Since the hurricanes struck, BVI Traveller has been covering the recovery effort with daily reports on businesses that have rebuilt and reopened for tourists. With reports on over 300 businesses completed...
Kenny Chesney's Virgin Islands Hurricane Relief Project topped 77,300 in album sales in the first week on the charts. This is good news for the BVI as Kenny will donate all "Songs for Saints" album proceeds...
Just received the following press release from Scrub Island. They now have rooms and suites available as of August 1st and will hold their full, grand re-opening on October 1, 2018: Scrub Island Resort,...
More good news! This time it is a major beach clean up at Smuggler's Cove sponsored by Caribbean Cellars. They reported, "We are at it again!!! Evian Beach Clean Up II. This time we got assistance from...
Read MoreThe BVI Airports Authority hereby informs the travelling public that we are diligently working towards re-opening the Taddy Bay Airport, Virgin Gorda by the middle of September 2018.
There is great news for all of those who know and love Soper's Hole and the marina and the shops there. I just received an updated report from Ian Smith regarding the status of Soper's Hole Marina. He...
MORE GOOD NEWS! On May 28th, 2018 Alton Bertie posted the following on Facebook. He said, "Today I took my #DJIspark for a flight..." Based on his amazing drone photo, it looks like the construction of...
Oil Nut Bay on Virgin Gorda released the following announcement highlighting more good news on the resurgence of the BVI. They reported, "There’s no question the British Virgin Islands are bouncing back...
Read MoreWelcome to Loblolly Villa, nestled in Mahoe Bay on Virgin Gorda, one of the Caribbean's most beautiful coves. Mahoe Bay is well known for its secluded white sand beaches and spectacular snorkeling. The...
Nine months after a succession of hurricanes smashed through the British Virgin Islands, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, Mounts Bay returned to Tortola once again to help with the clean-up. Royal Engineers...
Germaine Fritz, owner of A Dream Come True Villa Rentals on Virgin Gorda contacted me with the following update. "For the past 18 years I’ve represented more than 40 rental villas on Virgin Gorda in...
BVI Traveller was created in September of 2017 to help tourism in the British Virgin Islands recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Irma.
To that end, we met our goals. In the past 7 years there have been over 1.2 million visits to the website and over 3 million pages have been viewed. There are over 1,000 pages on the site featuring news posts and detailed listings on all hotels, villas, restaurants and sailing charters located in the BVI. The BVI Government and many business, hotels, villas and sailing charters have all agreed that the site “moved the needle on tourism” after Irma.
The site, however, has run its course. It has served its purpose by bringing visitors and local businesses together to rebuild the tourist industry and it is now time to shut down operations for good.
I want to thank everyone for your help and support.
Chuck Metter