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News   Venezuelan airline starts flights to T&T;

The new air route of Rutas Aéreas de Venezuela (RAVSA), a private airline flying from the eastern Venezuelan city of Maturin to Piarco, will strengthen relations between T&T and Venezuela,  Coromoto Godoy, Venezuelan Ambassador to T&T said. “With this air link, the goal is to strengthen relations with Latin America and the Caribbean”, Godoy said in a statement to the T&T Guardian. On board the inaugural flight last Thursday was Deputy Minister for Air Transport General Asdrúbal Veloz.

 Godoy said: “It was the vision of Hugo Chávez and now the contribution of the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for the member countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Nations (Celac) to be closer not only politically but also geographically. Trinidad and Tobago is our nearest island neighbour, the time has come to work in those areas that unite us for the development of an agenda in favour of the people.”

 RAVSA will make a special offer in T&T of two persons on one ticket. It will begin with two flights a week on Sundays and Thursdays and eventually will increase the frequency to four times a week. Venezuela state-owned media AVN said this is part of a plan for Venezuela to open new routes in the Caribbean.

Ministry of Tourism Streams Live Tourism Television - April 18th, 2011 Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Tourism will usher in a new era in Trinidad and Tobago’s tourism sector with the debut of Tourism Television on April 19, 2011. Streaming live via the worldwide web at www.tourism.gov.tt, the first instalment of Tourism Television will feature a Tourism Breakfast Morning seminar hosted by the Ministry of Tourism at the Leon Agostini Conference Hall, Chamber Building, Columbus Circle, Westmoorings. Minister of Tourism Dr the Honourable Rupert Griffith, will be the featured speaker at the interactive seminar which is aimed at raising tourism awareness within the business community and increasing support for the industry. Also delivering speeches at the seminar will be His Excellency Malay Mishra, the Indian High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago and Ms Catherine Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Following the presentation by Minister Griffith, which will focus on the government’s new vision for the tourism sector, investment incentives that will regulate the sector and new marketing and public relations plans that will drive increased visitor arrivals, there will be question and answer session. The live streaming of Tourism Television can be accessed at www.tourism.gov.tt on April 19.