
84. Tropical Winds Hotel
85. Turtle Beach Resort
86. Worthing Court Apartment Hotel
87. Yellow Bird Apartment Hotel
April 4, 2008 at 1:19 pm
27 (or 28) hotels closing over a period of 15 years is an average of less than 2 hotels per year.
Hotels, like any other business, will have to face competition and several other factors affecting their operation.
Old businesses close and new businesses open all the time, whether it is supermarkets, airlines or fruit vendors on Swan St.
Adrian Loveridge is a FOOL!
April 4, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Anonymous
April 4, 2008 at 1:09 pm
“Why does Mr Chase expect Mr Loveridge to provide him with these statistics? Should not the Government Tourism Authority, or Minister of Tourism have these numbers at hand?”
Haven’t you heard? Adrian Loveridge is (supposedly) a member of the board of tourism in the new DLP government.
Providing those figures should be easy for him… it might be the only thing he actually does to earn his pay!
What a joker!
April 4, 2008 at 1:36 pm
To this Carlos (I would suggest AKA Noel Blarney Lynch but I understand that he is too busy seeing after his investments to have time for good old Bajan blogs) thing I find your comments unworthy of reading as you seem to have such a pent up fear and hatred it is very sad for you to refer to Mr Loveridge as a f0ol is but one example of your uncoth manner.
You seem not to be able to handle those thoughts that are at variance with yours and end up saying the most disgusting things, please grow up and realise that your thoughts or wishes are not the only ones to be heard.
Further to that please realise that your party lost power on the 15 th of Jan and you no longer are running things, you were defeated because of your dishonesty, your arrogance and you stealing, get over it my friend, get over it.
April 4, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Carlos Chase obviously has nothing to do. Ignore him and his worthless comments.
April 4, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Carlos Chase – a name to remember. Not to read any further.
April 4, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I enjoy Carlos Chases views, it seems as if the moderators of this blog only enjoy and welcome the comments as long as they are bashing, and disrespecting the former gov’t. Keep it coming Carlos because the level of hypocrisy on this blog is becoming more apparent.
April 4, 2008 at 3:40 pm
This isn’t an issue of free speech but rather verbal abuse by a bully. Didn’t we get enough of this sacrosanct attitude from the last government?
Stick to questions and facts Carlos and let Adrian respond. We don’t need any more arrogance.
April 4, 2008 at 3:50 pm
reality check
Didn’t we get enough of this sacrosanct attitude from the last government?
Obviously some have not yet woken up to the fact that they were kicked out of office on the 15 th Jan.
When one listens to the likes of some of these stalwarts of the blp they seem not prepared or willing to accept the blame for the happenings of corruption during the last term in office.
The sooner they accept their role in the corruption and rape of our islands treasury the sooner they will come to grips with it the better that they will readjust.
April 4, 2008 at 6:06 pm
One island, two coasts. The west and the south. One west coast visitor would spend on hundred times that of one south coast visitor. Let us concentrate on quality and not quantity.
April 4, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Let us concentrate on quality and not quantity.
With that kind of logic all that will be left pretty soon is Sandy Lane!
April 4, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Carlos:
I would agree that tour operators represent only one means by which tourists visit Barbados, but they are important none the less. While a percentage of all the units in new developments (those that are available for short term rental) should count towards our room stock, it is difficult for a tour operator to include these units in their product offer for the reasons previously mentioned. TOs also account for a significant percentage of seats on scheduled airlines, and thus generally help to maintain the level of airlift into Barbados.
April 4, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Carlos Chase
April 4, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Adrian Loveridge should know that tourism is about more than just hotels.
Here is the list of 87 hotels listed in the Cable and Wireless Barbados Yellow Pages 2007-2008.
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For some unknown reason I have a telephone directory from 1996-97 so I went through it to compare the state of play now with just over a decade ago, about the time when GEMS was coming on stream to revolutionise the South Coast Hotel product.
Here is what I found as I went through the list alphabetically and inserted what existed then into the current list supplied by Carlos.
Some of the GONES may be renamed and appear as ADDED. Probably made some errors but it is clear that the two lists are significantly different.
