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TCI: Delano Renews Contract with Flow for Second Term
#TurksandCaicos, March 16, 2018 – Providenciales – Flow TCI, a Cable & Wireless company, has officially re-signed 24-year old track sensation Delano Williams – the first Olympic athlete from the Turks and Caicos Islands as a pan-regional Brand ambassador.
Holder of the 2012 World Juniors 200M Championship title, three-time Carifta Medallist, IAAF World Champion Bronze Medallist, 4x400M Rio 2016 Olympics contender, and son of the TCI, the decorated athlete has inked another two year endorsement deal applicable across C&W’s fifteen Caribbean markets, the Bahamas, and Panama.
“I am honoured to sign with the #1 telecommunications provider in the Turks and Caicos, Flow, for a second term as a pan regional brand ambassador. Being a part of the Flow family since the inception of my career has proven to be and remains one of the best decisions I’ve made to date. I will always be a Flow-guy,” shared Delano.
Originally signed in October 2015, Delano has since joined a new two-year NIKE approved coaching program in Kingston, Jamaica called the Maximizing Velocity and Power (MVP) Track & Field Club, home to world class Jamaican sprinters such as Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, Elaine Thompson and Asafa Powell, to focus on his initial passion for sprint as his signature events.
“I wanted to put myself back into the sprinting world, because I don’t believe the 400m is for me. I believe wholeheartedly that my new coach, Paul Francis, who has coached world class Olympic medallist and world record holders, will get me where I need to go,” explained Williams.
It’s been four years now since Williams has run a 100M race, and in February, he opened his season with a time of 10.46 seconds, just a few split seconds shy of his 100M PB of 10.28 recorded in 2013. He has declined the request to run the 4x400m relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games to remain focused on his individual sprint training.
“Delano Williams has quickly become a household name in the Turks and Caicos. It has been quite an honour to work alongside he and his manager to capture the moments in his career that will be engrained in the history books of this country and this brand as he grows into an outstanding athlete” says, Darron Hilaire, Marketing Communications Executive.
We can expect to see Delano again at the British Olympic Trials, and the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships in August.
“As a part of our commitment to being the number sponsor of youth and sports in the region, we are grateful as a company for the opportunity to be a part of Delano’s growing global sprinting career, as he continues to break barriers and inspire greatness,” expressed Flow Country Manager, Delleriece Hall.
Pick up your copy of the 2018 Flow Calendar today to see Delano’s latest feature, along with many other key moments from over the years.
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Almost two million visitors recorded in 2025
PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS – The Turks and Caicos Islands saw an increase in stayover arrivals in December, seven percent higher than the corresponding period in 2024.
Preliminary data suggests that stay over arrivals by air for the month of December was 66,427 in comparison to 62,610 in December 2024.
From January to December 2025, preliminary visitor arrival numbers totalled 640,754; on par with the number recorded for the same period of 2024.
Stay Over Arrivals YTD December 2024/2025
The first quarter of the calendar year attracted the largest number of arrivals with visitor arrivals three percent higher than the first quarter of 2024. Reduced airlift from the United Kingdom and the United States, most notably the Virgin Atlantic and JetBlue services, was however felt from the second quarter (April to June). As a result, visitor arrivals dropped three percent in the second quarter.
By the third quarter of this year (July to September), geopolitical and economic conditions in the key source markets, namely the United States, led to further contraction of arrivals. In the last quarter of 2025, arrivals were impacted in October due to the passage of Hurricane Melissa but additional airlift from the USA and Canada resulted in an increase in arrivals in November and December.
Mr. Paul Pennicook, Interim CEO Consultant of Experience Turks and Caicos, said December’s increase in stayover arrivals is an encouraging indicator of the sustained interest in the Turks and Caicos Islands as a premier destination.
“While we note and continue to monitor geopolitical shifts that affect us, Experience Turks and Caicos is focused on increasing marketing initiatives in our primary source markets. We have spent the last two years investing in groundwork such as crucial travel advisor training to assist them in selling the destination more effectively. In the next fiscal, we will be building on those initiatives with co-op activities with partners as well as out of home advertising to increase visitation to our destination,” he said.
In Cruise, the preliminary count of passenger arrivals for the month of December 2025 was 129,346, a 22 percent increase over last December. This growth follows the berthing of 11 additional ships in Grand Turk this month.
From January to December, the cruise sector continued to outperform the same period last year, as the 1.3 million total cruise passengers recorded, marks a five percent Year-on-Year increase. 
The cruise sector experienced significant growth in the first quarter of 2025, with passenger arrivals surpassing last quarter by 53 percent. In the second and third quarter however, several cruise lines adjusted their itineraries as vessels were pulled from the fleet or from the Caribbean region, which resulted in fewer passengers.
Arrivals dropped seven percent and 10 percent in the second and third quarters, respectively. Double digit growth was recorded in the last two months of Quarter 4. This growth however, was not sufficient to outweigh the drop in arrivals experienced in October, following the cancellation of cruise calls due to the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Despite the late-quarter rebound, arrivals for the final quarter of 2025 closed six percent below the same period in 2024.
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Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – Wednesday, 11 February 2026: The Informal Settlements Unit (ISU) coordinated a multi-agency enforcement operation on Thursday, 29 January 2026, led by the Planning Department, with support from the Crown Land
Unit, the Turks and Caicos Islands Border Force, and security provided by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. The operation, carried out at three different locations in Providenciales, formed part of ongoing government efforts to address unauthorised development and illegal occupation of land in accordance with governing legislation.
The operation commenced in Blue Hills, where five Section 58 Enforcement Notices were issued on unauthorised structures identified on Block and Parcel 60502/48.
Enforcement activity then moved to a second location off the Leeward Highway near Caicos Lodge, where six Section 58 Enforcement Notices were issued on additional unauthorised structures on Block and Parcel 60802/66.
The final phase of the operation took place in The Bight, where three unauthorised structures were removed, with all debris cleared from the site in keeping with established safety and environmental protocols.
The Informal Settlements Unit remains committed to working alongside its partner agencies to support lawful development, protect public and private land, and ensure that planning regulations are enforced in a coordinated and transparent manner across the Turks and Caicos Islands. Similar joint operations will continue as part of the Government’s wider strategy to address unauthorised development and informal settlement activity.
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