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Grand Turk Back Up and Running: Bohio Dive Resort Re-opens

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!After a close encounter with Hurricane Ike, Grand Turk is coming back to normal.
The Grand Turk Cruise Ship Centre is up and running with almost daily arrivals on Carnival Cruise Lines. The shops and tours are operating, too.
Over at [...]

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New Restaurants On The Culinary Scene

This winter season will see a number of new restaurants on the already world class Turks & Caicos dining scene. Here are a few to whet your appetite:
Local restaurateur Tony Arata takes his magic to Ocean Club, where he has transformed that property’s restaurant into Opus, Wine Bar and Grille. Featuring a fabulous mahogany bar, [...]

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2008 Conch Festival Winners

The Fifth Annual Conch Festival was held November 29, and the Winners are:
Category Winners
(as decided by panel of expert judges)
Best Conch Chowder:1st Place: Club Med
(2nd: Salt Mills, 3rd: Bay Bistro)
Best Conch Salad: 1st Place: Harbour Kitchen
(2nd:Amanyara, 3rd: Kissing Fish)
Best Specialty Conch: 1st Place: Hemingway’s
(2nd: Hole in the Hall, 3rd: Simba)
Best Mojito: Amanyara
Grand Champion:
Aqua (3rd Consecutive [...]

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Gourmet Safari - A Delectable Tour of Fine Dining

The second annual TCI Gourmet Safari will be held December 19-21 and showcases some of the finest restaurants in the islands. The dine-around concept features two nights of whirlwind dining stops where diners sample a course from one of five establishments. The event also features a gourmet brunch on Sunday December 21, to be hosted [...]

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Our Coast is Clear…Still

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers during our recent bouts with Hurricanes Hanna and Ike. Fortunately, the majority of our tourism offering survived in tact and we are already welcoming visitors back to our sunny beaches.
To see how well our world-famous Grace Bay Beach on Providenciales weathered the storms - check out the blog [...]

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Beaches to re-open November 15

Following an extensive evaluation of all rooms and grounds following Hurricane Ike this week, Gordon “Butch” Stewart, chairman of Sandals Resorts International, has announced that Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort & Spa will re-open November 15, 2008.
“With safety as our first concern, we have taken the difficult but prudent decision to do needed repair and [...]

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Turks & Caicos Hotel and Tourism Industry Open for Business

PROVIDENCIALES - The Turks & Caicos Hotel and Tourism industry reports that it is largely ‘business as usual’ for the majority of its member properties and services catering to tourism in the island chain. Most properties in Providenciales, the main tourism center, suffered only minimal damage during the recent Hurricanes Hanna and Ike. Greater damage [...]

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Hotel Status Report

A complete opening status of the more than 50 hotels and resorts in the Turks & Caicos Islands is available here.
We suggest you contact your individual resort directly to confirm any reservations.
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Conch Festival on for November 29TCI Conch Festival

The Fifth Annual Turks & Caicos Conch Festival is scheduled for Saturday, November 29 on Providenciales. This fun filled event celebrates our most famous export and favorite food product, the delicious conch.
The islands’ best chefs will square off in the annual ‘conch-e-tition’ to decide who makes the best conch dishes. There will be conch knocking [...]

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Carnival Set to Sail in October

MIAMI - The Grand Turk Cruise Center, which is operated by Miami-based Carnival Corporation & plc, and located on the island of Grand Turk, has scheduled an Oct. 8, 2008 re-opening date, following the passage of Hurricane Ike.
An engineering survey has confirmed that no damage was sustained to the cruise ship pier, which can accommodate [...]

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