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Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend

Just because you’re more than 500 miles from the nearest shopping mall, don’t think you can’t get a memorable gift for that special someone. Turks & Caicos features lots of great shopping, including excellent deals on jewelry, watches, art and other accessories.
Popular spots include the Regent Village, home of Jai’s fine jewelry, and Salt [...]

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Capture the Memories Forever

Your vacation to the Turks & Caicos can last a lifetime. This Valentine’s Day arrange for a personalized photo shoot on the beach with your love ones with one of our professional photography studios.
Tropical Imaging is known for its high quality and ‘personal’ work, and offers a wide range of packages for couples, families, weddings, [...]

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Ring in the New Year in Paradise

New Year’s is always a fun time in the Turks & Caicos with celebrations and parties throughout the week between Christmas and New Years. New Year’s Eve features fireworks displays at many resorts, such as Beaches, Club Med and The Sands, as well as gala dinner parties and rocking events with live music at places [...]

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

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 the Bohio Dive Resort, they’re welcoming divers and gastro enthusiasts. As an added bonus, they have [...]

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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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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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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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