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One of the Caribbean’s Coolest Beach Bars Is On an Uncrowded Beach in Antigua With Endless Breezes, Swinging Chairs, and Perfect Surf

The sign on the side of the road got me. It was black, and hand-painted. “Bar on the Beach.” That’s not a sign I can easily refuse. And, unsurprisingly, I was quickly rewarded, here on one of the most intriguingly-named beaches in the Caribbean. For starters, it’s cool here. No, the mercury reads somewhere […]

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Carnival Cruise Lines CEO to Retire

Above: Carnival Dream By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Lines CEO Gerry Cahill is retiring, the company announced Thursday. Cahill will be retiring effective Nov. 30, following two decades of service at the company. He has served as CEO since 2007, growing the cruise line to 24 ships. “Gerry has been instrumental in taking […]

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JetBlue Names New CEO

Above: a JetBlue plane By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue Airways has named a new Chief Executive Officer. The company announced Friday that Robin Hayes, the company’s current president, would succeed current CEO Dave Barger beginning Feb. 16, 2015. Barger will serve on the JetBlue Board of Directors until that date. “On behalf of the […]

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LIAT CEO: How to Improve Caribbean Aviation in Six Steps

By David Evans Op-Ed Contributor BOTH THE history and the current reality of Caribbean aviation can be characterised by a consistent failure over the last 50 years to provide an efficient air transportation system that meets the needs of the 40 million plus inhabitants of the region. The reasons for this failure are many and […]

JetBlue Names New CEO

Above: Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina and Edrington CEO Ian Curle By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina met this week with Ian Curle, Chief Executive Officer of Scotland’s The Edrington Group. Edrington owns approximately 60 percent of Dominican rum brand Brugal, a stake which it acquired in 2008. In Curle’s first […]

Bermuda Tourism Authority Names CEO

Above: Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bermuda Tourism Authority has appointed Bill Hanbury its new Chief Executive Officer. The appointment took effect on Monday. Hanbury had previously served as the CEO of the United Way of the National Capital Area, where he worked from 2009 to 2013. He had previously served as President […]

LIAT Names New CEO

Above: a LIAT plane By Alexander Britell Caribbean air carrier LIAT has appointed David Evans as its new Chief Executive Officer, the company’s Board of Directors announced Monday. Evans, a native of the United Kingdom, takes over for Julie Reifer-Jones, who had been serving as Acting Chief Executive Officer since the resignation of former CEO […]

Working to Build "The New LIAT"

Above: a new LIAT ATR-72 By the Caribbean Journal staff LIAT’s new Acting CEO Julie Reifer-Jones made her first public statement this week with a letter to staff vowing to build a “new LIAT.” “At the new LIAT, we are working to build an airline which places the customer, our loyal passengers, at the center […]

New Chief Executive Officer for Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association

Above: Jeff Vasser By Alexander Britell MIAMI — Atlantic City tourism official Jeff Vasser will be the next CEO of the Miami-based Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association, Caribbean Journal has learned. Vasser has served since 2002 as president of the Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority. His decision to accept the CHTA post was also […]

Nevis Tourism Authority Names New CEO

Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Nevis Tourism Authority has named Greg Phillip its new Chief Executive Officer. Phillip, a former chairman of the NTA’s Board of Directors and manager of the Nevis branch of Scotiabank, was introduced by Acting Premier and Tourism Minister Mark Brantley at a ceremony on Monday. […]

LIAT Accepts Ian Brunton's Resignation, Names Acting CEO

Above: a LIAT plane By the Caribbean Journal staff The Board of Directors of regional air carrier LIAT has accepted the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Ian Brunton and named an interim replacement, it announced Wednesday. Brunton’s resignation will take effect starting Oct. 1, the company announced. Julie Reifer-Jones has been appointed to act as […]

LIAT CEO Ian Brunton Resigns

Above: a LIAT plane By Alexander Britell LIAT CEO Ian Brunton has tendered his resignation, the company confirmed to Caribbean Journal on Monday. The move comes during a period of struggle for the Caribbean’s regional airline, which recently begun a $100 million re-fleeting initiative. A LIAT spokesman confirmed that Brunton had tendered his resignation. He […]

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