ABBEVILLE HOTEL AND BERT’S BAR – GONE
1. Accra Beach Hotel
2. Allamanda Beach Hotel – ADDED
ALMOND BEACH CLUB – GONE
3. Almond Beach Village
4. Almond Casuarina Resort
5. Amaryllis Beach Resort
ANDREA ON SEA – GONE
6. Anthurium Suites – ADDED
7. Atlantis Hotel
BAGSHOT HOUSE – GONE
8. Barbados Beach Club – ADDED
BEACHCOMBER APTS – GONE
9. Blue Horizon Hotel
10. Blue Orchids Beach Hotel – ADDED
BLYTHWOOD BEACH APT LTD – GONE
11. Bougainvillea Beach Resort
BRESMAY APT HOTEL – GONE
12. Broome’s Vacation Home – ADDED
13. Butterfly Beach Hotel – ADDED
CACRABANKBEACH APT HOTEL – (GONE)
CARIBBE BEACH HOTEL – GONE
14. Casa Grande Airport Hotel – ADDED
CLUB ROCKLEY – GONE
15. Cobblers Cove Hotel
16. Coconut Court Beach Hotel
COCONUT COURT BEACH APTS – GONE
COCONUT CREEK HOTEL – GONE
17. Colony Club Hotel
18. Coral Lane Beach Apartments – ADDED
19. Coral Mist Beach Hotel – ADDED
20. Coral Reef Club
21. Coral Sands Beach Resort – ADDED
22. The Crane Resort
23. Crystal Cove Hotel
24. Discovery Bay Beach Hotel
25. Divi Southwinds Beach Resort
DORISVILLE APTS – GONE
26. Dover Beach Hotel
EASTRY HOUSE – GONE
EDGEWATER INN – GONE
27. Escape At The Gap – ADDED
FAIRHOLME HOTEL AND APTS – GONE
28. Fairmont Hotel – ADDED
29. Fairmont Royal Pavilion
GASKINS VACATION HOTEL
30. Gems Of Barbados – ADDED
GLITTER BAY RESORT – GONE
GOLDEN BEACH APARTEL – GONE
GOLDEN PALM HOTEL – GONE
31. Golden Sands Apartment Hotel
GOLDEN VIEW APTS – GONE
32. Grand Barbados Beach Resort
HALF MOON HOTEL – GONE
33. Hilton Barbados
HOWARD JOHNSON (B’DOS) HOTEL – GONE
INN ON THE BEACH – GONE
34. Island Inn Hotel
KINGS BEACH HOTEL – GONE
35. Kings Beach Village – ADDED
KINGSLEY CLUB – GONE
KINGSWAY ON THE BEACH – GONE
36. Little Arches Hotel – ADDED
37. Little Bay Hotel
38. Little Good Harbour – ADDED
LITTLE PARADISE HOTEL
39. Long Beach Club Hotel
40. Lush Life Nature Resort – ADDED
41. Mango Bay
MARRIOTTS SAM LORD’S – GONE
42. Melbourne Apartments – ADDED
43. Melbourne Inn – ADDED
44. Melrose Beach Apartments – ADDED
45. Meridian Inn
46. Monteray Apartment Hotel
47. Montrowe Apartments
48. Nautilus Beach Apartments
49. The Newedgewater Hotel – ADDED
OASIS HOTEL
OCEAN VIEW HOTEL
50. Ocen 11 Hotel Apartments – ADDED
51. Osterley Vacation Home – ADDED
52. Palm Garden Apartment Hotel
53. Peach And Quiet Hotel
PEMBERTON PRINCESS HOTELS LTD. – GONE
GLITTER BAY HOTEL – GONE
ROYAL PAVILLION HOTEL – GONE
54. Pirate’s Inn
55. Pommarine Hotel – ADDED
56. Port St. Charles – ADDED
RAINBOW REEF RESORT
57. Regency Cove Hotels
RIVIERA APT HOTEL – GONE
ROBIN’s NEST HOTEL – GONE
58. Rostrevor Apartment Hotel – ADDED
ROYAL PAVILLION – ADDED
ST. LAWRENCE APARTMENTS – GONE
SAND ACRES HOTEL – GONE
SANDALS BARBADOS – GONE
59. St. James Apartment Hotel – ADDED
60. The Sandpiper
61. Sandridge Beach Hotel
62. Sandy Bay Beach Club
SANDY BEACH ISLAND RESORT – GONE
63. Sandy Ground Holiday Accommodation – ADDED
64. Sandy Lane Hotel
SAN REMO HOTEL – GONE
65. Santosha Retreat – ADDED
66. The Savannah Hotel – ADDED
67. Sea Breeze Beach Hotel
SEA FOAM HACIENDAS – GONE
SEAVIEW HOTEL – GONE
68. Settlers Beach Villa Hotel
69. Shonlan Airport Hotel
SILVE ROCK HOTEL – GONE
70. Silver Point Hotel – ADDED
71. Silver Sands Resort
SMUGGLERS COVE HOTEL – GONE
SOUTHERN PALMS BEACH CLUB – GONE
72. South Beach Resort – ADDED
73. South Gap Hotel – ADDED
74. Southern Palms Beach Club – ADDED
75. Southern Surf Beach Apartment
STANDEL APT SUITES – GONE
76. Sugar Cane Club Hotel
SUNHAVEN BEACH APARTMENTS – GONE
77. Sunshine Beach Apartments
SUNSURF BEACH VILLAS – GONE
SWIFT INTERNATIONAL – GONE
78. Sunswept Beach Hotel – ADDED
79. Tamarind Beach Hotel
THE CLUB HOTEL & RESTAURANT – GONE
80. The House – ADDED
81. Time Out At The Gap – ADDED
82. Treasure Beach Hotel
83. Tropical Escape Hotel – ADDED
TROPICAL SUNSET BEACH RESORT – GONE
84. Tropical Winds Hotel – ADDED
TROPICANA BEACH HOTEL – GONE
85. Turtle Beach Resort – ADDED
WELCOME INN BEACH HOTEL – GONE
WESTFORT HOTEL – GONE
WINDSURF VILLAGE – GONE
WOODVILLE BEACH APTS GONE
86. Worthing Court Apartment Hotel
87. Yellow Bird Apartment Hotel
April 4, 2008 at 9:08 pm
I think it is a valid question to ask how much of our hotel room capacity is involved in the list of closed hotels given by Mr Loveridge i.e. total rooms lost.
And then see what increases we have had from new or expanded hotels/apartments to see the net difference.
Percentage Occupancy is meaningless (except to individual hotel owners) to the nation as a whole.
What we need to know is- Are we holding our own in the total number of people coming here, and can we continue to do it (when Cuba comes on stream to the U.S.)?
April 4, 2008 at 9:22 pm
There is more to the west coast than Sandy Lane.
Altman, Bajan Services and other upscale rental operators have hundreds of properties that rent for more than Sandy Lane per night.
My point is we need to stop thinking that the west coast has something that the south coast does not.
April 4, 2008 at 10:09 pm
John
April 4, 2008 at 8:59 pm,
Thanks for your list, though the mix of ADDED and GONE verifies what I said before… businesses come and go in every industry.
