Bougainvillea Beach Resort & Sand Acres Beach Hotel host British Game Show broadcasted live from Barbados!

Barbados was the venue last week for a multi-million-dollar game show carried live on London's BBC 1 television.
Saturday's live satellite show, carried from the Bougainvillea Beach Resort to about ten million viewers in Britain, featured National Lottery Jet Set winner Stuart Scott, who won three weeks' holiday and was treated to a week each in three luxury destinations, including Barbados.
Scott, accompanied by his mother Liz Scott, spent his first week in the French Alps, the next week in Rio de Janeiro, and last week here, staying at a West Coast beach front villa.

Jet Set winners Scott & Liz Scott relaxing at Bougainvillea Beach Resort

During the past week, the Scotts were treated to various activities, including a private charter to various activities, including a private charter to Canouan, and lunch with local celebrities led by wind surfer Brian Talma.

"The winner gets the best of everything and we chose Barbados not only because of it's people, beaches and weather but because it's a luxury destination" said the show's director Guy Templeton. Each week's winner faces another opponent from London, and if they lose they return home to the British capital. Scott lost Saturday, giving a new winner the opportunity to fly to Hawaii.

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Article reproduced from Daily Nation Newspaper

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August 14th, 2001

Bougainvillea Beach Resort & Sand Acres Beach Hotel embark on intensive, quality-standards driven, environmentally conscious Excellence in Housekeeping Program with a touch of green!

The entire Housekeeping Staff attended an Organic Housekeeping workshop, which sensitized the team to the fragility of our environment and the critical part housekeepers, and homemakers can play in both preserving and restoring the environment of Barbados. The workshop, conducted by Louise John, of Talkabout Presentation Skills, Antigua, was highly interactive and culminated in a recipe-making session. Having tested the recipes and learnt the Safe Toilet Cleaning techniques, the team committed to practicing the knowledge learnt and the on-going Housekeeping Program.

Avril Clarke, Executive Housekeeper, says, “ I was inspired by this holistic approach to housekeeping over 18 months ago and am delighted to be the first hotel in Barbados to commit to an intensive 5-month training program for my whole team. Our goal is to improve working conditions, the health & safety of our team, guests and importantly to positively impact the excellent product offered by Bougainvillea / Sand Acres for all guests and staff.”

Margaret Moore-Bostic, Assistant Executive Housekeeper “ I am happy with the standards this program has already started to put in place; in 2-days I am seeing an improvement in bathroom cleanliness and appearance, this can only positively impact the guest experience.”

On completion of the Excellence in Housekeeping Program with a touch of green! Each person will take a stringent test, successful completion of which will result in Certified Housekeeper status.

The Excellence in Housekeeping Program is the first in the series of operational training programs which will take place over the next 12 to 18 months and which will impact all departments in the hotel. These training programs will include supervisory skills development, train the trainer workshops, food and beverage service and customer care.

In addition to the operational training, Bougainvillea Beach Resort and Sand Acres Hotel have stepped up their efforts at achieving their Green Globe 21 certification. To this end they have written Green Globe expressing their intent and have requested that their property be audited later this year.