Expedia’s Hotels.com passes 25 Million App Downloads
By Doug Tsuruoka, Investor’s Business Daily Expedia’s (EXPE) unit Hotels.com said Tuesday that its mobile travel apps have been downloaded over 25 million times globally, setting a milestone for the hotel booking unit. Hotels.com also says it’s launched a new…
China’s Qunar looks to mobile to hone strategic edge
By Doug Tsuruoka, Investor’s Business Daily Baidu-backed Chinese online travel agency Qunar sees mobile travel bookings as a crucial part of its strategy to keep grabbing market share and remain China’s most-visited online travel website. Qunar — the name means…
Cameron says WICB investigating circumstances relating to Roach’s shoulder injury
From WICRICNEWS West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron has revealed that the circumstances surrounding the premature return home of key fast bowler Kemar Roach from the ill-fated tour of India because of a shoulder injury are being…
Genetic research in the Caribbean goes deeper than DNA
By Miguel Vilar Anthropological fieldwork and laboratory analysis have been at the core of the Genographic Project since its launch in 2005. Working at that core are scientists from eleven regional research centers spread around the globe collaborating with local…
Asia Frontier Capital launches Vietnam Fund
From FIN Alternatives Asia Frontier Capital Limited has launched a Vietnam-focused fund. The open-ended, Cayman-domiciled AFC Vietnam Fund, available for subscription to qualified new investors as of December 10, will invest in Vietnamese listed equities. The fund has a target…
Tingyi Considers Food Acquisitions With $1.6 Billion War Chest
By Bloomberg News December Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp. (322), PepsiCo Inc.’s Chinese partner, is considering buying instant food businesses to boost growth after annual sales expanded at the slowest pace in eight years. The maker of Master Kong brand…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Dominica informs privy council of intention to join Caribbean Court of Justice
From Caribbean360 ROSEAU, Dominica, Wednesday November 27, 2013, CMC – Dominica says it has written to the United Kingdom government informing it officially of its intention to cut ties with the London-based Privy Council in favour of the Trinidad-based Caribbean…
Pilot, Florissant Native Dies in Puerto Rico Plane Crash
From CBS St Louis Dominican Republic, Florissant, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Greg Gullberg, IBC Air, National Transportation Safety Board, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Steve Gullberg II ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – A pilot who was raised in Florissant has died in a…
Crowley: 2 LNG-powered ships for PR
By Kevin Mead From Caribbean Business Crowley has ordered two larger, faster and environmentally-friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered ships for the Puerto Rico trade as shipping companies increasingly go greener to help them stay in the black. Jacksonville-based has contracted…
