During an hour-long ceremony last week, the former BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association formally announced its rebranding. It is now simply the BVI Chamber of Commerce after officially …
September 5, 2023
January 9, 2021
Survey details major Covid impacts
Twenty percent of about 50 businesses that responded to a November survey from the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association reported an “extremely negative impact” from the Covid-19 pandemic …
November 16, 2020
Chamber demands another furlough extension
The workforce furlough extension passed in the House of Assembly in June expired on Saturday, and now the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association is demanding what it called …
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October 14, 2020
Chamber releases protocols government rejected
Rebuffed by government, a task force from the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association released last week a comprehensive set of guidelines in an effort to help business owners …
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August 28, 2020
Gov’t ignored 5 letters, BVICCHA says
Since the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association’s Business Task Force first met on March 19, the group has sent the government five letters with situation reports and recommendations …
June 24, 2020
Hospitality industry demands border info
With no confirmed date for the full reopening of the borders and no stated protocols in place for tourist arrivals in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, the approximately 140 …
May 18, 2020
In trying times, restaurants rally
The restaurant industry, which has been hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic, is struggling back to life as the economy reopens. But even as takeout and delivery becomes ubiquitous throughout …
May 1, 2020
Chamber offers ideas to help businesses
With much of the economy still shut down, how do employers pay laid-off work permit holders so they can survive and stay in the territory? Why can’t businesses that don’t …
March 19, 2020
Businesses learn how to cope with virus
Hand sanitiser may be scarce on Virgin Islands store shelves, but public health personnel have a message for business owners seeking to protect staff and customers from contacting the deadly …
October 26, 2018
BVICCHA elects new board of directors
Members of the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association ratified a new board of directors last week and outlined some of the organisation’s goals for the future, including increasing …
September 12, 2018
Virgin Islands economy takes new shapes after Irma
This article originally appeared in the Beacon’s Sept. 6 “Irma Anniversary” edition. Like many people throughout the Virgin Islands, Courdney Williams has a very different daily routine than he did 12 months …
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May 22, 2018
Local businesses learn about disaster resilience at seminar
About 50 professionals representing businesses across the territory learned about disaster preparedness at the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Symposium on May 15. The free symposium, sponsored by the Caribbean …
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