Barbados Unveils Concorde Experience
BARBADOS, April 20, 2007. With a multi-media display which left top-flight guests in awe, the island's latest visitor attraction, the Barbados Concorde Experience has been officially unveiled during a glamorous ceremony.
Delivering the feature address, Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Noel Lynch, announced that the new facility would help to accelerate Barbados' tourism industry to even higher heights. Addressing over 350 guests at Spencer's Plantation, Christ Church, the Minister also stated that the Concorde Visitor Experience would help the island to soar above other destinations.
He explained: "Today's event gives Barbados a stronger branding image which is closely associated with excellence and luxury. The Concorde in-flight attraction would help to place Barbados in a league of its own and ensure the sustainability of its tourism industry."
Retired Concorde captain, Mike Bannister, who flew in especially for the event described the exhibit as being the most impressive in the world. "The most memorable experiences of piloting Concorde which will always be flying in [uniform] with the Red Arrows over Buckingham Palace to salute the Queen; secondly was flying to Barbados for the very first time; and thirdly, flying the aircraft back 'home' to Barbados for the final time in 2003," said Bannister, the youngest pilot to fly the supersonic jet.
The $3.5 million facility, managed by Goddards Shipping Tours Ltd. has an interactive flight school, a departure lounge, an observation deck, and an in- flight experience multi media presentation.
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