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Caribbean Travel Marketplace Holding 40th Edition in Puerto Rico
Anticipation continues to build for what will be the 40th edition of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace conference. This year’s event will be held at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan from Oct. 3 […]
Tiger Woods to Highlight New Residential Resort Project in Eleuthera
Tiger Woods is highlighting a major new resort project on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. The new Jack’s Bay project is the brainchild of Jack’s Bay Developers, Beacon Land Development and Woods’ TGR Design. It will include the […]
Modern Media in the Caribbean
The following excerpts are from Marcia Forbes’ presentation at a recent forum hosted by the Press Association of Jamaica in celebration of Journalism Week. The topic was ‘Modern Media: Competition & Customer Choices’ By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Modern Media […]
The Next Generation of Caribbean Tourism Talent
Engaging tourism talent By Ryan Peterson CJ Contributor As we celebrate World Tourism Day this week, for many in the Caribbean, every day is tourism day. It is a truism that tourism is part and parcel of our Caribbean island […]
The Wider Context to Jamaica’s Big Media Merger
Local and Global Trends By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor As promised, here is another look at the proposed RJR/Gleaner merger. This announcement comes against the backdrop of a media landscape that is constantly evolving globally, regionally and locally. Media […]
Op-Ed: The Challenge of Small Island Developing States
Big challenges for small islands By George Nicholson and Anastasia Ramjag Op-Ed Contributors The United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States defines small island developing states, or […]
British Virgin Islands Completes Ferry Terminal Renovation
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Passengers traveling through the British Virgin Islands’ West End Ferry Terminal in Tortola will now enjoy an enhanced guest experience after recent renovations to the facility. This week, the BVI Ports Authority announced the completion […]
Disrupting Caribbean Banking Technology
By Bevil Wooding CJ Contributor Customers across the Caribbean look longingly at innovations in the US and other markets, such as full-service online and mobile banking, marketplace lending facilities and merchant payment solutions. The open question is if, or when, […]
What a Major Telecom Merger Means for the Caribbean
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Mergers the new Mantra Implications of the merger between Cable & Wireless and Columbus Communications are fraught with many nuances that only the most astute and those with a keen understanding of where the […]
Medical Tourism in the Caribbean
By Paul Hay CJ Contributor The fifth “Global Ministerial Summit” was held in Washington, DC on Sept. 21. Ministers of health, tourism and economic development, trade commissioners, and health attachés from 25 nations gathered to discuss medical tourism challenges and […]
Cable and Wireless Pays $1.85 Billion for Columbus International
By the Caribbean Journal staff Regional Caribbean telecom giant Cable and Wireless has agreed to purchase Barbados-based Columbus International, another major telecom provider in the wider Latin American and Caribbean region. London-listed Cable & Wireless, which does the majority of […]
Op-Ed: Integrating the Caribbean and Central America
By Alberto Duran and Noemi Areli Sanchez Op-Ed Contributors The Central American Integration System (SICA) was formed in 1991 and is a regional organization which includes the States of Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and […]
How Caribbean Media Content Is Being Disrupted By Digital
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor What is Content? The much maligned but highly useful Wikipedia defines content creation as: “the contribution of information to any media and most especially to digital media for an end-user/audience….” Today, content comes in […]
Op-Ed: Is It Time For Regional Ferry Service in the Caribbean?
By George Nicholson and Nayaatha Taitt Op-Ed Contributors One race (de Caribbean man) From de same place (de Caribbean man) Dat make de same trip (de Caribbean man) On de same ship (de Caribbean man) So we must push one […]
Juan Carlos Varela Sworn in As New President of Panama
Above: New Panama President Juan Carlos Varela By the Caribbean Journal staff Juan Carlos Varela was officially sworn in as Panama’s new President on Tuesday. Varela succeeds outgoing President Ricardo Martinelli, who had served in the post since 2009. Varela […]
Building Caribbean Data Journalism
By Gerard Best Op-Ed Contributor INTERNET USERS are bombarded daily with a vast world of digital content via news feeds, blogs, webcasts, live streams, image galleries, videoclips and sound bites. Access to huge information repositories is no longer restricted by […]
A New Diplomacy of Development?
Above: Trinidad Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran By the Caribbean Journal staff Is it time for a new diplomacy of development? That’s the view held by Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran, who made the call during a speech to […]
Forbes: The Business of Sport in Jamaica
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor A FEW DAYS AGO I attended a conference called “The Business of Sport.” Several representatives from various sporting bodies, including the Olympics Association, ESPN, NFL and West Indies Cricket, were in attendance alongside government […]
Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia to Hold Talks on Enhanced Air Links
Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago and Colombia will hold talks in May on the issue of enhancing air links in the Caribbean and South America, Acting Trinidad Prime Minister Winston Dookeran […]
Forbes: Media Freedom in Jamaica
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Media Freedom in Jamaica can be examined from the point of view of the consumers — that is — the reader, the listener, the viewer, or, from the point of view of the content […]
St Lucia Holds Discussions on Draft of New Electronic Communications Bill
By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia recently held a two-day consultation on the draft of a new Electronic Communications Bill. According to Information and Broadcasting Minister Senator James Fletcher, the telecommunications sector in the Caribbean counts for at least […]
Grenada, Japan Talk Environment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada and Japan held their latest round of talks on environmental matters, with Japanese Ambassador for Civil Society Akira Yamada meeting Environment Minister Joseph Gilbert. It was Gilbert’s first official engagement as Environment Minister following […]
Freundel Stuart: Barbados “Unequivocally Committed” to Caribbean Integration
Above: Barbados PM Freundel Stuart By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart addressed the CARICOM Meeting of Heads of Government at its opening ceremony last night in Basseterre, St Kitts, telling assembled leaders that Barbados was committed […]
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