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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 […]

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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 […]

CHTA President: Caribbean Tourism Businesses Need to Adapt

Caribbean tourism businesses must adapt to succeed, according to the President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, Karolin Troubetzkoy. Troubetzkoy sees the upcoming Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum as an opportunity for hotels and tourism-related businesses to take stock […]

St Vincent Offering Grants, Training to Budding Tech Businesses

Above: St Vincent (CJ Photo) By Gerard Best CJ Contributor St Vincent and the Grenadines is making strides towards creating a new cadre of local entrepreneurs. Vincentians with dreams of developing their own businesses can now apply for government grants […]

In Dominica, Helping Small Businesses Go Green

Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica’s Agricultural Industrial and Development Bank will soon be implementing a pilot project to finance energy efficiency investments by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the country. The project is being […]

Antigua and Barbuda Looking to Boost Green Businesses

Above: solar panels By the Caribbean Journal staff The Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority is looking to encourage “green” businesses to capitalize on a new batch of available funding. The World-Bank-funded Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre is offering as much as […]

Where Do Businesses Pay the Lowest and Highest Taxes in the Caribbean?

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Last week, we launched our series on Business in the Caribbean by looking at the number of days it takes to set up a business in most of the […]

Barbados Commerce Minister Urges Businesses to Think Regionally

Above: Bridgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Businesses in Barbados need to think beyond their domestic markets in order to generate economic growth for the country, according to Commerce Minister Donville Inniss. The Minister was speaking to stakeholders […]

Haiti: Small Businesses Launch “Road Show” Tour of US, Dominican Republic

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of small businesses in Haiti are taking their show on the road as part of the Leveraging Effective Application of Direct Investment programme. The initiative, which is funded by […]

Hylton Urges Jamaican Businesses to Support Logistics Hub Project

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Industry Minister Anthony Hylton is calling on the local business sector to support the government’s proposed transshipment and logistics hub project. Hylton, who was speaking this weekend at the Jamaica […]

Jamaica’s Paulwell Urges Small Businesses on Green Energy Loan Facility

Above: Montego Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff A joint fund from the Development Bank of Jamaica and PetroCaribe is offering a loan facility for small businesses in Jamaica to green their energy operations, and Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell is […]

Jamaica’s Peter Phillips: Small Businesses “Critical” to Economic Rebound

Above: Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips and Industry Minister Anthony Hylton (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s small business sector is a critical part of the country’s economic recovery, according to Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips. The Minister […]

Jamaican Small Businesses Going Green through New DBJ Programme

Above: DBJ Managing Director Milverton Reynolds, DBJ Project Coordinator Christopher Brown, Minister of State Julian Robinson and CAC 2000’s Steven Marston By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican small businesses are getting a green boost thanks to a new project from […]

Start-Ups And Small Businesses “Important Pillars” of Jamaica’s Economy

Above: State Minister Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (right) with  Access Financial Services Limited’s Chief Executive Officer, Marcus James (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government will continue to provide support to assist entrepreneurs in getting off the ground and commercialising […]

BBVA Panama Gets $25 Million to Expand Lending for Small Businesses

Above: Panama City By the Caribbean Journal staff Banco BBVA Panama today signed an agreement with the IFC to provide $25 million to the bank to support its efforts to expand lending to farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises. SMEs […]

Caribbean Banks to Increase Credit for Small Businesses: Report

Above: Claughton House in Nassau (Photo: CJ) By the Caribbean Journal staff A large majority of banks in the Latin American and Caribbean region consider small- and medium-sized enterprises a strong part of their business, and plan to increase their […]

A Boost for Caribbean Small Businesses

Above: IFC Headquarters By the Caribbean Journal staff The International Finance Corporation, a division of the World Bank, and Barbados National Bank have launched the Caribbean SME Toolkit in Barbados today, bringing the country an online guide for small- and […]

In Cayman, Businesses Express Opposition to Gender Equality Bill

By the Caribbean Journal Cayman’s business community is opposing the government’s proposed attempt at passing a bill regulating gender equality in the workplace. According to the text of a letter the government received from the Cayman Islands Law Society, Cayman […]

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The Great Grand Bahama Comeback

Approaching five years post-Hurricane Dorian, it appears Grand Bahama is having a major moment in the sun. The northernmost Bahamian island was ground zero for the 2019 storm, which caused an estimated $7 billion in damage Bahamas-wide. Today, according to […]

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It Just Got Easier to Do Day Trips to Statia, Saba and St Barth

They’re three of the most charming small island destinations in the Caribbean: the Dutch Caribbean gems of Statia and Saba and the French Caribbean hotspot of St Barth. And they’re both just a quick flight from nearby St Maarten — quick […]

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Spanish Hotel Groups Investing $2 Billion in New Jamaica Projects

Spanish hotel companies are investing $2 billion more in Jamaica, according to Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.  This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority on Caribbean hotel, real estate and tourism business news. Join to access this […]

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From Puerto Rico to Punta Cana, the Caribbean’s Busiest Airports

Puerto Rico’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport is the busiest airport in the Caribbean, according to new data from analytics firm ForwardKeys.  The airport, which has seen sizzling passenger traffic growth so far in 2023, is the 80th-busiest airport the […]

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This is the Most Delicious Road in Puerto Rico

Arguably the best way to get to know the people and culture of Puerto Rico is through the island’s food, and the main road to culinary discovery is called the Ruta de Lechón — the Pork Highway. In Spanish, lechón […]

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Top Caribbean Luxury Resort Sold for $14M

The MC Hotel Group, a leading international luxury hotel and hospitality group based in London, recently bought one of the Caribbean’s top luxury resorts, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority on […]

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Grenada Is Hosting a Big Rugby Tournament 

One of the world’s premier rugby tournament is coming to Grenada next month.  The Club Rugby 7s Tournament is back in Grenada for its second year, brining together 18 of the world’s best men’s and women’s Elite 7s teams.  This […]

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Visitors Keep Flocking to the Island of Jamaica 

Visitors just keep flocking to the island of Jamaica, with the destination reporting its 10th consecutive quarter of positive tourism growth.  In the third quarter, Jamaica reported just under 683,000 stopover visitors, a 5.5 percent increase compared to the third […]

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How to Keep Celebrating 50 Years of The Bahamas’ Independence 

The Bahamas marked its 50th anniversary of independence on July 10, and the country is continuing its Golden Jubilee celebration with a host of activities around the 700-island archipelago including a major event in Nassau to hoist the Bahamian flag.  […]

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JetBlue Is Adding a New Caribbean Island: St Kitts 

JetBlue is launching its first-ever flights to the Caribbean island of St Kitts, in a significant boon for one of the region’s hottest travel destinations.  The new year-round service will operate between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and […]

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