
Maria Badakh has been organizing the MITT fair in Russia for quite some time now and her knowledge of markets and planning details is key to making the tradeshow succeed. New countries are getting their big break while others have jumped ship. Caribbean News Digital sat down with her in Moscow and this is what she had to say.

Darius Anderson first came to Cuba in 1996 and fell head over heels in love with the island nation from the very beginning. Now he’s come back to attend the 1st California Wine Symposium in Havana, a two-day event held in the nation’s capital to showcase the very best of Californian wineries. He sat down with Caribbean News Digital in this exclusive interview.

It’s simple: demand for Cuba travel is booming. And while there are still just 12 categories of licensed categories for Americans to travel to the island, those who make the journey need help. That’s where people like Peggy Goldman come in. Goldman is the founder and president of Friendly Planet Travel, that’s quickly becoming one of the top Cuba travel bookers. Cuba Journal sat down with Peggy Goldman.

Johanness Bornemisza is the Marketing Director with E & J Gallo Winery for Latin America and the Caribbean, a company based in California that’s currently selling its products to 90 different markets around the world, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Julio Paez Pumar is the Director of Projects of International Logistics, a company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that deals with comprehensive solutions for turnkey healthcare infrastructure. He sat down with Caribbean News Digital in the course of FIHAV 2015 in Havana and talked about his expectations within the new thaw between Cuba and the U.S.

American already flies to Cuba and has been flying there from the U.S. since 1991, although only through charters on American Airlines planes. It flies an average of 22 charter flights a week to the island from Miami and Tampa. Its planes will be used in the launch of another charter flight from Los Angeles before the year is over.