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Of the three finalists in the Destination of the Year category of the 2020 Seatrade Cruise Awards, Barbados came out on top, winning the stellar award. Congratulating the winners in…

The OECS-Caribbean Export Development Agency's Technical Assistance and Coaching Programme launched on July 8, 2020 with the aim of strengthening the entrepreneurial and leadership skills of 14 selected young entrepreneurs from six countries…

DBJ and TEF funded Joint Venture stimulates Creative Entrepreneurship   Kingston Jamaica – The first Creative Hub in Jamaica will open its doors on Monday July 27, 2020 in Downtown…

Health and Tourism Partnership Addresses COVID-19 Risks to Travelers and Employees MIAMI (July 4, 2020) – The Caribbean’s health and tourism authorities’ COVID-19 Caribbean Tourism Task Force announced a new…

Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis, 30 June 2020 – The 2019/2020 financial year, which ended on 31 March 2020, was a record-breaking year for the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) as…

Op-ed by the Hon. Saboto Caesar, Minister of Agriculture in St. Vincent and the Grenadines A united approach to regional agriculture is the only way the agriculture sector in the…

Over 160 officials benefited from the one-month training course that focused on human mobility in disaster and climate change scenarios July 2, 2020 — More than 160 border officials across nine…

(Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Press Release, 25 June, 2020 |Bridgetown, Barbados) – Stakeholders in the energy and transportation sectors were charged not to wait until a comprehensive plan…

Nassau, Bahamas. The travel industry, including Airbnb, has been significantly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. While there will continue to be great uncertainty, Airbnb booking data shows that travel is beginning…

TORONTO (CANADA) – RBC Royal Bank (RY on TSX and NYSE) has been named as the Latin American & Caribbean Retail Bank of the Year by Retail Banker International (RBI).…

Company acquires IT Outsource increasing Managed Services capabilities Ability to offer customers a true end-to-end B2B solution by leveraging existing connectivity services MIAMI -- C&W Communications, operator of the Flow,…

The emerging peer-to-peer car rental sector is projected to grow at 10 per cent annually, and it has finally reached the Caribbean. The region’s first peer-to-peer car rental platform, Rent…

So serious are the issues facing the region that its leaders have decided to restructure the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) to enable it to raise additional monies from individuals, companies,…

A US$1 billion multi-resort development that will add approximately 4,700 new rooms in Jamaica’s tourism sector has broken ground. The project, Sugarcane Bay Jamaica in Llandovery, St. Ann, is being…

Jamaica is expecting that it will see 340,000 fewer tourists than it had projected this year in light of the threat posed by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that has triggered…