Minister Otmar Oduber announces the Carubbian Festival is ready for its first edition on June 9, 2011. This culminates months of hard work by the Carubbian Foundation to create a festival that will present the island’s visitors with a firsthand look at Aruba’s culture, arts, folklore and music.

Veteran Caribbean-American television executive Mark Walton of The Africa Channel will keynote the luncheon session of the first CaribbeanTales New York Film Showcase. The Film showcase is set for the Spike Lee Screening Room at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus in New York at the weekend. Caribbean Week in New York to a close on Saturday, June 11, will feature a stirring keynote address by Walton on “Why a Strong African Diaspora Makes Sense.”

Nothing tugs at the heart strings like a wedding. And nothing feeds the soul and creates joy like a Caribbean wedding. Well, thousands of New Yorkers and visitors to the “Big Apple” got to experience the joy and romance of a Caribbean wedding in the heart of New York City.

New York City Comptroller John Liu, who helps manage $646 million in pension funds for New York City, is set to address the inaugural Invest Caribbean Power Breakfast next Thursday in mid-town Manhattan.

Culinary aficionados head to Miami to learn the tricks of the trade while 10 teams from the Caribbean battle it out during the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association's (CHTA) annual “Taste of the Caribbean” competition.

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services, is pleased to announce that The Honorable Richard L. Sealy, Barbados Minister of Tourism, will be a featured speaker at the Shared Ownership Investment Conference on June 1. The educational forum for developers, hoteliers, and lenders interested in various shared ownership business models will be held at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in Bridgetown, Barbados. Delegates will be welcomed at an opening reception on May 31.