Eliz­a­beth Gon­za­les

To­ba­go Cor­re­spon­dent

To­ba­go and Bar­ba­dos have joined to­geth­er to pro­mote the di­rect Con­dor flights from Ger­many for the 2025/2026 win­ter sea­son — a move ex­pect­ed to se­cure ear­ly book­ings and boost tourist ar­rivals to both is­lands.

The To­ba­go Tourism Agency Ltd (TTAL) and the Bar­ba­dos Tourism Mar­ket­ing Inc. (BT­MI) host­ed a joint three-city road­show in Ger­many from June 10 to 12. The tour stopped in Berlin, Mu­nich, and Frank­furt.

The goal was to pro­mote both des­ti­na­tions and en­cour­age ear­ly book­ings for the week­ly Con­dor flight, which will once again serve To­ba­go and Bar­ba­dos dur­ing the win­ter trav­el pe­ri­od.

“This is a ma­jor move for To­ba­go,” said TTAL mar­ket­ing of­fi­cer Perl Hen­ry. “We’re show­ing the world what makes us tru­ly be­yond or­di­nary.”

Over 200 Ger­man trav­el agents, tour op­er­a­tors and me­dia pro­fes­sion­als at­tend­ed the road­show. TTAL show­cased To­ba­go’s eco-ad­ven­tures, calm beach­es and cul­tur­al ex­pe­ri­ences.

Lo­cal hote­liers al­so joined the trip, in­clud­ing Tropik­ist Beach and Ho­tel Re­sort, Ba­co­let Beach Club, Had­co Ex­pe­ri­ences, and Blue Wa­ters Inn. They of­fered di­rect in­sights in­to To­ba­go’s ac­com­mo­da­tion and ac­tiv­i­ties.

The event al­so fea­tured a live cook­ing ses­sion by Chef Arthur Patrick, who served dish­es like cur­ried crab and dumplings and callaloo.

“It gave guests a re­al taste of To­ba­go,” Hen­ry said.

TTAL says the Con­dor flight, dur­ing the win­ter, is a key step in strength­en­ing To­ba­go’s pres­ence in the Eu­ro­pean mar­ket and build­ing stronger ties with re­gion­al part­ners.