International award for San Pedro resort

A resort in San Pedro town is getting some big international recognition.  Love TV’s Maria Novelo reports.

BTIA announces AGM for Thursday

The Belize Tourism Industry Association will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday December first at ten in the morning.  Leading to the AGM a Sponsor’s Cocktail will take place tomorrow, November 29th.  Love News met with BTIA’s Executive Director, Efren Perez who further informed us on these two events. Perez also enlightened us [...]

Marco Gonzlez Maya site needs new boardwalk

In 2010, the Marco Gonzalez Maya Site on Ambergris Caye was elevated to an archaeological reserve with the opening of a foot walk to the site. Since then, the board walk has been dilapidated and a new project by the Board is underway to build the site to make it ready for educational tours.  On [...]

BTB offers Facebook service at the PGIA

As part of its newest endeavor, The Belize Tourism Board has announced FACEBOOK BELIZE.  Love News visited the BTB Headquarters on Regent Street this afternoon where Maynor Larrieu, the Direct Online Manager explained what Facebook Belize is all about. The three internet stations with FACEBOOK BELIZE can be found in the Departure Area of the [...]

BTB prepares for tourism high season

The Belize Tourism Board is this week holding its first ever Hospitality Rally with the theme “Hospitality in Belize Does Not Come From The Lips But From the Heart”. But what exactly is this rally about? Well, Love News met with Laura Esquivel Frampton the Director of Quality Assurance, who enlightened us on the topic. [...]

Tourist dies while on dive expedition

There are reports that a tourist has died. Details are sketchy, but Love News understands that a cruise ship passenger was on a diving expedition with Hugh Parkey Dive Expeditions when he experienced breathing difficulties after resurfacing. Despite CPR and efforts by paramedics on shore, the tourist died. We hope to have more on this [...]

Mexican bus company alters schedule

The proprietors of the Mexican bus service ADO today announced the Minister of Transport has approved a change in schedules on the Belize City to Merida and Cancun route.  According to the ADO press release, the new schedule will see their buses departing Belize City at 7:30 pm as opposed to the previous announced time [...]

Shortly before midday today the Belize Defense Force Bomb Squad and police responded to what was reported as a “possibility of a bomb threat” by a pilot onboard a Delta Airlines flight. When Love News visited the International Airport, we were not allowed to go beyond a checkpoint that had been placed some five hundred [...]

Belizean Beats To Welcome Visitors

Belizean Beats will now be one of the first things visitors will be hearing upon arriving in Belize through the Phillip Goldson International Airport and other border points across the country. This is the result of a new music initiative titled “Belizean Beats” by the Belize Tourism Board and the National Institute of Culture and [...]