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2008 Conch Festival Winners

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 [...]

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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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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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What’s New On-Line

The Turks & Caicos Tourist Board Web site is a great source of information. If you surf over to www.turksandcaicostourism.com you’ll find new features and news all the time. On the home page of the site now is a comprehensive travel booking system that lets you book flights and hotels right on our site.
Also, check [...]

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Scuba Secrets: Pillory Beach in Grand Turk (courtesy of Bohio Dive Resort)

It is no secret that some of best wall diving to be experienced anywhere on the planet can be found on Grand Turk’s west side, where the Columbus Passage plunges to over a mile deep. What many people don’t know is that there is also world-class snorkeling to be found in this region too.
For the [...]

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Island Hopping: Grand Turk

Grand Turk is the capital of the Turks & Caicos and reputed to be the first landfall of Christopher Columbus on his initial trip to the New World in 1492. It’s come a long way since then, but still maintains a unique Caribbean charm that sets it apart from even the other Turks & Caicos [...]

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The Whales are Coming!

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 reach their breeding grounds a bit further south of here, and on their way treat [...]

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