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Cayman Islands: Lawyers for Canover Watson appeal conviction Lawyers for Canover Watson, the former Cayman Islands Health Services Authority board chairman, have appealed his conviction. Watson was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment after being found Guilty by a jury…
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CTO declares 2016 “Year of Romance in the Caribbean”
PRESS RELEASE – With the start of the New Year comes the launch of a new initiative by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) – 2016 The Year of Romance in the Caribbean – which celebrates everything romantic about the region….
CARPHA receives US$0.8M to address Health and Safety threats to Tourism Product
DECEMBER 7TH, 2015 HEALTH, PRESS RELEASES Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, December 4, 2015: Executive Director, Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr C. James Hospedales, is pleased to announce that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved funding in…
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Will Cuba’s gain cause the Caribbean pain?
By David Jessop From Jamaica Gleaner One of the Caribbean tourism industry’s greatest concerns may be about to materialise: American citizens being allowed to travel to Cuba on an individual basis. At present, it is only possible for most United…
Travel 2014: The Top Caribbean and Latin America Stories of 2014
By Brian Major From Travel Pulse It proved to be another challenging year for destinations in the Caribbean and Latin America. Aruba, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Grenada, Haiti, Montserrat and the Turks & Caicos all reported tourist arrivals growth exceeding…
Caribbean resorts lure private equity as Canadian banks retreat
By Ezra Fieser Bloomberg News From Leader-Post Even before last week’s rapprochement between the U.S. and Cuba, private equity companies from Bain Capital Partners LLC to billionaire Sam Zell’s Equity International were boosting investments in Caribbean resorts as the region’s…
Caribbean Tourism News: What’s new in the islands?
By Mark Stevens From the Star A round-up of the latest developments, from new flights, to new hotels and unsung destinations ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Once a year the powers-that-be in Caribbean tourism, from country presidents to ministers of tourism…
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Investment Club reincorporates to Cayman Islands By Chief Amherst Correspondent From Amherst Muck-Rake Amherst, MA — Amherst College’s investment club recently announced that it had completed the steps necessary to undergo a corporate inversion, reincorporating itself offshore to the Cayman…
SickKids program assists Caribbean
By Jasminee Sahoye From The Caribbean Camera The Hospital for Sick Children through its Global Child Health outreach – SickKids-Caribbean Initiative – has taken modern technology in the form of telemedicine to the Caribbean to assist with paediatric cancers and…
CTO panelists tackle medical tourism, legalizing marijuana
By Gay Nagle Myers From Travel Weekly CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas — While medical tourism is a fast-growing segment of the travel industry, two experts in the field posted some warning signs for Caribbean countries to consider before they hang…
