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Delta Air Lines Just Launched New Nonstop Flights to the Island of Grenada

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The flight from Atlanta leaves in the morning, and by early afternoon you’re already ordering your first rum punch at Aquarium, just off the runway near Point Salines. You sit close to the water, with planes lifting off quietly in the distance and swimmers moving in and out of the sea. The breezes keep the […]

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Marriott Port-au-Prince Names New GM

Marriott Port-au-Prince GM

The Marriott Port-au-Prince in Haiti has named a new general manager, the property announced Wednesday. The hotel has appointed Ellen Wouters to the role, in which she will hold ultimate responsibility for the full scope of hotel operations and financial performance of the property. A native of Holland, Wouters had been serving as the hotel’s […]

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Rethinking Disaster Aid in Haiti

Disaster Aid

It’s time for a new way to think about aid By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor When disaster strikes all masks come off. Every little problem gets magnified 10 fold. This is exactly the situation in Haiti post-Hurricane Matthew. Immediately after the impact, the most devastated area, the southern peninsula of the country, was without any […]

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Haiti Names New Tourism Minister

Haiti’s renewed tourism hopes are now in new hands. The country has named a new Tourism Minister to succeed former Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin, who went a long way in reviving the country’s long-dormant tourism sector. The new minister is Guy Didier Hyppolite, who will now steward a sector that has re-emerged as a legitimate […]


Rethinking Disaster Aid in Haiti

There’s a new way to fly to Haiti. Dutch Caribbean carrier InselAir has returned with its nonstop flights from Miami to Haiti. The flights will be operated on a McDonnell Douglas aircraft four times each week on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. The Miami-Port-au-Prince flight, which takes around 2 hours, will include economy and “comfort […]

Haiti’s Sunrise Airways Adds New Plane

Haiti’s Sunrise Airways has announced the expansion of its fleet with a new ATR 42-320 aircraft. The company said it would accept delivery in late February 2016. “Bringing an ATR into the Sunrise fold represents a bright new beginning for our airline; one that will see us branching out swiftly to serve longer-haul routes connecting more of the […]

From Haiti to Cuba, One CEO's Big Plans For Caribbean Aviation

By Simons Chase Cuba Journal HAITI — On a bright February morning amid a mild westerly breeze, a newly painted plane sticks out like a fresh blade of grass as it parks and prepares to load passengers on the tarmac of Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Price, Haiti. Philippe Bayard, the CEO and founder of […]

Haiti Tourism Is Booming

Haiti’s efforts to boost tourism appear to be paying off. The Caribbean country reported a 10.9 percent increase in stayover visitors in 2015, according to the latest numbers from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. That was the fourth-best increase of any Caribbean destination last year. The country reported a total of 515,804 stayover tourist arrivals last […]

Haiti Reaches Deal for Transitional Government

Haiti has reached a deal for a transitional government after President Michel Martelly’s term expired without an elected successor. Under the terms of the agreement, which was reached 22 hours before Martelly’s term expired, Haiti’s Parliament will elect an interim President for a term of 120 days and then confirm a consensus Prime Minister. Continuation […]

Royal Caribbean Cancels Haiti Visit Due to Protests

Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas cruise ship canceled its planned visit to the Haitian cruise port of Labadee this week, citing “political protests in the area.” The cruise line pointed to a video on Facebook that showed the ship docking at Labadee but met by a group of protestors staging demonstrations in small boats. […]

Haiti's Constitutional Crisis

The constitution question By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor How should Haiti proceed as the mandate of the current president comes to term on Feb. 7th and with no president-elect to assume power? Is the answer in the Haitian constitution, political consensus, through the people’s representatives in parliament, the international community intrusion, or a magical mixture of them […]

Is Haitian Politics a Pyramid Scheme?

The problem with politics in Haiti By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor I have had some time to think and analyze Haitian politics, especially since the Fall of Duvalier. And one theme that keeps coming up is that of a pyramid scheme. In such scenario, it is all but impossible for those at the bottom to […]