• Webinar Tuesday with VI SBDC. Join SBA USVI Senior Area Manager Wayne Huddleston and Outreach & Marketing Specialist Lisa Chamely-Aqui for updates from the SBA. The presentations will be followed by a Q&A session. Click here to register for all sessions for dates ranging from 2/9 until 6/29 at 10 a.m. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
  • Disaster Recovery and Resiliency: What’s Next and Where Do We Go from Here? This disaster recovery and resiliency series will provide an opportunity for businesses to learn proven strategies to weather and recover from changing regulatory requirements, economic realities, and customer expectations. Join us for an eight-part training series led by veteran retail business strategist Marc Willson on Wednesday afternoons from 2/3 to 2/24 and 3/17 to 4/7. This engaging series will help businesses impacted by COVID-19 plan for what’s next. In these highly interactive sessions – featuring proven strategies businesses around the nation are applying NOW – participants will explore essential business considerations and best practices for navigating uncertainty, including everyday operations, financials, safety, sales, marketing and community. Register here.
  • UVI Creativity Lab Informational Webinar: How can they assist small businesses during COVID-19 and beyond? - Webinar takes place on Feb. 9 at 4:30 p.m. and is hosted by VI SBDC and the University of the Virgin Islands. The Creativity Lab is designed to foster a culture of Creativity both at UVI, and in the wider community of the USVI. They deliver services that introduce, encourage and enhance creative techniques and thinking in the workplace. The Creativity Lab’s team will discuss topics such as: Why creativity?; The UVI model of creativity in the workplace; and the importance of creativity training for small businesses in the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental vulnerabilities and economic downturn in the USVI. Join us for the informative presentation which will include a question and answer session. Register here.
  • Join us for a Basic Bookkeeping Webinar Series 3/4-4/1. This webinar series will be presented by VI SBDC Business Consultant Carmen Acevedo Adams, who will provide you with basic bookkeeping knowledge so you can: Understand basic accounting terminology; Identify the differences between the cash and accrual accounting methods; Keep track of your business by becoming familiar with accounts payable and receivables; Use a journal and general ledger to document business financials; Utilize the balance sheet; Identify different types of financial statements; Understand the payroll process and employer responsibilities; Uncover the reasons for and actually create a budget, and become familiar with internal and external auditing. Register here.
  • The Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority, in partnership with the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), is hosting an E-Marketing Training Course starting on Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m. and every other Tuesday until May 4. We will have local and national subject matter experts on each topic, in addition to real case studies of local businesses in the territory. First Week - 2/9 (5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.): Social Media Content Creation and Management (Part I). Second Week - 2/23 (5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.): Social Media Content Creation and Management (Part II). Third Week - 3/9 (5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.): Navigating E-Commerce and Driving Online Sales. Fourth Week - 3/23 (5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.): Public Relations Best Practices. Fifth Week - 4/6 (5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.): Traditional Marketing Methods. Sixth Week - 4/20 (5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.): Customer Service: Do's, Don’ts, and Putting Your Best Face Forward. May 4, 2021 (5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.) - Final Recap: Breakout sessions with Subject Matter Experts. Click here to register at usvieda.org.
  • Feb. 10 from 5-9 p.m. The USVI Apparel Forum is bringing together our local urbanwear and fashionwear community who are branding and marketing the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). This forum will focus on branding, decreasing cost of production, partnerships and more. This is your opportunity to participate in this webinar series and speak to industry experts. All in one room, we're discussing the challenges in launching a brand and procuring raw materials. Register today and share the event! Licensed businesses are encouraged to register below for this 4 hour forum. Registration link: https://startupspace.app/detail-normal-events/15699. Virtual space is limited.
  • Feb. 24 5-9 p.m. Cost Pricing Webinar for V.I. Businesses. This class will provide basic insight on various pricing strategies and examining how these strategies can be used to increase profitability, while maximizing value to the consumer. Pre-registration is REQUIRED. Virtual space is limited. Licensed businesses are encouraged to register. Register here on Startup Space.
*Attendance at ONE Training Session is required to receive the Certificate of Participation. In addition, each person must register individually using their own unique email credentials and check-in during the Live Session.*

This training session, presented by CARPHA, addresses the following areas:
  • What is COVID-19 and how it is transmitted?
  • General health prevention tips and proactive measures
  • Overview of registration and use of the resources of the Tourism Health Information System (THiS) – a requirement to receiving CARPHA’s Healthier Safer Tourism Stamp

Important To Note:
Individuals attending a live training will receive a Certificate of Participation. In order to receive this certificate, each individual will need to register, attend and check-in separately as certificates are provided based on the attendance list from the registration. We encourage not to share the same registration link.
 
Live attendance and receipt of the Certificate of Participation from one session is required by 10 precent of all the hospitality facility staff, including senior management, as part of the process to receive CARPHA's Caribbean Travellers Health Assurance Stamp and WTTC Safe Travels Stamp as part of CHTA's Health Safety Commitment - which includes listing on CHTA's Website & CaribbeanTravel.Com consumer website.
 
If you attended previous sessions of this training, you are not required to attend but we encourage you to share with your colleagues for their attendance.

Register for each session at caribbeanhotelandtourism.com. Scroll down to the right side of the homepage.