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Haiti Continues Strong Tourism Growth
Above: Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s strong tourism growth continued in 2014, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The country, which has been developing a long-dormant sector in recent years, received a total of 465,174 […]
Haiti Names Interim Prime Minister
Above: Haiti’s new Interim Prime Minister, Florence Guillaume By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly has named Florence Duperval Guillaume the country’s new Prime Minister. Guillaume has been appointed on an interim basis to replace former Prime Minister […]
InterCaribbean Airways Launching New Jamaica-Haiti Flights
Above: an InterCaribbean Airways plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos-based InterCaribbean Airways is set to launch a group of new flights around the region, the regional carrier announced. The company has launched nonstop flights between Kingston and […]
Does Marriott Have More Plans in Haiti?
Above: a rendering of the planned Marriott in Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff Marriott has a new hotel on the way in Haiti — its first-ever property in the country slated to open in Port-au-Prince in February. But does […]
South American Hotel Firm Scouts Haiti
Above: Decameron executives with Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin Haiti (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Increasingly, it looks as though Haiti could find a partner to build an all-inclusive resort in the country. The latest hotel company […]
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Haiti Hosts Turks and Caicos Delegation
Above: TCI By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos Governor Peter Beckingham led a delegation to Haiti last week at the invitation of the Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The purpose of the visit to Port-au-Prince was to finalize […]
UN: "Haiti Cannot Wait Two Generations" to Eliminate Cholera
Above: combating cholera in Haiti by providing clean water (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Support for initiatives to combat cholera in Haiti have been “disappointing,” according to Pedro Medrano Rojas, the senior United Nations Coordinator for the […]
Caribbean Art: A New Look at the Contemporary Art of Haiti
Above: one of the works by Joseph Eddy Pierre (courtesy of Kolektif 509) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Kolektif 509 will be holding its third exhibition of contemporary Haitian art beginning Friday, Nov. 7. This year’s exhibition is being […]