FAA Administrator focuses on the Caribbean
From FAA Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta [on Nov 10 2016] outlined the agency’s Caribbean Initiative with media and international stakeholders. “The Caribbean region is of critical importance to the United States,” Administrator Huerta said. “By working together,…
Caribbean urged to promote creative tourism in the region
From Presna Latino Bridgetown, Nov 10 (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) urged today for boosting an industry that benefits education, employment, health and other important sectors in order to improve the quality of life. In the…
British cruise ship passenger is killed and nine are injured when tour bus crashes on Caribbean island of Dominica during excursion
By JULIAN ROBINSON FOR MAILONLINE Group of British tourists were on a shore excursion on island of Dominica The tourists had been passengers on board the P&O cruise ship Azura One British passenger was killed and nine others were…
Royal Caribbean’s “Harmony of the Seas” makes spectacular US debut
World’s Largest Cruise Ship Sets Sail from Fort Lauderdale for First Time MIAMI, November 5, 2016 – With a sail away celebration befitting the world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean International’s brand new ship, Harmony of the Seas, departed on…
Record breaking nesting season for Cayman Islands’ sea turtles
Good News for the Dedicated Volunteers Who Safeguard Nests and Hatchlings Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, (November 8, 2016) – The 2016 sea turtle nesting season is coming to an end, and its’s been a record-breaking year in Grand Cayman according…
Now Resorts & Spas expands in the Caribbean with 3rd resort in DR
From Travel Week Group PHILADELPHIA – AMResorts’ newest resort, Now Onyx Punta Cana, is officially open, welcoming families and leisure guests to the pristine beaches of Uvero Alto in the Dominican Republic. After celebrating its grand opening on Nov. 2,…
Driverless air taxis are the future
By Michal McDonald. OilPrice.com Ford is the latest major company to jump on the driverless vehicles bandwagon announcing that it intends to develop fully autonomous vehicles. That announcement is just the latest in the long string of big companies interested…
Dominica baroness a regional embarrassment, says Antigua PM
From Caribbean News Now LONDON, England — Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has described reports of profligate misspending and wastage by Commonwealth secretary general, Dominican-born Baroness Patricia Scotland, as an embarrassment to the Caribbean. Browne said that, instead…
Kimpton Seafire Resort and Spa officially newest hotel on Cayman Islands Seven Mile Beach
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, 4 November 2016 – The Minister of Tourism, the Hon Moses Kirkconnell, handed over the hotel license for the Kimpton Seafire Resort and Spa this morning with the opening hotel team as witnesses to this significant…
Zika’s million-dollar question: Where are the birth defects?
By Will Carless From PRI For experts studying the mosquito-borne virus Zika, the data just got even more confusing. A curious conclusion is emerging: While the virus has spread like wildfire across the Americas, outside Brazil, an epidemic of birth…