Bill Maher hosts back-to-back live specials on HBO
Maher resumes “Real Time” and hosts his 10th stand-up comedy special, both premiering live on September 12 in the Caribbean, simultaneously with the United States Miami, FL – September 4, 2014 – It’s back-to-back Bill this month on HBO, when…
Important Tourism Satellite Account Workshop gets underway in Kingston
From eTN Clobal Travel News KINGSTON, Jamaica – A TSA workshop got underway today (September 3) at the Courtleigh Hotel, New Kingston, under the theme: “Establishing a Sustainable Synergy Between Technological Best Practices and Tourism Satellite Accounts.” It is being…
Regional Mexican cuisine: Old world meets new in Veracruz
By Chris E. Crowley From Serious Eats Separated from inland Mexico by the Sierra Madre mountains, Veracruz is a place of contrasts, where 500 miles of wet, tropical coastline bleed into snow-capped mountains. Zarela Martinez, the cookbook author credited with…
As UK visitors return, is the Caribbean comeback finally on?
By Pippa Jacks From TTG Digital With British numbers up 6% and several islands feeling the most positive since the recession, the tide looks to be turning There were few regions in the world where the global economic crisis hampered…
Tourist wins settlement after “nightmare” holiday in Dominican Republic
From Caribbean360 LONDON, England, Tuesday September 2, 2014 – In October 2009, a British tourist’s dream holiday in the Dominican Republic turned into a nightmare when he fell seriously ill just five days into a two-week stay at the four-star…
Whopping $700 media fee creates controversy
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life After 46 years of coverage of the annual West Indian American Day Associations annual festivities in Brooklyn, in an un-precedented action, the organizers required media individuals to pay a whopping $700 in order…
It’s great to see the Caribbean on the rise
From TTG Digital With APD reformed and visitor numbers up, this has been a strong year for the region, says the Caribbean Tourism Organisation’s Carol Hay This year has been a remarkable one for the Caribbean so far. Starting with…
Brain-eating amoeba in towns’ water system
From Sky News Residents are warned as an amoeba that causes a usually fatal illness is detected in the supply of three towns in south Louisiana.10:54pm UK, Thursday 28 August 2014 A deadly amoeba that can destroy brain tissue has…
Denesh Ramdin’s century one of the best – Sir Richie
From Caribbean360 BASSETERRE, St Kitts, Friday August 29, 2014, CMC – Former West Indies stroke-maker Sir Richie Richardson has hailed Denesh Ramdin’s recent hundred against Bangladesh as one of the best ever one-day innings. Ramdin slammed 169 in the third…