One good thing I have realised out of this exchange is the value of keeping every year’s copy of the telephone directory because the yellow page entries are very important records of this country’s economic history. I used to throw them away before… I will start collecting them from now on. Twenty years from now the things we take for granted and throw out without a second thought will be encyclopedias of knowledge and record.
April 4, 2008 at 11:35 pm
So Mr Chase. you are both making valid points, big deal…
Main question is who is benefitting from the tourism dollars that are coming in? Or are they, so much of our hotels are owned by foreigners now that the money never touches Bajan shores… All inclusive resorts are keeping the business in house and the smaller men/women on the outside are barely getting through, local vendors on the beaches are being alienated in their own lands, poverty is growing in a country where as Mr Chase is saying the hotels are increasing and more and more tourists are arriving. The population hasnt increased that much, so why are people getting poorer.
Drugs, Crime, Lawlessness and all kinds of negatives are taking over our Island and everyone is going on in their merry way and not saying a word.
We are here arguing over increase/decrease in hotels
You all really have to get a life..
By the way, a man is not a fool because he disagrees with you, if so, we are all fools
Ciao
April 4, 2008 at 11:57 pm
I am surprised Carlos has not been banned
April 5, 2008 at 12:36 am
naive
good point
Adrian —have you got a handle on the number of rooms available 10 years ago and how many now?
Also how many condos for rent 10 years ago and how many now?
Thanks
April 5, 2008 at 3:38 am
The thing is, little of the visitors money ever comes to Barbados.
Many visitors are on vacation packages (TUI, Air Canada Vacations, Virign Holidays, etc.), so they are paying an overseas operator. The tour operator will remit a discounted amount, and many times to an overseas account, so much of the funds for accommodation never make it to Barbados.
All-inclusive packages compound that issue.
Many times the hotel’s local revenue is from Food/Bar service, and those funds are what are used to fund payroll.
But this is nothing new. The Canadian government built the previous airport with part of the intent for supporting Air Canada Vacations. Vacation Forex remaining overseas has been the case since the 70s.
April 5, 2008 at 8:25 am
The Truth ”My point is we need to stop thinking that the west coast has something that the south coast does not”
Oh, I KNOW that the South Coast is actually much nicer. It is cooler, has more obvious foliage and lovely beaches (if the Government does not impinge on our beach access on the rest as the previous administration allowed at Dover) and has been done at the beach between Pebbles and the Hilton.
But, I would wish that all those wealthy condos and huge villas stay on the West Coast and leave the South to us bajans.
Hence, why we need a Land Ownership and Use Legislation immediately, which I have repeatedly called for and the Thompson administration has promised.
Further as I said before, on an island of 166 square miles, NO ONE needs a house lot greater than 20,000 square feet to build on.
The only individual property greater than that should be for farming or industrial purposes, which have their places.
If an individual needs a huge house, build up for square footage.
Hi guys and gals in the DLP Administration, I know that you follow this blog.
Please, I ask again and reiterate the importance of the Land Ownership and Use Policy Legislation.
John notes it as the physical development plan. However, I disagree and see this as a governing document whereas the physical development plan is more of a micro document.
Peace.
April 5, 2008 at 10:26 am
Beefcake
April 5, 2008 at 3:38 am
“The thing is, little of the visitors money ever comes to Barbados.”
Nonsense.
You are very naive and ignorant indeed.
When visitors come to Barbados they spend money here on goods and services… $$$MILLIONS$$$ every year.
They catch taxis and buses… they pay.
They eat food at Oistins and Chefette… they pay.
They take a ride on a jet-ski or glass-bottomed boat… they pay.
They make overseas calls or use an internet cafe… they pay.
They drink Bank Beer and Mount Gay Rum… they pay.
They shop at Cave Shepherd, Harrisons and the little village shop on the East Coast road… they pay.
If they choose to perculate with local men and women… they pay.
They leave Barbados… they pay. (Departure Tax.)
And for most of the good and services they use, they pay the same VAT like everybody else in Barbados.
Only you ignorant louts with your empty minds and empty pockets would think otherwise. Free education was wasted on you clowns.
April 5, 2008 at 10:31 am
Rumplestilskin
April 5, 2008 at 8:25 am
“But, I would wish that all those wealthy condos and huge villas stay on the West Coast and leave the South to us bajans.”
That is one of the most stupid statements I have ever read on this or any blog or anywhere else coming from a Bajan.
Have you driven along the West Coast lately, you brainless creature? The ENTIRE WEST COAST is still dotted with the homes of Barbadians!
Free education was wasted on you clowns.
April 5, 2008 at 10:53 am
“Free education was wasted on you clowns.”
Sounds a bit racist to me … now I know exactly what category of white bajan to put you in …
April 5, 2008 at 11:03 am
Carlos Chase
I have not needed to say such before, but I think you are a disgusting individual for making degrading and negative comments about individuals when their opinions are different from your own.
Your intolerance is demonstrative of a social problem.
It also dissuades people from wanting to participate in blogs, but that might be your objective.
At least your type is in the vast minority.
April 5, 2008 at 11:18 am
In case no one has realised it, Terra is looking to make the South a new West. Go by Margate Gardens in Hastings or behind Hastings Plaza or by Bubba’s. See how many condos are mushrooming and see who’s connected with their creation?
That’s because the West is already clogged with Schooner Bay, Lime Grove, Apes Hill, Water Hall, or the “trendy/exclusive” (aka – pricey) bars/restaurants that are starting to remove most of the windows to the sea along St James’ coast and parts of St Peter’s western coastline.
In the mid-90’s we used to get Irish every August, they’d stay at a mid-range south coast establishment, catch ZR, buy a case of Banks, use Chefette. You’d see them all over the place.
When I am forced to go in the City (avoid for traffic) or when I traverse Hastings, the foreign whites I usually see are expat Canadians, not as much UK.
