Main Spanish hotel chains maintain preponderance in the Caribbean
The Mexican Caribbean, the Dominican Republic and Cuba comprise about 91% of the hotels operated by spanish hotels companies
China becomes top market for Cuba’s legendary cigars
Cuba's hand-rolled cigars, which include brands such as Cohiba, Montecristo and Partagas, are considered by many as the best in the world
Dominican Republic: 86% of the country’s 303 hotels were open last March
The occupancy rate of those hotels was 40.9% in March, according to official data presented in the Mepyd Sectorial Panorama report. Occupancy is measured in rooms that are effectively operational and not in closed or remodeled
It’s official: Pan-Corona: Cuban-Chinese research to anticipate next epidemics
The knowledge accumulated in recent months has propelled the work, but the Cuban scientists leading the Pan-Corona research have not yet been able [...]
Roc Hotels announces the reopening of its hotel Roc Arenas Doradas in Varadero
For the Spanish chain, this reopening represents the illusion of the beginning of the end of the pandemic closures and the hope of beginning the return to normality in tourism
Sandals unveils plans for three new Jamaica resorts
Signalling the brand’s ongoing confidence in the destination, Sandals Resorts International (SRI) will add three new hotels to its Jamaica roster
Grenada signs Sputnik V vaccine deal with Russia
As part of the agreement, the parties agree to organize the initial supply of up to 1 million doses of the Vaccine to the region.
Hilatex Textile Company: The House of the Cuban Towel
Forty years of work back Hilatex’s experience as the only towel factory in Cuba and one of the main in the Caribbean.
Point of View: Cuba’s struggling entrepreneurs look to Biden with hope
Business was booming for a trendy little clothing shop called Clandestina in the heart of Old Havana, one of thousands of new private businesses that had arisen in what was once a near-wholly state-run socialist economy.
French Caribbean fights to keep pesticide case alive
Agricultural workers who have long sought compensation for contamination from a pesticide banned in France but used in the country's Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe have finally had a day in court after a nearly 15-year wait.
