Jose Carlos de Santiago, President and Editor-in-Chief of the Excelencias Group, walked away with the top award for the Best General Publication Editor category at the annual ceremony of Spain’s Association of Periodical Publication Editors (AEEPP is the Spanish acronym).

According to Alexa.com International Ranking, Caribbean News Digital tops the list of all major online travel and tourism newspapers from Hispanic America. The top-20 chart goes like this, as for the week ending April 18:

Moscow, April 1 – Jose Carlos de Santiago, President and CEO of Spain’s Excelencias Group is fulfilling a tight working agenda in the Russian capital as part of a delegation of Spanish businesspeople paying a visit to the country at the request of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce and the Spanish embassy to Moscow.

The Caribbean Tourist Excellences magazine’s second issue in Russian and the debut of Excelencias Travel magazine in that same language –both published by the Excelencias Group to target that growing market- were widely acclaimed during the International Travel & Tourism Fair (MITT 2009) fair held in Moscow.

We’ll be off for the Holidays until January 5, 2009. Until then, keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all of you!!! Caribbean News Digital

The Excelencias Groups extends its most sincere condolences for the death of Maurico Xavier Van der Hoorst, general manager of the NH Parque Central Hotel. Mr. Van der Hoosrt died in Havana where he was living temporally.