Got an idea? Tell her
Beverly Nicholson Doty, the USVI’s new commissioner of tourism, is ready to get to work. This is National Tourism Week in the USVI (which actually runs from May 12 to May 20, meaning it is National Tourism Week and a Day Week) and Doty is starting to talk about her plans. And we confirm one of her first moves will be shutting down the U.S. Virgin Islands tourism offices in New York, L.A., Miami, Atlanta and Chicago. It’s DC office will stay open. (It’s at 900 17th Street, NW if you’re a DC-area reader who’s looking for something to do on your lunch break.) “We are moving to virtual offices, we are getting rid of expensive real estate,” Travel Weekly quotes Doty as saying. Fiscal responsibility. That’s refreshing. And she has also set up a new Website specifically for anybody who travels to the USVIs to comment on how to make it better. Your ideas? Tell Beverly here.
May 15th, 2007 22:05
This is a perfect opportunity for Jeff & Russ to contact her to do the website! If I remember correctly, the last time the Dept. of Tourism did a website, they spent a fortune!
May 16th, 2007 06:57
I agree St. John….Jeff & Russ would do a great job on a new website….and remember…they come complete with the world famous “boat cam”