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Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association

 


Barbados has it all... 

Member Benefits & Discounts

Specific BHTA Advantages

Discounts on air Travel for business
   American Airlines, Air Jamaica, BWIA

Promotional opportunities through categories and joint marketing initiatives world-wide

Networking opportunities gained through access to over 1,000 hotels and 
over 800 allied companies in over 35 Caribbean destinations.  Details mailing
and contact information to all decision makers.

Access to local fiscal benefits designed for BHTA members only

Advertising rebates through the Tourism Development Corporation

Discounts advertising rates in all BHTA endorsed publications, e.g. Ins and Outs of Barbados in-room guide

Discounts advertising rates in other publications

  • Signatures

  • Barbados Visitors’ Guide

  • BHTA Quarterly Newsletter

  • BHTA Website

  • Barbados Advocate

The BHTA Weekly Fact Sheet  -  BHTA insider information which also
offers promotional opportunities.

Free copy of the BHTA newsletter  -  an international newsletter with great
advertising opportunities to direct target audiences.

Email access and website construction assistance

Free web page and link on BHTA website

Automatic membership to the Caribbean Hotel Association
 (Accommodation members)

Special CHA Allied membership fee of US$250.00 plus BDS$50.00 initiation fee
  (Non-accommodation members) 

Discounts At Hotels and Car Rentals
 - locally - (through the BHTA)
 - regionally – (through the CHA)
 - internationally – (through the IHRA)

Discounts at participating member establishment, e.g. restaurants, consultants, etc.

Access to funding for training through local and international agencies.

Participation in allied members trade exposition at conferences (non-accommodation)

Extensive networking opportunities through participation in BHTA events
and industry conferences
 - CHA Marketplace
 - BHTA members mingles
 - BHTA general meetings and forums
 - CHA’s small hotel retreat
 - Caribbean hotel industry conference (CHIC)
 - Caribbean Tourism Conference (CTO)
 - Caribbean Investment Conference
 - World Travel Market
 - ITB
 - Taste of the Caribbean

Participation in CHARMS (Caribbean Hotel Association Reservation
Management System)

Event planning assistance - product launches and introductions,
corporate events, private events etc.

Discounted rates for human resource and personal enhancement
training conducted by BHTA e.g. Customer Service Training, Skills training,
BHTA Executive Stress Retreats.

Career planning assistance through BHTA arranged job attachments and student internships internationally.

Assistance with accessing the Tourism Loan Fund.

Labour Relations Assistance through Barbados Employers Confederation (BEC)

BHTA Medical Plan and Pension Plan  -  Available to all members,
this benefits those who find it difficult to afford a smaller,
more expensive package for their employees.

Permission to use the BHTA's logo on letterhead to lend testimony of quality.

 

Other BHTA/CHA Benefits at a Glance

Discounted advertising in the Gold Book

Listing in the CHA’s membership pocket directory

Listing in the CHA's Handbook

CHA's Executive health program

Access to CHA's construction and modernisation report

CAST's Hurricane Preparedness Manual

Caribbean Hospitality Training Institute (CHTI)

Caribbean Culinary Federation (CCF)

Caribbean Small Hotel Operators Reference Manual

Caribbean Credentialing Programme

Access to scholarships through the CHA Foundation and the
International Hotel & Restaurant Association

 

CLICK HERE FOR CHA BENEFITS JUST FOR ALLIED MEMBERS!!!

 

 

For information on purchasing this ad space, contact Michelle Smith at BHTA - email: michelle@bhta.org or phone:

For information on purchasing this ad space, contact Michelle Smith at BHTA - email: michelle@bhta.org or phone:

For information on purchasing this ad space, contact Michelle Smith at BHTA - email: michelle@bhta.org or phone:

For information on purchasing this ad space, contact Michelle Smith at BHTA - email: michelle@bhta.org or phone:

For information on purchasing this ad space, contact Michelle Smith at BHTA - email: michelle@bhta.org or phone:

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