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How Caribbean Youth Are Turning Digital Content Into a Business
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Role-Models are Essential When you talk with Caribbean youth about the possibilities and hope that working online offers, you have to give them real-life examples to hang their dreams on and help them to […]
This is the Best Caribbean Island For Starting a Business
Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Continuing our look at the 2015 Doing Business Report, we looked this week at how long it takes to start a business in the Caribbean. The report’s “starting a business” rankings […]
How Many Days Does It Take to Set Up a Business in the Caribbean?
Above: Puerto Rico (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Where is the easiest place in the Caribbean to do business? That’s not an easy question to answer, although the World Bank has placed Puerto Rico and St Lucia at […]
Hyatt Is Getting into the Vacation Rental Business
Hyatt is getting into the short-term vacation rental business, the company announced this week. Hyatt Hotels is planning a new short-term vacation rental platform called Homes & Hideaways by World of Hyatt, which will include private homes and remote hideaways. […]
New All-Business-Class Flights to Bermuda
A new boutique airline has launched operations between the Unites and Bermuda. The new carrier, BermudAir, is an all-business-class airline flying from three different cities to Bermuda: New York-Westchester, Boston and, most recently, Fort Lauderdale. Bermudair is operating its flights […]
Business-Class Airline La Compagnie Is Coming to the Caribbean
La Compagnie, which operates 100 percent business-class flights from New York to France and Italy, is planning what amounts to a test-run in the Caribbean. The company has partnered with travel agency E. Clarke Travel to launch a new Caribbean […]
Bermuda Tourism “Open For Business”
Hurricane Fiona passed roughly 75 miles to the west of Bermuda, giving the island a healthy dose of wind and rain. But the island says it is already back and open for tourism business. “Bermuda is ready to host visitors […]
CHTA: Small Businesses Essential To Caribbean Tourism Recovery
Ensuring the resilience of small tourism businesses is essential to the Caribbean’s recovery, according to the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association. “The challenges to post-disaster business continuity of STEs in the Caribbean are many and varied,” said Nicola Madden-Greig, Jamaican […]
Puerto Rico Sets Business Curfew, Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate
Puerto Rico has implemented a series of new health protocols on the island, Caribbean Journal has leaned. That includes the reintroduction of indoor mask mandates, along with outdoor places where there are more than 50 people, regardless of vaccination status. […]
Antigua and Barbuda Yachting Industry “Open for Business”
The Antigua and Barbuda yachting industry is open for business, the destination’s leading marine association said this week. The Antigua and Barbuda Marine Association is urging yachters that, despite the recent cancellation of Antigua Sailing Week, the yachting industry continues […]
Air Canada to Offer All-Business Class Flights to Barbados
Air Canada is redeploying its Jetz all-business class fleet on select Caribbean routes this upcoming holiday, the company said this week. That will include flights from Montreal to Barbados and from Toronto to Barbados. The Air Canada Jetz flights have […]
US Virgin Islands Returns to Business After Isaias
The US Virgin Islands has resumed business operations following the passage of Tropical Storm Isaias. While the storm brought heavy rainfall to the area, it had “little to no impact to the territory’s tourism infrastructure,” according to the US Virgin […]
Puerto Rico Launching New Hygiene Program for Tourism Businesses
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company is launching a new health and hygiene program for tourism-related businesses. Most notably, the program that will grant a “gold-star” validation seal to tourism businesses that implement the highest health and safety measures. It’s a […]
The Outlook for the Hotel Business in the Dominican Republic
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor Lucien Echavarria, Northeast director of the Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism, is both optimistic and cautious when predicting just how and when her country’s hotels will reopen to the world following the coronavirus. Echavarria, who […]
Aruba Plans New Group Business Push in North America
Aruba is looking to grow its group business in the North American market, and the Dutch Caribbean destination has tapped a new sales director to lead that push. The Aruba Convention has named Robert Hayes as its new regional sales […]
Puerto Rico Says Tourism “Open for Business” After Earthquakes
Puerto Rico tourism officials say the destination is “open for business” in the wake of last week’s massive earthquakes on the island. “Discover Puerto Rico is assuring the traveling public that Puerto Rico is open and is receiving visitors,” the […]
Dominica “Open for Business” Following Elections
Dominica is “open for business” following the island’s recent general elections, the Discover Dominica Authority said in a statement. Leading up to the elections, there had been pockets of what officials called “civil disobedience” on the island, focused in the […]
USVI “Resumes Business” After Tropical Storm Karen
By the Caribbean Journal staff The USVI has “resumed business” following the passage of Tropical Storm Karen, officials said Wednesday. While the storm brought heavy rainfall to the trio of islands, it “had little to no impact on the territory’s […]
Bermuda Tourism Says It’s “Open For Business”
By the Caribbean Journal staff Bermuda tourism officials say the island destination is “open for business” following last week’s Hurricane Humberto. The storm passed about 75 miles north of Bermuda, with what officials called “minimal” damage as a result. Bermuda’s […]
Bahamas Tourism Is Open For Business
By the Caribbean Journal staff As relief and recovery efforts continue in Grand Bahama and Abaco, Bahamas officials stressed that nearly the entirety of the country’s 700-island tourism economy was open for business. Indeed, every airport in The Bahamas with […]
USVI Tourism “Open For Business”
By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States Virgin Islands’ tourism industry is “open for business,” incoming Tourism Commissioner Joe Boschulte said this week. Boschulte, who awaits confirmation as the USVI’s new tourism chief, was speaking during the Caribbean Travel […]
Cayman Islands “Fully Open For Business”
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Western Caribbean was untouched by this month’s major hurricanes, and the Cayman Islands is reminding travelers that it is “fully open for business.” “The Cayman Islands is fortunate to provide all travelers, including any […]
Martinique Quickly Back to Business After Maria
By the Caribbean Journal staff The French Caribbean island of Martinique was spared after Tuesday’s encounter with Hurricane Irma, officials said. Martinique’s Aime Cesaire International Airport reopened on Tuesday morning, with ports scheduled to reopen on Thursday. “In Martinique, reconnaissance […]
Bahamas “Back to Business” After Irma
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas is “back to business” after the passage of Hurricane Irma, officials said Wednesday. All airports in The Bahamas are now open and operating, with international and domestic service having resumed. Major properties in […]
US Virgin Islands Begins Assessing Irma Damage; St Croix “Back to Business”
The U.S Virgin Islands has begun a full assessment on the impact of Hurricane Irma on the territory, with major damage apparent in both St Thomas and St John. St. Croix did not receive the full brunt of the storm, […]
Antigua “Open For Business” After Irma; Barbuda “Destroyed”
By the Caribbean Journal staff While the island of Barbuda was right in the eye of Hurricane Irma, leading to at least three deaths and massive destruction, its neighboring island of Antigua was largely spared, officials said. There was no […]
Doing Business in the Caribbean 2017: Central America Leading By Example
By Paul Hay CJ Contributor Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All is the 14th in the long-standing series of co-publications by the World Bank and International Financial Corporation (IFC). This annual report on the ease in doing business, now […]
Here’s How U.S. Law Applies To Any Company Doing Business In Cuba
By some estimates, when Cuba transitions to a market-oriented economy and resolves its various disputes with the U.S., the island nation will require more than $50 billion of investment to modernize its economy. Recent improvements in U.S.-Cuba relations have opened […]
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