BRIDGETOWN–Rep­re­sen­ta­tives from F1RST Me­dia Ltd in Bridgetown and Port-of-Spain met with lo­cal jour­nal­ists and blog­gers at The So­Co Ho­tel in Hast­ings, Bar­ba­dos to present the com­pa­ny's vi­sion of a more con­nect­ed Caribbean.The re­gion­al tech­nol­o­gy com­pa­ny is tak­ing the Caribbean on­line through the in­tro­duc­tion of an in­no­v­a­tive vir­tu­al plat­form called F1RST.De­signed to bridge the gap be­tween busi­ness­es and con­sumers, F1RST is pop­u­lat­ed with rich, be­yond-di­rec­to­ry da­ta on re­gion­al busi­ness­es, in­clud­ing re­views, rat­ings and spe­cif­ic ameni­ties they of­fer.

The me­dia was al­so treat­ed to a sneak peak of the ap­pli­ca­tion. The con­cept and its fea­tures were well re­ceived by every­one present, as the gen­er­al con­sen­sus is there is a need for such a re­source in the Caribbean, par­tic­u­lar­ly an is­land as heav­i­ly de­pen­dent on tourism as Bar­ba­dos.The Web site, www.F1RST.com, and the mo­bile ap­pli­ca­tion, will be­come avail­able to the pub­lic on Feb­ru­ary 1.F1RST is an on­line plat­form cre­at­ed by F1RST Me­dia Ltd to bridge the gap be­tween busi­ness­es and con­sumers and en­hance the way lo­cals and vis­i­tors alike ex­pe­ri­ence the Caribbean re­gion. The plat­form pro­vides be­yond-di­rec­to­ry in­for­ma­tion on re­gion­al busi­ness­es, in­clud­ing par­tic­u­lar ameni­ties such as whether or not a place has air-con­di­tion­ing, out­door seat­ing, WiFi or park­ing. (CMC)