Barbados Tourism, MLB Team Trumpet Partnership to Promote Travel Industry

The Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) has signed on with the New York Mets, a Major League Baseball team, to promote the Caribbean island at home and away games through the 2008 baseball season.

The deal will give the chance to New York Mets fans to win all-expense paid trip giveaways to Barbados each season.

The “Mets Lucky Home Run Inning presented by Barbados” will provide one lucky fan the chance to win a complimentary getaway to this Caribbean hot spot when a Mets player hits a home run during the specially designated inning.

A single contestant is randomly selected among the fans in

attendance at all 81 games played at Shea Stadium. Fans watching the locally broadcast road games on SportsNet New York (SNY) or WPIX/WB 11 can also participate by registering online at http://www.sny.tv/barbados.