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Guardian Business: Can you briefly describe your experience in the tourism sector? What your role is today?

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Caribbean governments killing the hotel sector 'golden goose'

Each of the Caribbean hotel investment conferences held in April and May this year included sessions to encourage closer cooperation between the public and private sector but, immediately prior to the Caribbean Tourism Summit in mid-June, the governments of Jamaica and of Antigua and Barbuda announced significant new airport arrival taxes, with a new hotel occupancy tax also added in Jamaica. The...

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Bahamian Prime Minister to attend Hotel Conference in Miami

Fort Lauderdale, FL ?Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie will be the luncheon keynote speaker at the 16th Annual International African American Hotel Ownership & Investment Summit & Trade Show on July 25-28 at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa.

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Caribbean 30th Anniversary MarketPlace

Tuesday 24th January 2012  8:30 AM

Caribbean Marketplace is open to companies that qualify under the following categories:

Suppliers ? Hotels (bed and breakfasts, chains, management companies, resorts, timeshares, villas), Attractions, Destination Management Companies, Restaurants, Tourist Boards and Transportation Companies (airlines, automobile rentals, motorcoach). Suppliers must be CHTA members in good standing. If your ...

Caribbean 30th Anniversary MarketPlace

Monday 23rd January 2012  7:30 AM

Caribbean Marketplace is open to companies that qualify under the following categories:

Suppliers ? Hotels (bed and breakfasts, chains, management companies, resorts, timeshares, villas), Attractions, Destination Management Companies, Restaurants, Tourist Boards and Transportation Companies (airlines, automobile rentals, motorcoach). Suppliers must be CHTA members in good standing. If your ...

Caribbean 30th Anniversary MarketPlace

Sunday 22nd January 2012  10:00 AM

Caribbean Marketplace is open to companies that qualify under the following categories:

Suppliers ? Hotels (bed and breakfasts, chains, management companies, resorts, timeshares, villas), Attractions, Destination Management Companies, Restaurants, Tourist Boards and Transportation Companies (airlines, automobile rentals, motorcoach). Suppliers must be CHTA members in good standing. If your ...

Hoteliers take issue with statements by Guyana's president

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has firmly rejected comments by Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo, who described as "absolute nonsense" claims that governments are taxing hotels out of existence.

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Purchase program saves small hotels up to 20

Modest hotels throughout the country will now be able to take advantage of volume purchase discounts afforded to larger resorts, courtesy of a new discount program.
The new discount program called the "American Independent Advantage Program" by American Hotel Register, was announced during a recent Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA) membership meeting.
Marcus Guara, Director of Sales for the Caribbea...

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FNM candidate reveals his plans for the Cat Island, Rum Cay, San Salvador constituency

The creation of a series of cottage industries on Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador, the diversification of the tourism product on those islands, and the embracing of each island's unique culture and characteristics, are just some of the immediate areas of focus that the Free National Movement's (FNM) candidate for Rum Cay, Cat Island and San Salvador Michael Pintard said could assist in boosti...

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Chinese developer spends millions on local materials

Bahamian workers and businesses continue to benefit from the rise of Baha Mar, with at least 200 still on-site working hand-in-hand with Chinese counterparts.
China Construction America, the firm spearheading construction of the $2.6 billion resort, has spent millions purchasing materials from in and around the country to help bring the project to fruition.
"We actually procured quite a lot of mat...

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