Despite global pressures, April hotel profit up worldwide, says HotStats
The higher cost for goods is not yet wrecking traveler appetite. Despite record gas prices, ballooning airfares and crippling inflation roiling the globe, hotel performance remained widely steady, if not getting better, in April, with increases in both the top and bottom line
It’s official: White House new rules on Cuba
The U.S. government announced that it will expand flights to Cuba, take steps to loosen restrictions on U.S. travelers to the island, and lift restrictions on remittances that immigrants can send to people on the island
CARICOM Agri-Investment Forum in Georgetown, Guyana
Hosted by the Government of Guyana and the CARICOM Secretariat, the event were aimed at galvanizing investment in regional agriculture to reduce the increasing food import bill which currently is estimated at US$6B; boosting food systems; and ensuring food security
Caribbean Virtual Business Sector Carbon Workshop Set
The objective of the workshop was to better enable private sector interests in the OECS region to leverage business opportunities with respect to carbon credits. It will equip participants with knowledge for developing carbon projects and selling, or buying emission reduction in the region
It’s official: Canadian chain to manage hotels in Cuban enclave
The Canadian hotel chain Blue Diamond Resorts will manage the Cuban tourist enclave of Cayo Largo del Sur
CARICOM strategies to rebound from Covid-19
CARICOM Ministers with responsibility for Trade and Economic Development have emphasised the need for the Community to develop robust strategies to respond to the impact COVID-19 has had on the Region’s economy
Cuban Foreign Trade: Diversifying Production and Accessing New Markets
TTC spoke with Vivian Herrera Cid, general director of foreign trade of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment
Point of View: Global business travel recovery sees double-digit surge
Latest Business Travel Recovery Poll reveals more international travel resumes and travel bookings, spending and willingness rises, alongside policy, inflation and sustainability factors
Traveler survey reveals stress factors of business travel
While 89% of business travelers say employee wellbeing is a priority at their company, only 51% feel that their company provides traveler wellbeing support, according to a recent BCD Travel survey of 875 business travelers worldwide
Dominican Authorities seek to promote Puerto Plata and Santiago as a macro destination
The Association of Hotels, Restaurants and Tourist Companies of the North, the Tourist Cluster of the Puerto Plata Destination, and the Association of Merchants and Industrialists of Santiago began a collaborative process to management strategies that can integrate Santiago and Puerto Plata as a macro destination