If you really wanna see UK expats and visitors, then they’re mostly along the West Coast, and they tend to import their own food. They stray occasionally into Super Centre Sunset Crest.
Affluent black Barbadians are seldom along the west coast, they are more inland along Holders near Shop Smart or by Queen’s College. For the South, try Graeme Hall or Rendezvous, Elizabeth Drive and Regency Park or Upton near the Gym.
April 5, 2008 at 11:24 am
Obviously CC cannot communicate without being offensive.
Beefcake you are right. The insults do not encourage persons to comment nor to visit the site. That may very well be the agenda of CC.
Over to you BFP.
April 5, 2008 at 11:52 am
H’mmm, Carlos Chase or Carl Drakes?
April 5, 2008 at 11:55 am
Beefcake, Sam Gamgee,
The truth is always painful for fools like you lot.
Faced with the truth you always resort to whining.
April 5, 2008 at 11:55 am
Beefcake says ”It also dissuades people from wanting to participate in blogs, but that might be your objective”
As I said, that is obviously the objective. This person is obviously holding this blog very responsible for the election loss.
Sadly, as with all members of that party, it cannot understand that we merely represent the majority of Barbadian thought.
Thank God the citizens thought wisely.
As for relying, sure ‘It’ asks ”Have you driven along the West Coast lately, you brainless creature? The ENTIRE WEST COAST is still dotted with the homes of Barbadians!”
No. Most of the West Coast is taken up by condo developments, aside from the large acres taken up by individual houses and gardens, including the massive golf course acres.
Yes, dotted is probably the most applicable word for Barbadian houses in between those acres.
But, the general view of your perception is wrong, thus before you resort to insult, as I said before which is the refuge of a weak mind and weak argument, try to think a bit.
As I said, I am quite happy that these developments remain on the West Coast. I expect many developers are looking at the South Coast as the West is so overdeveloped and in may ways, distasteful.
Now such persons are looking at what they perceive as cheap and as yet to be developed South Coast.
No, thanks.
April 5, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Ian Bourne,
How’s the CAT?
April 5, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Rumplestilskin,
Are you mad? Deranged? Senile?
The topic here is hotels, not elections or political parties.
Try and get that through your bird brain.
April 5, 2008 at 12:03 pm
You argument on visitor spending is weak and frivolous Carlos.
The point on the ownership and remittances of visitor costs overseas reflects where the majority of the vacation cost will be banked.
The incidental costs are minimal in comparison.
Thus, Beefcake is right.
Either you are diasgreeing for the sake of disagreeing, which I am now quite sure is the case, or you have a problem with understanding simple concepts, which I actually think also applies.
Have a great day and smile, it is good for you!
April 5, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Carlos, Carlos, carlos,
Relax, obviously you have a bit of a problem and need human interaction, even if only here on the net.
I personally will not resort to insult, but is indeed (I naughtily confess) entertaining to see your attempts to annoy everyone else, because you yourself have gone off the end, at least a bit.
It is Saturday, early in the morning, surely it is not worth it to flip your lid so early?
As I said, relax and enjoy.
PS- That election was a surprise for you, was it not. Not for the rest of us however.
April 5, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Rumplestilskin,
Bird-brained yardfowl.
Sorry for you, these facts still remain…
1. Accra Beach Hotel
2. Allamanda Beach Hotel
3. Almond Beach Village
4. Almond Casuarina Resort
5. Amaryllis Beach Resort
6. Anthurium Suites
7. Atlantis Hotel
8. Barbados Beach Club
9. Blue Horizon Hotel
10. Blue Orchids Beach Hotel
11. Bougainvillea Beach Resort
12. Broome’s Vacation Home
13. Butterfly Beach Hotel
14. Casa Grande Airport Hotel
15. Cobblers Cove Hotel
16. Coconut Court Beach Hotel
17. Colony Club Hotel
18. Coral Lane Beach Apartments
19. Coral Mist Beach Hotel
20. Coral Reef Club
21. Coral Sands Beach Resort
22. The Crane Resort
23. Crystal Cove Hotel
24. Discovery Bay Beach Hotel
25. Divi Southwinds Beach Resort
26. Dover Beach Hotel
27. Escape At The Gap
28. Fairmont Hotel
29. Fairmont Royal Pavilion
30. Gems Of Barbados
31. Golden Sands Apartment Hotel
32. Grand Barbados Beach Resort
33. Hilton Barbados
34. Island Inn Hotel
35. Kings Beach Village
36. Little Arches Hotel
37. Little Bay Hotel
38. Little Good Harbour
39. Long Beach Club Hotel
40. Lush Life Nature Resort
41. Mango Bay
42. Melbourne Apartments
43. Melbourne Inn
44. Melrose Beach Apartments
45. Meridian Inn
46. Monteray Apartment Hotel
47. Montrowe Apartments
48. Nautilus Beach Apartments
49. The Newedgewater Hotel
50. Ocen 11 Hotel Apartments
51. Osterley Vacation Home
52. Palm Garden Apartment Hotel
53. Peach And Quiet Hotel
54. Pirate’s Inn
55. Pommarine Hotel
56. Port St. Charles
57. Regency Cove Hotels
58. Rostrevor Apartment Hotel
59. St. James Apartment Hotel
60. The Sandpiper
61. Sandridge Beach Hotel
62. Sandy Bay Beach Club
63. Sandy Ground Holiday Accommodation
64. Sandy Lane Hotel
65. Santosha Retreat
66. The Savannah Hotel
67. Sea Breeze Beach Hotel
68. Settlers Beach Villa Hotel
69. Shonlan Airport Hotel
70. Silver Point Hotel
71. Silver Sands Resort
72. South Beach Resort
73. South Gap Hotel
74. Southern Palms Beach Club
75. Southern Surf Beach Apartment
76. Sugar Cane Club Hotel
77. Sunshine Beach Apartments
78. Sunswept Beach Hotel
79. Tamarind Beach Hotel
80. The House
81. Time Out At The Gap
82. Treasure Beach Hotel
83. Tropical Escape Hotel
84. Tropical Winds Hotel
85. Turtle Beach Resort
86. Worthing Court Apartment Hotel
87. Yellow Bird Apartment Hotel
April 5, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Take a drive along the west coast of Barbados from Brighton to Six Mens and you will pass THOUSANDS of Bajan homes, mostly on the land side of the road, but also quite a lot on the sea side of the road.
