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Barabdos: Sealy: "Meetings With Tourism Players In China A Success"
- By S Coward
- Published 28-Jul-10
- Travel/Tourism
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Bridgetown -- July 28, 2010 -- Meetings held with
over 20 tour operators in Beijing and Shanghai over the past two weeks
have been dubbed a success by Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy.
New CHTA President Josef Forstmayr Outlines His Vision for Caribbean Tourism
- By S Coward
- Published 23-Jul-10
- Travel/Tourism
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Kingston -- July 23, 2010 -- Forstmayr is of the view that they now have to get Jamaica to take the lead in the
Caribbean and ensure that the Caribbean Tourism Development Company
(CTDC) receives some funding.
Travel and Tourism Interests Monitoring APD
- By S Coward
- Published 19-Jun-10
- Travel/Tourism
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June 19, 2010 -- Travel and Tourism interests in the Caribbean and the United Kingdom
(UK) will be closely monitoring what is said about the Airline
Passenger Duty (APD) in the emergency Budget, that is to be tabled by
the British Government next week.
Cayman Islands: Three US Tourism Offices Closed to Save Cash
- By S Coward
- Published 17-Jun-10
- Financial Crisis/ Recession , Travel/Tourism
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June 17, 2010 -- The Department of Tourism has said it has saved over $1 million by
closing three regional offices in the United States. In what it
describes as a restructuring of its US operations designed to “increase
the efficiency and effectiveness” of the Cayman Islands tourism
investment in the US market, the offices in Miami, Houston and Chicago
will be closed and 12 staff made redundant.
APD Tax to be Replaced by Per Plane Tax
- By S Coward
- Published 12-May-10
- Travel/Tourism
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May 12, 2010 -- Britain's controversial Air Passenger Duty (APD) will be replaced by a
new taxation system, the coalition government has announced. Abta welcomes reform of APD .....Fears over replacement for Air Passenger Duty
Caribbean Tourism Practitioners Told Going Green is Not Enough - Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Conference
- By S Coward
- Published 11-May-10
- Travel/Tourism
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Bridgetown -- May 11, 2010 -- The geotourism editor of National Geographic Traveler, Jonathan
Tourtellot, told delegates gathered for the 11th annual Caribbean
Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development, that the development of
tourism that enhances, among other things, the geographical character
of a place and the well being of its residents, is the way to go.
Cuba Breaks Tourist Records; Welcomes New Tourism Investments
- By S Coward
- Published 05-May-10
- Travel/Tourism
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Havana -- May 5, 2010 --(www.laht.com): Cuba welcomed more than 1 million tourists in the first four
months of the year, a record, according to the government, which on
Tuesday announced a policy of “real estate development” linked to the
sector.
OECS Tourism Ministers Want Priority Given to Joint Marketing
- By S Coward
- Published 27-Apr-10
- Travel/Tourism , Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
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Castries St. Lucia -- April 27th, 2010 -- OECS Ministers for Tourism recently concluded fruitful discussions on developing the sector in a way that is consistent with operationalising a single tourism economic space in the nine-island grouping.
Kennedy Funding Closes a Multi-Million Dollar Luxury Residential Development Loan in St. Lucia
- By S Coward
- Published 06-Apr-10
- Travel/Tourism
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Hackensack, N.J.-- April 6, 2010 -- Kennedy Funding, Inc. today announced that it closed a
multi-million dollar luxury residential development loan to M Group
Resorts S.A. / Exquisite Caribbean Resorts d/b/a The Jalousie Enclave.
The loan is to finance the construction of the Jalousie Enclave, that
will be an extension of the famous $40 million Jalousie Plantation – also built by M Group – in St. Lucia, West Indies
Canada Announces More Air Travel Options in the Caribbean
- By S Coward
- Published 09-Feb-10
- Travel/Tourism , Airlines/Cruiselines
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Ottawa-- Feb. 9, 2010 -- Canada’s Transport Minister, John Baird, and the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, has announced that effective immediately airlines can provide more flight options between Canada and the Caribbean.