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Op-Ed: Medical Tourism in the Caribbean

By J Frederick Emert Op-Ed Contributor ACCORDING TO the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), in 2011, the total impact of the medical tourism industry contributed 9 percent of global GDP (over $6 trillion USD) and accounted for 255 million […]

Grenada Planning Yachting Push

Above: yachting in Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada is planning to strengthen the country’s yachting sector with a new $375,000 investment. The grant, which came from the Caribbean Development Bank-administered CARTfund, will go toward expanding the marine and […]

Conyers: United States Must Commit to Transparency on Aid to Haiti

Above: US Congressman John Conyers By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States must ensure that all aid funding to Haiti is allocated in a “transparent manner and in close consultation with Haitian authorities,” according to US Congressman John Conyers, […]

Starwood Opens Second Westin in Panama

Above: Panama City (Photo: Panama Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff Starwood Hotels & Resorts has opened its second Westin hotel in Panama, the company announced today. The property in Panama City’s Costa del Este corporate and financial centre is […]

At Dominica’s Secret Bay, Finding the Hidden Caribbean

Above: Secret Bay in Dominica (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell DOMINICA — There’s mystery here. I arrive, not by airplane, which of course offers its own unique vantage points, but by ferry, from the neighbouring French department of […]

Caribbean Journal’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2012: Jamaica’s Tyrone Wilson

Above: Sagicor Life CEO Richard Byles and Tyrone Wilson (right) CARIBBEAN GOVERNMENTS often mention the need for the region to go digital. ICT — information and communications technology, for countries that have few natural resources, is a way to diversify […]

Op-Ed: Kent Gammon on Reversing Jamaica’s Economic Decline

By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor THE JAMAICAN ECONOMY continues to lag behind the rest of the world with a dismal 1.3 percent growth forecast for 2013. The Jamaican dollar is being sold officially for 92 dollars to one US […]

Stuart: Barbados Committed to LIAT

Above: Barbados PM Freundel Stuart (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados will continue to support the operations of regional air carrier LIAT, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart said this week. The PM was speaking following a meeting at the […]

St Maarten Airport Sees Increase in Private Jet Traffic

Above: private jets parked at Princess Juliana International Airport in St Maarten (Photo: SXM Airport) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Martin’s Princess Juliana International Airport is seeing an increase in private jet traffic and demand, according to Michel Hyman, […]

Haiti’s Rhum Barbancourt Celebrates 150 Years With Special Edition

Above: the Cuvee 150 Ans By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Rhum Barbancourt is launching a new special edition to mark the company’s 150th anniversary, the company announced. Barbancourt’s Cuvee 150 Ans is a special blend in an art deco […]

Op-Ed: Building on a Decade of Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Hasan Tuluy Op-Ed Contributor NEXT YEAR marks a decade since Latin America and the Caribbean took a dramatic turn for the better. After decades of stagnation, the region began a speedy economic and social transformation in 2003 that […]

Antigua’s $253 Million Pearns Point Project to Begin Construction in 2013

Above: Pearns Point By the Caribbean Journal staff The Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority and Antigua’s Cabinet have approved a development at Pearns Point that will include a five-star boutique hotel, condominium units, a spa, health club and casino,the government […]

Marriott Names First-Ever Regional President for Caribbean, Latin America

Above: the Scrub Island resort in BVI, part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection By the Caribbean Journal staff Marriott has named company veteran Craig Smith as its first-ever president for the Caribbean and Latin America, citing the “increasing importance” of the […]

Haiti’s Apparel Exports to United States Increase “Substantially”: Report

Above: an atelier in Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff Exports of apparel from Haiti to the United States under a government allowance programme have increased “substantially” since 2011, according to a report from the US Government Accountability Office. The […]

Trinidad Receives $246.5 Million IDB Loan for Environmental Conditions

By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad will be receiving a $246.5 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank for a programme to improve the country’s environmental conditions. The loan will finance the first phase of a $546.5 million, three-phase programme […]

Canada’s Transat to Begin Offering Vacation Packages to Haiti

Above: Cocoye Anglade in Haiti (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian travel company Transat will begin offering vacation packages to Haiti out of Montreal starting Jan. 23, the company announced Thursday. The packages will combine stays in […]

Michel Martelly, in Miami, Vows to “Change the Way Haiti is Perceived”

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly in North Miami Beach (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell MIAMI — Haiti President Michel Martelly traveled to South Florida Monday for a meeting with the country’s Diaspora community, offering a defence of the first […]

Eden Roc at Cap Cana in Dominican Republic to Mark Grand Opening Dec. 15

Above: the Eden Roc at Cap Cana resort (Photos by Eden Roc aa By the Caribbean Journal staff The Eden Roc at Cap Cana resort in the Dominican Republic will mark its grand opening on Dec. 15, the property announced. […]

Wyndham Hotel Group Names New VP for Latin American Region

Above: the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach in the Dominican Republic’s La Romana By the Caribbean Journal staff Wyndham Hotel Group has named Luis Mirabelli as its new vice president for development for Latin America, the company announced Thursday. In the […]

Interview with Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (UN Photo/ J Carrier) By Alexander Britell Haiti is trying to move the process of reconstruction into a higher gear. While the country’s GDP has been growing at a strong pace, natural disasters […]

Jamaica Looking to Develop Kingston into Global Transshipment Hub

Above: Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica wants to transform Kingston into a regional transshipment hub, and is looking to the country’s diplomatic corps to help attract widescale investment inputs on the project, according to Industry Minister Anthony Hylton. […]

St Lucia’s Cap Maison Resort Set to Launch 2013 Chef Series

Above: Cap Maison By the Caribbean Journal staff For the third year in a row, St Lucia’s Cap Maison resort will be launching its Chef Series, which imports chefs from restaurants around the world and puts them in the kitchen […]

US Ambassador Urges Jamaica to Take Advantage of Caribbean Basin Initiative

Above: US Ambassador to Jamaica Pamela Bridgewater (Photo: ACC Mexico) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s exporters can take fuller advantage of “extensive opportunity” available under the US-backed Caribbean Basin Initiative, according to US Ambassador to Jamaica Pamela Bridgewater. The […]

Haiti and Education in the Digital Age

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor WE LIVE IN A CHANGING WORLD; one that is extremely competitive. The disparities between advanced nations and those lagging behind have never been wider at any point in human history than they are today. […]

In St Lucia, Joining ICT and Agriculture

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean governments are looking to the importance of the Information and Communication Technology more and more often. And its reach is expanding to areas one might not traditionally associate with ICT, such […]

First Wyndham-Branded Hotel Opens in Costa Rica

Above: a rendering of the Wyndham Garden San José Escazú By the Caribbean Journal staff Wyndham has opened its first hotel in Costa Rica, with the 111-room Wyndham Garden San José Escazú debuting in San Juan. The hotel is owned […]

Turks and Caicos Government Planning Major Tourism Push

Above: Turks and Caicos By the Caribbean Journal staff The Turks and Caicos Islands House of Assembly officially reopened, following a ceremony Wednesday, with tourism at the forefront. Governor Ric Todd’s Throne Speech outlined a major push on tourism, looking […]

New Party Launches in Grenada

Above: Glynis Roberts (second from left) last year (FP) By the Caribbean Journal staff A third party has officially launched in Grenada, ostensibly led by former Environment Minister Glynis Roberts, who resigned from the Prime Minister Tillman Thomas’ National Democratic […]

In Grenada, the Caribbean’s Best New Luxury Resort