Those of you who are Bajan refugees living abroad can use Google Earth… if you have sufficient brain matter to know what Google Earth is and how to use it.
Stupid cattle.
April 5, 2008 at 12:59 pm
BFP – Please hurry up and moderate the comment I had earlier – nothing derogatory, just observations I had as part of Tourism in both early 80’s and mid-90’s, thanks (I have a copy of what was mentioned saved in Word just in case)
April 5, 2008 at 1:25 pm
BFP this thing called Carlos Chase because to call it a person would be letting human race down is really quite offensive in nature and comment.
Why is it permitted to allow it to be vile towards other bloggers in the way that it has shown itself to be?
This reminds me very much of the manner and style of BFPE and the blp clan of bloggers that made this blog so uneasy during elections there is not a lot of difference between the two contributions.
There is no need to call anyone an idiot or a fool or worst as this blogger m,akes a habit to do.
April 5, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Break-in news…
Three houses south of Mullins beach bar have been sold to “an investor”.
More condos???
April 5, 2008 at 2:41 pm
littleboy
April 5, 2008 at 1:54 pm
“Break-in news…
Three houses south of Mullins beach bar have been sold to “an investor”.
More condos???”
Another pathetic idiot!
April 5, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Reading these blogs about comings and goings of local hotels has been interesting, if for no other reason to remind me of all the lovely places that are no more (Ocean View and Kingsley Club to name only two) . Also Mr Chase’s vituperative commentaries.
Issue remains that the West Coast has priced itself out of the market of average income earners who nonetheless enjoy their visits to Barbados, too. Why should only multimillionaires enjoy this priviledge?
Would also dispute the claim that those who travel to Barbados with all-inclusive packages contribute more than the cost of their visit to their resort. I’ve met plenty of people who had an all-inclusive holiday “in Barbados” who never left their west coast resort for a single Banks Beer, let alone spending money for an island tour or Harrison Caves visit, and whose only shopping forays were to the nearest duty free emporium.
Then there are the rest of us who stay on the south coast in reasonably priced accommodations, rent cars (and buy gas), travel around to the sights of the island (and pay admissions), shop in local shops, eat in a variety of local restaurants every day (with the 15% VAT and 10% service charge) and even, along the way, contribute to local charities collecting outside of grocery stores. On an annual basis rather than most “all-inclusive” visitors who only come down once and go elsewhere for their next holiday.
I think there’s still room for both types of visitors to Barbados if the South Coast doesn’t turn into another west coast.
Oh yes, and the last time I drove up the west coast (September 2007) the few “Bajan” homes were completely surrounded by contruction projects. Don’t fool yourselves into thinking other developers aren’t eying those properties too…
April 5, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Foreigners who previously rented homes in Sandy Lane make up a large percentage of the luxury condo owners of today. Instead of coming for 1 week they now come for 10 days a year and the condo stays empty for the remaining 355 thereby employing no one while the houses engage staff of over 6 per house for 365 days per year ( rented or not ). So where, tell me is it more beneficial for the island to encourage condos. I know because I am one of dem foreigners.
April 5, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Next step for the Barbados Hotel Market,
The Flags (or as some here call them Hotels) will bring to your shores, “Fractional Ownership”…or allowing a purchaser to buy a week or a month…which is a deeded ownership…thus not timeshare.
Fractional allows the developer to cover the enormous cost of building a Hotel property.
Barbados should do extremely well in the future as the model mentioned above grows. What Bajans need to do is open up more businesses that will service this new “baby boomer” retiring market and stop just looking at the fact that maids & cooks will only be hired/fired…many opportunities are out there…
Alone in the UK 70 million baby boomers will retire over the next ten years.
So don’t cry over the closing of a few Old Hotels…the new Four Seasons is the best development to hit your shores….
Rather than fighting change…have your Gov control it…so that all win….
Just Happy….
April 5, 2008 at 3:55 pm
BFP I have suggested that Carlos Chase be allowed to continue as long as he stays within the “legal limits”.
I appeal to the other bloggers who care about Barbados to continue to support this blog and consider doing what I am doing.
I responded once to insults from Mr.Chase (he called me and idiot among other things) and I have not and will never read anything posted by him again.Period.
Royal Rumble hurled insults at me too but at least Royal Rumble and or Sylly G. was acting in defence of his boss Owing. Seemore After in the height of a political campaign and it never went beyond a “rumshop or fishmarket” type argument about politics
“Carlos Chase” is just different.
I trust BFP will inform us if he tries to post under a different name so I can continue to boycott his excrementally saturated diatribe.
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BFP Says,
Hi Hants,
Do you still have snow around? Time for another visit home.
As for Carlos, we reached the end of the line with him when he asked Ian Bourne about his cat – indicating exactly who he is. You’ll remember that someone had threatened Ian, his family and his cat… the reference to the cat said everything.
So… “Carlos” is gone as far as we’re concerned. Same old same old.
