Royal Caribbean joins IKEA, says it will eventually eliminate plastic straws
By Maria LaMagna From Market Watch Consumers and lawmakers are calling for the reduction in the use of plastic. When faced with paper or plastic, more businesses and their customers are saying, “Paper.” The cruise line Royal Caribbean RCL, -0.88%…
Aeromexico announces the start of service to two new destinations in Central America and the Caribeean
●Starting on November 2 and 10, Aeromexico will start to serve the Punta Cana and Liberia markets, respectively, from Mexico City. ●With these new routes, the airline will offer service to ten destinations in Central America and the Caribbean Mexico…
Destination of the week
NASHVILLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS TOP DESTINATION FOR 2018 From Nashville Music City PLAN YOUR 2018 TRIP NOW EVERYONE IS SINGING NASHVILLE’S PRAISES THESE DAYS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER U.K.’S THE COOL LIST 2018 Nashville’s music scene…
Caribbean Tourism needs to add more value to the touristic experiences
From South Florida Caribbean News Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Bartlett calls for New Architecture for Caribbean Tourism NEW YORK – Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has called for a new architecture as it relates to Caribbean Tourism so as to…
Caribbean project developer victim of fake news reports
From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts — On Sunday, a news story was published on a Caribbean website called MNI Alive, and later picked up by other regional media, including NewsAmericaNow and Jamaica Inquirer, reporting that Mohammed Asaria, the…
Guyana; Wife brains splattered, daughter’s intestines dug-out, in grizzly murder
By Shermon Hawker From Guyana Guardian In what is described as one of the most shocking double murders to hit Berbice in recent times, a 40-year-old man freaked out and beat his wife in her head with a hammer until…
NAGICO Insurance, a Caribbean firm, is doing business without license, Potter says
From VI Consortium Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter, who also serves as the territory’s commissioner of Insurance, on Wednesday warned Virgin Islands property owners not to buy homeowners or commercial property and casualty insurance policies from National General Insurance Corporation (also…
No armchair liquidators – court confirms appointment of provisional liquidators to Swiss company
Contributed by Harney Westwood & Riegels From ILO Private Client & Offshore Services British Virgin Islands In the latest judgment regarding the DPH liquidation,(1) the BVI Court of Appeal upheld the appointment of BVI provisional liquidators in respect of a…
Concacaf to host record number of teams in November for its redesigned Under-20 Championship
Thirty-four member associations to compete for the regional title and the four available spots in the FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 Miami (Friday, June 8, 2018) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) today…
Region faces another sargassum seaweed invasion
From Caribbean News Now BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — According to statistics from the University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab and based on historical bloom patterns, it has been predicted that in the coming months, there is a high chance that…