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Silversea Is Reshaping Its Luxury Cruise Suites, With Four New Categories and Private Chef Consultations

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Silversea is reorganizing its suite collection, creating four new accommodation categories and adding an expanded package of benefits for guests reserving its largest suites. The luxury cruise line’s 17 suite types will now be grouped into Oceanview, Veranda, Residence and Villa categories. The new structure takes effect for voyages departing on or after Jan. 1, […]

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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 future lies can fully appreciate. Most of us do not fall into either of those […]

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Digicel Wants to Promote Jamaica as an Investment Destination

Above: Digicel’s headquarters in Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff Digicel is offering to promote Jamaica as an investment destination. Digicel Jamaica’s Chief Executive Officer, Barry O’Brien, says Jamaica is a “great place to do business,” and is offering to market the country as the “preferred investment destination in the Caribbean.” “It’s been nothing but […]

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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 many shapes and flavours. Digital media often blend with and overlay traditional media forms with […]

Digicel Wants to Promote Jamaica as an Investment Destination

 Above: Guyana President Donald Ramotar and Digicel Chairman Denis O’Brien By the Caribbean Journal staff Digicel Chairman Denis O’Brien called on Guyana President Donald Ramotar in Georgetown this week, the government sad in a statement. O’Brien was joined by the company’s CEO for Central America and the Caribbena, Regis Romerio, non-executive director Clifford Reis and […]

Haiti Marriott Project Receiving $26.5 Million in Financing From IFC

Above: a rendering of the hotel By the Caribbean Journal staff The Marriott hotel project in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince is receiving $26.5 million in financing from the IFC. Turgeau Developments SA, which is sponsored by Digicel, will be receiving the funding for the project. “The Marriott brand is synonymous with high quality hospitality,” said Colm Delves, […]

Digicel to Remove Roaming Charges Across Caribbean Market

Above: a Digicel DL600 phone By the Caribbean Journal staff Digicel will be dispensing with roaming charges across its Caribbean and US markets, the company announced Thursday. The move will apply to voice, SMS and data roaming charges, meaning customers will pay the same rates when they travel in the Caribbean and the US. The […]

Digicel to Extend Sponsorship of West Indies Cricket For Three Years

Above: Digicel Group CEO Colm Delves and WICB President Dave Cameron By the Caribbean Journal staff Digicel will be extending its sponsorship of West Indies Cricket for three years, the company announced Tuesday. That will bring its sponsorship of Caribbean cricket through September 2016. The company will retain its title as team sponsor. Digicel Group […]

Digicel Launching Its Own Smartphone

Above: Digicel’s regional headquarters in Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff Regional mobile firm Digicel has launched its own Android smartphone, the company announced late last month. The Digicel Smartphone DL600, which features a 3.5-inch display, uses the Android Jellybean 4.1 operating system and has a 1Ghz processor. In a release, the company said its […]

Durandis: Crunching the Numbers on Haiti’s National Education Fund

 By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor WHAT IS likely one of the most important tariffs on any sector in the Haitian society was imposed on the Haitian Diaspora shortly after the inauguration of Haiti President Michel Martelly in May 2011. The tariffs to fund free schooling for all children in primary schools in Haiti targeted incoming […]

Digicel Officially Opens Regional Headquarters in Downtown Kingston

Above: Digicel’s new headquarters in Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff In what could prove to be a significant lift for Jamaica’s capital, Digicel has officially opened its new regional headquarters in downtown Kingston. The property will house more than 1300 employees for both its group and Jamaica operations. The company, which launched in Jamaica […]

Haiti: Digicel, Marriott Break Ground on Port-au-Prince Hotel Project

Above: a rendering of Marriott’s Haiti hotel project By Alexander Britell Marriott and Digicel broke ground on their new Haiti hotel project Wednesday morning. The 175-room hotel is a partnership between the hotel company and the telecom giant. “We saw the need for a leading hotel brand in Haiti to accommodate the wave of travelers […]