April 5, 2008 at 4:39 pm
BFP Says,
Hi Hants,
Do you still have snow around? Time for another visit home.
As for Carlos, we reached the end of the line with him when he asked Ian Bourne about his cat – indicating exactly who he is. You’ll remember that someone had threatened Ian, his family and his cat… the reference to the cat said everything.
So… “Carlos” is gone as far as we’re concerned. Same old same old.
April 5, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Carlos Chase is Noel Lynch.
April 5, 2008 at 6:13 pm
BFP, I can’t deny your right to ban a blogger, but what you wrote in the last post made no sense.
April 5, 2008 at 6:14 pm
The usual BFP strategy… STIPLE free speech!
April 5, 2008 at 8:31 pm
BFP
Why did you take so long to get rid of Carlos Chase. Is it only because he mentioned the cat that you got serious. You gave him so much let I thought this was his blog. There is no need for anyone to be abusive on these blogs. We can all share different views and we all learn new things as each argument is backed up by VALID evidence.
Redds & Kouva
It’s not a matter of stifling anyone. You should be able to debate a matter without becoming hostile and nasty. It does not matter whether you are D or B. If someone presents information with which you do not agree. Then the onus is on you to provide information to support what you believe.
This is just the kind of behaviour that goes on in parliament that we complain about. Good behaviour and respect is not just for parliament.
April 5, 2008 at 11:12 pm
BFP Says,
Do you still have snow around? Time for another visit home.”
Snow 99.9% gone. +11 degrees today and the sun shining bright but it is not Barbados and it is my good fortune that I have to be in Barbados later this month.
Good move banning Carlos Chase for his attack on Ian Bourne. That kind of nonsense should not be tolerated.
April 5, 2008 at 11:45 pm
BFP,
How can someone threaten a dead cat?
Have you forgotten that it was Ian Bourne who first came to these blogs and reported that his cat was dead?
As far as I remember, that’s the way it happened. Ian Bourne himself mentioned it a few days ago on one of the other blogs somewhere.
April 6, 2008 at 1:18 am
I got it exactly, Kouva. Carlos was being cruel about Ian’s cat and BFP thinks that “carlos” is the same person who did it before under another name.
April 6, 2008 at 3:24 am
dissent is rarely tolerated on this blog and certainly anyone posting positive about Barbados is a pariah,
hence, bye bye carlos
April 6, 2008 at 4:10 am
Good decision BFP
Carlos Chase crossed the line too many times.
Anyone who defends the actions of this nasty piece of work under the guise of free speech such as Kouva should be banned as well.
They add nothing to the equation of a constructive debate about the issues that face Barbados. Let them go back to their BLP and BFPE site and rant and rave to their hearts content.
April 6, 2008 at 4:17 am
BFP my apologies for using 110 instead of Hants.
I am using 2 computers to work and post so I typed part of a file name by accident.
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BFP say
No problem I’ll go back and change it for you I didn’t realise it was you.
george
April 6, 2008 at 6:02 am
Drakes/Carlos Chase/Kouva is still the same spammer and how is your family, K? I have been tracking you too!
April 6, 2008 at 6:58 am
If Ian B knows who this spittle-flecked loser is, I think he should give us all a laugh by naming and shaming him.
Oh, and just for the record: at least one of the hotels on his meaningless C&W list (Long Beach Club Hotel) was demolished months ago…
April 6, 2008 at 7:08 am
Working on it, unconfirmed but soon…
April 6, 2008 at 10:09 am
Finally, a good article on the windows to the seas in today’s mainstream media, by Ricky Jordan.
I note his quoting Reverend Hatch on the building of resentment.
An important point of any development is that it should fit in with both physical and socio-economic factors.
Well done Mr.Jordan.
April 6, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Ricky Jordan’s article is well written;however, he could have found someone else to quote, since both Rev Hatch and Andrew Bynoe have beeen silent while the BLP was in office.
HOW DEY GOT MOUT NOW???
April 6, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Barbados, the beautiful island, known for it’s friendly people and stunning beaches (Before the Atlantic swell).
It is good to have frank and open discussion about issues that would not otherwise see the light of day and need exposing. But, do we need to expose peoples individual hatred online.
Hasn’t all this got a bit nasty and personal?
However, it is all very interesting. Better than the Sunday papers!
April 6, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Littleboy, I don’t know what age group you’re in, but perhaps you don’t know that Hatch hates anything marked DLP, and way back in the 1970’s he embarrassed the Queen and Prince Philip – not to mention the DLP Government – with an untimely, ill-mannered statement he made in the Senate. But of even greater importance, he should hold his head in shame when talking about Windows to the Sea because he built a mansion right on a window to the sea in Fitts Village. He is a fraud, and is ANYTHING but a Christian.
April 6, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Agreed Thistle!
April 6, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I was able to find a pretty ancient list, c. 1993 for seven hotels with the number of rooms listed back then.
For seven on Adrian’s list the room tally looks like this. Maybe someone might have other data or correct mine.
4. Glitter Bay 83
6. Sierra Beach 23
11. Sam Lords 234
13. Club Rockley 102
16. Coconut Creek 53
22. Smugglers Cove 21
28. Sandridge Beach Hotel 52
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568
My crude count of the GONE (56) and ADDED (41) gives a drop of 15 hotels in the 10 year period.
I am looking for my copy of the Economic and Social Report 1985-2005 to see what happened with employment in the tourist sector over the past 20 years.
This is the report the politicians wave about in Parliament to show how badly or how well the country is doing, …. depending on who is speaking.
If they can do it, anybody can!!
April 6, 2008 at 3:01 pm
John
April 6, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I was able to find a pretty ancient list, c. 1993 for seven hotels with the number of rooms listed back then.
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1993? Meaningless in 2008. Hotels may add or even reduce their number of rooms.
