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The Whales are Coming!

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Tourists weary from the cold and snow aren’t the only ones arriving in the Turks & Caicos every winter. Each December begins a 3-month long migration of humpback whales through our waters. These magnificent creatures travel thousands of miles to [...]

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New Standards in Luxury Developments: Dellis Cay and West Caicos

The Turks & Caicos continues to set a new standard in luxury development, and it’s expanding beyond the traditional base of the island of Providenciales. On the Tourist Board web site, you’ll find a new section called Featured Properties that offers an interactive map to highlight where some of the newest developments and investment opportunities [...]

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Plenty of Flights to TCI for Snow Birds

The Turks & Caicos Islands offers a great place to get away from it all in secluded solitude, but that’s doesn’t mean it’s hard to get to. In fact, in the winter months, it’s even easier! Just a short flight from the East Coast of the US, we are supported by a number of direct [...]

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Underwater Photographers Make a Splash

The Third Annual Turk & Caicos Underwater Photography Contest was another ‘splashing’ success as we received a multitude of colorful entries. In the end, the panel of judges selected TCI local Roddy Macleod for his beautiful Blue Anemone (pictured) shot, which earned him the $5,000 first prize. There were a host of other great entries, [...]

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World’s Leading Beach Highlights Global Awards Ceremony

The Turks & Caicos Islands defended its title of “World’s Leading Beach,” garnering top honors in that prestigious category at the recent World Travel Awards, considered by most travel experts to be the Academy Awards of travel. The TCI was once again cited for its miles of pristine, white sand beaches that rim our islands, [...]

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5th Annual Music Festival line up announced!

The Turks & Caicos Music and Cultural Festival has become a summertime tradition here in paradise. This year’s event raises the bar again with a dynamite line-up of classic and contemporary stars. Headlining the Festival, which runs from July 28 to August 4, are Lionel Richie (right), Anita Baker, Billy Ocean, LL Cool J (left) [...]

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Get on Island Thyme on Salt Cay

Salt Cay is truly a TCI classic. We call it the ‘island the time forgot’ and that’s pretty much how it is over there. No need for a watch on Salt Cay! It’s our least populated island, but there are few places to stay and eat – surf on over to their local web site [...]

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Extra, Extra – read all about us!

From New York to LA, the word is out on the Turks & Caicos Island as a ‘hot’ holiday destination. Check out these two great articles from the LA Times and NY Daily News. And speaking of hot, if you haven’t gotten your annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition, you’ll want to run out and get [...]

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See you in South Africa?

The Turks and Caicos hosted its first every World Cup qualifying soccer match this month at the beautiful new National Stadium in Providenciales. Our boys took on St. Lucia in a home-and-home series that will see the winner advance to play Guatemala, with an eventual chance to advance the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. [...]

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Conch Goes Upscale

As you know, the Island Insider loves all things conch, so it was with great pride that we saw an article on our very own Conch Farm in the latest issue of the Robb Report, that glossy, only-for-the-super-rich publication that normally writes about mega-yachts and Ferraris. But there amongst all the reviews of the latest [...]

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