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Sara Macefield's Impressions of World Travel Market 2011 13 Dec 2011 | 05:52 am
Times may be tough but, as always, the Caribbean Village shrugged off the industry’s woes with its irrepressible partying spirit that injected colour and glamour into this year’s World Travel Market. ...
Emily Ashwell's Impressions of World Travel Market 2011 13 Dec 2011 | 05:34 am
This year the Caribbean Village at World Travel Market again brought a taste of tropical fun to the expo. But behind the glamour of the carnival queens and rum punch cocktail hours, there was serious ...
Jane Anderson's Impressions of World Travel Market 2011 13 Dec 2011 | 05:28 am
There was a generally upbeat mood in the Caribbean Village despite the harsh realities of the worldwide recession and I felt there was an emphasis on returning to an authentic Caribbean, where the isl...
Trinidad State of Emergency 2011 – ‘Curfew’ by Stephen Thorpe 30 Nov 2011 | 12:25 am
The situation on the streets of Trinidad has been a cause for concern since the Government announced a curfew and state of emergency in August as a response to growing violence in some eastern section...
Our new website is coming in December! 5 Aug 2011 | 12:34 am
More Journalists We’ll have a bunch of new islands for you to digest. The Cayman Islands, written by dive specialist Tim Ecott, and Montserrat, St Martin/Maarten, Saba and St Eustatius written by top ...
TripAdvisor Versus True Advisors by Sara Macefield 8 Feb 2011 | 12:40 am
Whenever I’ve flicked through the hotel reviews on TripAdvisor, I’ve always been puzzled as to how some hotels can attract feedback of such opposing extremes. On the one hand, there will be a glowing ...
A window into the past with a West Indian twist 18 Jan 2011 | 12:42 am
If you’ve ever visited one of the English-speaking Caribbean islands, jumped into a car and driven off on the left-hand side of the road, have you ever wondered why? Maybe you’ve been too busy trying ...
Families at Cotton Bay Village in St Lucia 5 Jan 2011 | 11:14 pm
Jane Anderson met with their Director of Marketing, Michael Bryant, at World Travel Market 2010...here’s what she found out... Cotton Bay Village likes to promote itself as ‘life in full colour’. Tak...
World Travel Market 2010 - DefinitiveCaribbean reports from Excel 9 Dec 2010 | 01:39 am
World Travel Market is the biggest event of the year for us...A great chance to meet and greet our friends from the Caribbean as they update us on all the latest news and views from the region. This ...
Security in the Caribbean - Danger in Paradise? 30 Nov 2010 | 03:49 am
Sara Macefield explores the subject of security in the Caribbean. Once again, a Caribbean island has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons - crime. It is a curse that blights every country acro...