April 6, 2008 at 3:05 pm
samizdat
April 6, 2008 at 6:58 am
Oh, and just for the record: at least one of the hotels on his meaningless C&W list (Long Beach Club Hotel) was demolished months ago…
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The 2007-2008 telephone directory listing is VERY meaningful. These were all places where were in operation in 2007. The fact that Long Beach Club was demolished “months” ago will also be reflected in its removal from the 2008-2009 telephone directory when that comes out.
I will certainly trust my telephone book more than I do anything coming from Adrian L.
April 6, 2008 at 3:16 pm
John
April 6, 2008 at 2:55 pm
My crude count of the GONE (56) and ADDED (41) gives a drop of 15 hotels in the 10 year period.
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How many rooms (GONE and ADDED) does that represent?
And those properties which closed, what were their occupancy levels like? What level of business were each of them seeing?
There are too many factors involved to draw conclusions from a simple list as Adrian L would want us to do.
The bottom line is DOLLARS. A full 5-room hotel will bring in more money than 20 empty 600-room hotels.
If tourism is our business, we should have more accurate information on exactly how much money it brings into the country each year. It is nonsense to drop a list of 28 hotels which closed over a 15 year period and try to present it as something it is not.
I certainly agree with CC that businesses open and close all the time, so I don’t see what all the fuss is about given that lengthy 15 year span. The time for concern is when 28 hotels close in one year. Adrian L should also tell us the YEAR when each of those properties closed.
April 6, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Whistling Duck
April 6, 2008 at 2:04 pm
It is good to have frank and open discussion about issues that would not otherwise see the light of day and need exposing.
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Why do so many of you fall into the trap of forgetting that Bajans still talk to each other and exchange opinions every single day about these and other issues?
I often get the impression that some of you here are seclusionists living lonely lives isolated from Bajan society. You people have some very weird views about Barbados and I am beginning to suspect that most of you are old people who live alone in foreign countries and have not been to Barbados for several decades.
April 6, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Tic Tac Toe
You are only as old as you feel and I certainly do not feel old or lonely.
Also, although I live in a foreign country, I do not feel isolated.
I would be very interested to hear what you think I spend doing with my time while I am in Barbados? Tell me what a day in the life of a non Bajan is when they are staying in Barbados? Guess.
Sorry BFP, this is getting away from the original subject.
April 6, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Tic Tac Toe
All these questions are very good and require/demand answers.
The silence and unavailability of cold hard facts speak volumes.
The simple fact is that there has been a net loss of properties which operate as hotels over the past 10 years.
There is also the fact that investment has been placed into condos.
There is also the fact that Minister Lynch promised a report for November last year that would look at the pros and cons of condos.
Guess the election interrupted him!!
So no info on condos either!!
When people are this silent, you can bet something is going wrong.
Maybe Tourism is NOT our business … who knows, there are no hard data or facts to turn to ….. sure sign something is amiss!!
I see from the article just published on this blog describing what is happening on Brass Tacks that the lack of information is widespread.
I’ll see if I can pick up the tail end but I kind of know what is going on and don’t think I will be edified in any way.
Same old rubbish.
Haven’t listened to the Radio since David Ellis asked Minister Lynch the sixty four thousand dollar question ….. way back when.
Before that it must have been years since I stopped listening to the radio.
April 6, 2008 at 4:34 pm
… do we have any 600 room hotels?
April 6, 2008 at 5:20 pm
… just the seven hotels I was able to find admittedly old data on represent a 568 room loss.
April 6, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Whistling Duck
April 6, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Tic Tac Toe
You are only as old as you feel and I certainly do not feel old or lonely.
Also, although I live in a foreign country, I do not feel isolated.
I would be very interested to hear what you think I spend doing with my time while I am in Barbados? Tell me what a day in the life of a non Bajan is when they are staying in Barbados? Guess.
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I couldn’t care less and am really not interested in you or what you do when in Barbados, so spare me the worn-out “do you know who I am” attitude.
You don’t live here so your opinion about anything means nothing to me.
Real Bajans live in Barbados.
April 6, 2008 at 6:13 pm
John
April 6, 2008 at 4:31 pm,
Whoaaa!
Are you on some sort of medication or something? A lot of you here seem fixated with Noel Lynch.
This is 2008, in case you don’t know. The minister of tourism is Richard Sealy. There is no conspiracy.
Geez. You need to take some pills!
(Some of you people seem like loonies.)
April 6, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Tic Tac Toe
…… Real Bajans live all over the globe.
Real Bajans who lived in Barbados and had a bit more courage and skills than the other Real Bajans living here spread their wings and contribute daily to the World on the World’s terms.
Is Rihanna a Real or a Play Play Bajan?
April 6, 2008 at 6:17 pm
John
April 6, 2008 at 4:34 pm
… do we have any 600 room hotels?
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Er, John… when I mentioned 600 room hotels I was using that to make an example.
You know what an example is, right?
(H’mmm… Maybe I should leave… I’m thinking this place is full of crackpots.)
April 6, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Yeah, I kind of can guess what an example is …..
….. but I don’t know of one example of a 600 room hotel in Barbados!!
If you know of such an example, please let me know.
April 6, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Tic Tac Toe
You have got the wrong person here. You may be worn out but I am not.
And, as for the ‘Do you know who I am attitude’, It does not sit easily with me. If I should meet you on the beach up at ‘Long Pond’ (if you ever venture so far) I will be polite and courteous and I hope you will be the same.
Reading: I am have been reading ‘The Pleasures of Exile’ and I suggest you do the same if you haven’t already read it. It is a classic.
No reason to fall out.
