Visit St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix is a high-quality, full-color upscale magazine that will be placed on an EXCLUSIVE basis in the guest rooms of over 100 hotels comprising more than 5,500 rooms in St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix covering the vast majority of overnight visitors to the islands.

In order to generate more visitors to the U.S. Virgin Islands, North South Net, Inc. (NSN) provides the USVIHTA with a substantial print and radio advertising budget for use in USVI’s key airlift markets across the United States. NSN has also developed and funded a number of other programs with USVIHTA that will increase the number of tourists to the island.

By supporting our partnership with your advertising, you are supporting the USVIHTA, helping to increase the number of tourists to the U.S. Virgin Islands and providing these tourists with the means to make the best choices during their stay. Click here to learn all the reasons why you should make Visit St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix your primary advertising choice for 2021/2022.

Inquire today by contacting Rachael Gunn Skywalker at 907-306-7969 or Rachael.visitusvi@gmail.com, Bobbie Bryan at 340-998-7025 or bobbie.visitusvi@gmail.com, or Garry Duell at 786-501-3434 or Gduell@northsouthnet.com.

V.I. Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte will host “Inside the Cabinet,” a new weekly livestream from Government House that allows the community to ask questions and raise issues with Bryan-Roach Administration Cabinet members at 6 p.m. every Wednesday. Next Week: Human Services Commissioner Kimberley Causey-Gomez.

“Inside the Cabinet” is livestreamed at 6 p.m. every Wednesday on the Government House Facebook page – facebook.com/GovernmentHouseUSVI – and during the live feed of the Virtual Town Hall program, residents can ask the host questions through the “comments” section of the livestream. Residents who have a question they would like to be addressed on “Inside the Cabinet” also can send an email in advance of the broadcast to GovernmentHouse@go.vi.gov and put “Inside the Cabinet” in the subject line.

Copies of all “Inside the Cabinet” programs are archived at facebook.com/GovernmentHouseUSVI.

Click here to view July 2021 Small Business Resources from the Virgin Islands Small Business Development Center.

Kids – let’s go fishing! The July Open Kids Tournament, hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC), will take place on July 24 at IGY’s American Yacht Harbor (AYH) Marina in Red Hook, St. Thomas. This year’s event will be divided into two time periods, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., with 100 anglers each, to assure ample room for COVID-safe social distancing. Masks are required. Participation is open to youth 14 years of age and under, and youth must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Registration is FREE and online only at: www.vigfc.com. Prizes, which will be awarded in two age groups of up to age 6 and ages 7 to 14, include trophies crafted by My Brother’s Workshop, gift certificates, cash and much more donated by community businesses. Sponsored by the VIGFC, AYH, Neptune Fishing Supplies, Island Time Pub, Coral World Ocean Park, St. Thomas Swimming Association and Guardian Insurance. For more information, call 340-775-9144 or Email: usvigfc@gmail.com. Read full release.

Are you the teammate others want to have? Pause for a moment and describe the ideal teammate. How do they perform? What do they say? You can work at the best company, with the best benefits and the best leaders, but at the end of the day, you STILL have to make a decision about how exceptional you’re going to be. And it is THAT decision which determines what type of teammate you are. Do you make the team better or worse? 

Here are four qualities of great teammates: 

1: They don’t grunt and complain. No one likes being around a grunter or complainer (unless they are one also). If great teammates have a complaint, they quickly follow it up with a suggestion for improvement. They don’t allow their mood of the day to dictate how professional they’re going to be.

2: They hold their teammates accountable. Great teammates speak up, and they show their colleagues they care by the feedback they give. 

3: They are encouraging. Great teammates don’t wait for the leader to recognize great performance. They take the initiative to do it themselves. 

4: They resist saying things like, “It’s not my department and it’s not my job. In their minds, they have one job, and that is to either serve the customer or serve someone who is.

For more information, contact Omar Andres Haedo directly at omar.a.haedo@elan.insure.