Haiti, Canada’s Transat to Sign Tourism Partnership Agreement

By: - January 8th, 2013

Above: Le Lac du Bossier in Haiti (Photo: MT Haiti)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin is heading to Montreal to sign a tourism partnership agreement with Canadian tour operator Transat.

The partnership agreement will involve the promotion of tourism packages to Haiti, as reported by Caribbean Journal last month.

Villedrouin’s three-day drip, which begins Tuesday and lasts through Thursday, will also include meetings with members of Haiti’s Diaspora and Canadian media organizations.

Transat, one of the largest integrated tourism companies in the world, will begin launching vacation packages to Haiti Jan. 23. Air Transat currently makes weekly flights to Haiti from Montreal.

It is the first major Canadian tour operators to offer packages to the country.

Haiti

Chicago Tribune Editorial Calls Jamaica "Greece of the Western Hemisphere"

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is the “Greece of the Western Hemisphere,” according to an editorial published Tuesday by the Chicago Tribune newspaper. The editorial, subtitled “The Greece of the Western Hemisphere,” said that while Americans have paid more attention to the debt problems in Greece, Jamaica, too shows the […]

Haiti

Puerto Rico: US Customs Seizes Gold Bars Arriving from Curacao

Above: the seized gold bars (Photo: CBP) By the Caribbean Journal staff US Customs and Border Protection in Puerto Rico has seized several courier packages containing 11 cast-gold bars arriving from Curacao, officials announced Tuesday. The packages were seized at the Rafael Hernandez International Airport in Aguadilla. In mid-December, officers at the Aguadilla facility came […]

Haiti

St Kitts and Nevis Showing Growth in Luxury Tourism Sector

Above: St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The luxury travel market in St Kitts and Nevis continues to grow, according to new data from the government. The twin-island federation is seeing an increase in both yacht and private and corporate jet arrivals; yacht calls to St Kitts and Nevis showed an increase […]

Haiti's Lamothe, Canadian Ambassador Have "Fruitful" Meeting on Frozen Aid

Above: Canadian Ambassador to Haiti Henri-Paul Normandin and Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and   By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe had what he described as a “fruitful” talk with Canadian Ambassador Henri-Paul Normandin over the country’s decision to freeze aid to Haiti, according to the Prime Minister’s office. Normandin reportedly […]

Couples Resorts Close to Purchase of Almond Casuarina Resort in Barbados

 Above: the Almond Casuarina Beach Resort in Barbados By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica-based Couples Resorts is in “firm negotiations” concerning the purchase of the 280-room Almond Casuarina Beach Resort in Barbados, Couples CEO Glenn Lawrence and Casuarina Chairman Anthony King said in a release. The negotiations are expected to conclude on or before Jan. […]

Caribbean Postcard: History in Barbados

 Above: Canadian Ambassador to Haiti Henri-Paul Normandin and Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and   By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe had what he described as a “fruitful” talk with Canadian Ambassador Henri-Paul Normandin over the country’s decision to freeze aid to Haiti, according to the Prime Minister’s office. Normandin reportedly […]

Report Urges US Lawmakers to Promote Agricultural Imports from Haiti

Above: farmers in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States Congress should help foster agricultural imports from Haiti, according to an issue brief from the Washington, DC-based think tank the Heritage Foundation. The report brief, written by the Heritage Foundation’s James Roberts and Dr Ray Walser, was part of a […]