Best wishes
Whistling Duck
April 6, 2008 at 8:04 pm
I’m sure it’s not necessary to look for old phone books to get the information you want..The people at CTO have all those statistics at their fingertips.they have been compiling that data for over 30 years..call the research department and ask for the stuff
April 6, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Thistle
I have lots of grey hair, so naivete cannot be attributed to me!!!
If you read my earlier post, you will realize that I referred to Rev Andrew Hatch and his “window to the sea” in Fitts Village.
I am well aware of the reasons why he and Andrew (note the similarity in first names)Bynoe turned silent on the whole issue when the BLP ran this country.
Rev Hatch was asked to chair a committee by Tom Adams and he went silent.Mr Bynoe made a comment to the effect that he had to apply to the Ministry of Finance for licenses for his business.Then he too went silent.
Neither of them has a moral right to speak to the issue of beach access or windows to the sea.
By the way, in an earlier post I included Austin Husbands as one of the silent ones. I have been informed that he called Akintolove Corbin on “Tell It Like It Is” on Thursday last and expressed displeasure at the on-going problems with beach access…
I guess that is a good step, but we still need to hear a bit more from him.
Hopefully he will not be blinded,like the other two, by party loyalty.
April 7, 2008 at 2:18 am
Here is a fresh idea off the Mullins Bay blog: Kings Beach owes government half million in land tax. The land is a heritage site because Father Of Independence had a beach house there in the critical 1960s. Why doesn’t government just take it over for the back taxes instead of trying to sell it to condo developers? You could then make it into a national park with a window to the sea and beach access for all.
April 7, 2008 at 8:03 am
JohnH,
That is good idea, but it does appear that sensible approaches in Govenrment have, for a while, been out of the quesiton.
Hopefully, this administration will differ.
In terms of Government owned land, condos and windows to the seas, someone still has to explain the development at the site of Dover Convention Centre and whether, how and by what means it has changed hands.
That alone speaks volumes.
Peace.
April 7, 2008 at 2:45 pm
…. the covenant on the land where the Dover Conventon Centre was also had to be set aside by application to the High Court.
It was agreed to by the original seller, Widow Herbert and the then purchaser, Cable and Wireless.
I posted a comment about it back in August or September 2007 on a previous article.
Guess no one came forward to complain to the High Court so the Covenant got set aside.
A pity.
April 11, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Just so you guys know Royal Pavilion is still operating. And there is a hotel on the same site as Smugglers Cove. Alot of the names of the hotels changed when Management was changed.
In order to have an accurate list you need to look at the location of the hotels you will see alot of them only changed names.
In addition to that a number of Villas have sprung up across the island which will also make up for some of the rooms lost.
It should be noted that hotels close not because of a particular government but because of financial or other difficulties. These are beyond governments control (they are privately owned and run).
Moreover, some hotels have undergone extensive repairs which means that they have to close. I don’t think that a hotel will still advertise if it is undergoing repairs.
April 11, 2008 at 2:43 pm
When my moderated post finally appears can any of the regular bloggers tell me what aspect of it deserved to be moderated.
I have so far posted less than ten times and I seem to have made it to the always moderated list.
Have a good day!
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BFP says,
Your IP number is not on the “always moderate” list, therefore the robot is grabbing you based upon criteria that is out of our control. Apparently you tend to use words or phrases that trigger the robot.
There is nothing we can do about this, so you will either have to modify your syntax or vocabulary – or merely be more patient in an imperfect world.
Chill, dude. Have a Banks.
April 11, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Please let me know what ” words or phrases” I used in my posts to trigger your robot.
Thanks!!
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Hi VOR,
We know what we have fed into the system, but we don’t know about the programme’s core rules are any more than the professional spammers do. The name of the programme is Askimet, so you might be able to research it for some answers. I understand that it also takes into account your IP and if it is close to one that a professional spammer is using, it flags you as a “possible”, so there is little that we can do about it. I notice that this post wasn’t flagged, so you can see that it is not a wholesale moderation of you or your IP… something must be triggering it.
Is this all happening from one PC or a number? If possible, try from work and home and keep track of the results. We’re as frustrated sometimes with the anti-spam programme as you are, but we unfortunately need it as we receive over a 1000 spam comments per day!
Although we might disagree with many readers and vice-versa, we don’t moderate because folks take a different view of things. We welcome your comments and hope that this resolves itself.
Good luck
Robert
April 27, 2008 at 10:00 am
#29
Someone told me yesterday that Barbados Beach Village is the next hotel scheduled to be condominiumised, can anyone confirm?
Prime oceanfront land removed from maximum economic and employment use!
July 12, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Is the Edgwater Inn really closed or is it what has been heard that the new owners turned into a better place and changed its name??
July 13, 2008 at 1:31 am
Adrian,
I recall in the budget that the requirement to put your property into a rental pool for 3 months of the year in order to obtain some concessions has been dropped – same concessions but no conditions. Will that not encourage condominiumisation further?
I dont understand the motivation behind such a policy shift – do you?
Why do we have these pathetic people like Can on this blog? Can we not automoatically delete stuff like his?
February 19, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I run into this blog accidentally. To me it looks like you are all locals and more or less involved in politics or private affairs.
You are disputeing about hotels gone or new, in local hands or foreign.
Something must be wrong in Barbados. If you like it or not, slavery is gone, sugar cane is gone, you live with and/or from tourism and too many hotels heve been closed down, whatever reason. Since years I have a close look on hotelroom prices all over the Caribbean. Barbados has been turned to be expensive, normal tourists safe money over a long time to come. Don´t wonder if they go to other islands. Don´t spoil your future. Let the Rich and Pretty stay and give the “poor tourist” a chance.
Best regards from frosty Germany.
September 21, 2009 at 4:57 pm
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