I'm a luxury hotel manager - this is how you get a free room upgrade and the one thing that REALLY annoys staff

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 10:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Lifting the lid on hotel secrets is Christopher Pitt, the 56-year-old guest services manager at the Royal Westmoreland, a luxury resort in Barbados.

Holding Fever: when club side Rishton signed the fastest bowler in the world

found 2025 › May › 01 (Thu) @ 09:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Huge crowds turned out to watch Michael Holding play at Blackburn Road in 1981 – and to enjoy the club’s late bar

By Scott Oliver from his book Sticky Dogs and Stardust 2

To paraphrase Bishop Berkeley’…

Patwa is not ‘broken English’: the African ties that bind US and Caribbean languages

found 2025 › Apr › 05 (Sat) @ 11:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Centuries later, Jamaican Patwa and US Gullah Creole retain many Africanisms adopted from enslaved people

Illustrations by Alexis Chivir-ter Tsegba

In 2000, I won a writing competition that awakened me…

Cocaine haul worth £1million is found hidden inside electric WHEELCHAIR during security check at Manchester Airport

found 2025 › Apr › 01 (Tue) @ 20:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The discovery was made at Manchester Airport on Sunday in relation to a passenger who flew in from Bridgetown, Barbados.

Crackdown on government credit cards to cut 'wasteful' spending

found 2025 › Mar › 18 (Tue) @ 11:41 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Barbados ■

Purchases include £2,500 spent at a women's shoe shop in Barbados and £1,200 on luxury coffee pods.

Crackdown on government cards to cut 'wasteful' spending

found 2025 › Mar › 18 (Tue) @ 06:57 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Barbados ■

Purchases include £2,500 spent at a women's shoe shop in Barbados and £1,200 on luxury coffee pods.

Caribbean leaders vow to maintain pursuit of slavery reparations

found 2025 › Feb › 21 (Fri) @ 18:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Countries meeting at Caricom summit not seeking ‘handout’ but ‘appropriate apology’ and compensation

Caribbean leaders have defended the region’s pursuit of slavery reparations, describing the compens…

James Argent packs on the PDA with bikini-clad girlfriend Nicoline Artursson as they enjoy a romantic beach day during Barbados holiday

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 17:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

James Argent packed on the PDA with stunning girlfriend Nicoline Artursson this week as they enjoyed a romantic beach day amid their holiday to Barbados.

‘This is where it all begins!’ What’s it like to start your holiday in the airport bar?

found 2025 › Jan › 22 (Wed) @ 09:23 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary wants European airports to clamp down on pre-flight drinking. But is it really such a problem? There’s only one way to find out …

It is 10.30am on Thursday at Gatwick, and Je…

Andrea Corr, 50, shows off her toned torso in a tiny black triangle bikini as she jets off to Barbados for Christmas in the Caribbean

found 2024 › Dec › 22 (Sun) @ 23:22 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The lead singer of Celtic pop rock group The Corrs, 50, enjoyed a day on the beach with her son Brett Desmond, Jr. at the at Sandy Lane Hotel, in Barbados.