Grand Cayman – Just in time for the holidays, Tortuga Rum Cakes was featured on entertainment lifestyle retailer HSN during two live shows that aired on Friday, December 19th. During the “Last Minute Food Gifts” segment with

​HSN host, Bill Green and Adina Miccio, the popular shopping channel featured perfect food gifts for dinners, holiday parties or presents. The show broadcasts live to 96 million households in the US, and Tortuga’s segment was a huge success with over 8,000 orders placed in less than 10 minutes.

“Our partnership with HSN continues to be one that supports our US strategy and having a live televised US National stage on which to showcase the World’s best rum cake is indeed an honour. The show was a great success,” says Marcus Simmonds, CEO of Tortuga International Holdings, Ltd.

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The Tortuga brand is well-known by the more than 20 million annual Caribbean tourists and cruise ship passengers. Tortuga Caribbean Rum Cakes are the world’s #1 selling rum cake and named the 2012 “Best Cruise Souvenir” by Porthole Cruise Magazine for the eighth consecutive year. Tortuga products are sold in gift and specialty food departments and gourmet stores throughout the Caribbean and North America and in onboard gift shops of nearly 100 cruise ships. Quantities without retail packaging are available for food service.

Founded in the Cayman Islands in 1984 as the Tortuga Rum Company, Ltd., Tortuga International is part of Jamaica Producers Group of companies and has bakeries and operations in Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Barbados and the Bahamas. The company’s Miami, Florida subsidiary, known as the Tortuga Rum Cake Company, handles US sales, marketing and supports worldwide distribution. See www.tortugarumcakes.com or call toll free 1-877- 486-7884.