Thousands of new hotel rooms planned for Mexico and Caribbean this year
By Lisa Schwarz From St Cloud Times With a winter like we’re having, visions of white-sand beaches giving way to gently lapping turquoise waters are like money in the bank. And the Caribbean tourism industry is banking on it. By…
Caribbean to benefit from IICA-Mexico funded project
From Caribbean360 IICA said that the programme, in which 10 people from each CARICOM country will take part, will focus on the areas of protected agriculture, small ruminants (sheep and goats), agrotourism, technological innovation, horticulture, and water management. SAN JOSE,…
Mexico defeats Cuba in its return to Caribbean Series
By Special Envoy Yasiel Cancio Vilar From Presna Latina Porlamar, Venezuela, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) Mexcicans Naranjeros de Hermosillo outshone Cuba’s return to the Caribean Series of baseball, defeating on Saturday the orange team of Santa Clara 9-4 in Maragrita…
Southwest adds international flavor with Caribbean flights
By McClatchy News Service From MailTribune DALLAS, Texas — To the sound of steel drums playing Caribbean music, Southwest Airlines announced Aruba, Jamaica and the Bahamas as its first-ever international destinations. The flights, to depart from Atlanta, Baltimore and Orlando,…
Rick Bayless on his podcast, his upcoming restaurants, and the new wave of Mexican cuisine
By Raphael Brion From EATER As part of the Cayman Cookout 2014, Eater interviewed chefs poolside at the Ritz-Carlton. Up next: Chicago chef Rick Bayless. (Check out last week’s interview with Anthony Bourdain at: http://eater.com/archives/2014/01/23/anthony-bourdain-cayman-2014-q-a.php) [Photo: Raphael Brion / Eater]…
Fitch Upgrades PEMEX Finance Ltd.’s Ratings to ‘A+’
Fitch Ratings has upgraded the following ratings for notes issued by Pemex Finance Ltd. , a Cayman Islands special purpose company wholly owned by Petroleos Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (PEMEX): — Series 1998 9.15 percent notes due 2018 to ‘A+’…
Game of Thrones – The Exhibition
Game of Thrones – The Exhibition – extends global reach in 2014 HBO is thrilled to share that Game of Thrones – The Exhibition – returns this year to bring Westeros to life once again, with exciting new installations and…
Nittany Lions help U.S. U-20 women to CONCACAF Championship
From Penn State News GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — Penn State soccer freshman Brittany Basinger (Purcellville, Va.), sophomore Mallory Weber (Novi, Mich.), head coach Erica Walsh and the U.S. U-20 Women’s National Team captured the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central…
Dolphin Discovery Group brings “One World Futbol Project” to Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo
222,000 Kids in 1,600 Communities Will Benefit From the Campaign in the Yucatan Peninsula New York, January 15,2014 – Dolphin Discovery Group, the largest group of dolphinariums in the world, will incorporate the Mexican State of Quintana Roo to the…
US, Canadian boaters left in limbo in Mexico
By Amy Taxin And Mark Stevenson The Associated Press From Miami Herald Americas Wires MEXICO CITY — When heavily armed marines and government tax agents stormed eight marinas on Mexico’s Pacific and Caribbean coasts, boaters thought they were witnessing a…
