by Jose Carlos de Santiago Cybex International is so far the only company that build gym equipment specially designed for handicapped customers. Taking advantage of his attending the 2006 Caribbean Hotel Industry Conference (CHIC) recently held in Miami, Caribbean News Digital talked exclusively with Cybex´s Regional Director for Latin America about the company´s development in this region and the Caribbean.

by Yizzet Bermello July and August promise to be a couple of busy months for COPA Airlines. The air carrier will ramp up to three daily flights its route between Havana and Panama, and will add five new and major connections to its portfolio. All this in an effort to provide its passengers with a much broader and more functional coverage within the region from the Hub of the Americas at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City. About these and other issues, Caribbean News Digital talked exclusively with the air company´s representative in Cuba.

by Jose Carlos de Santiago CHIC 2006, recently held in Miami, Fla., panned out to be a major chance for Aruba to bask in the limelight. Two of its flagship hotels grabbed the Green Globe Awards for the Caribbean, and Jorge Pesquera, President and CEO of the Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association (AHATA), was honored as the region´s best exec. Aruba Tourism Minister Edison Briesen talked exclusively with Caribbean News Digital about the significance of these well-deserved recognitions.

by Jose Carlos de Santiago CHIC 2006 – Miami CHA and CTO are encouraging an alliance that pursues, among other things, to target the European market by prodding Caribbean nations to look further to the Old World and swing their doors wide open to a number of investors –a strategy that eventually winds up bringing in more tourists. Mr. Vanderpool-Wallace is sure the Caribbean has to rely a whole lot more on the Internet, otherwise it runs the risk of putting itself behind a competitive eight-ball in the international market. About this and other issues, Caribbean News Digital talked exclusively with Mr. Vanderpool-Wallace in CHIC 2006.

ExpoCaribe 2006, Cuba´s major entrepreneurial tradeshow held every year in the eastern part of the country, got underway last week with a turnout of seventy national and international companies. One of them is Netherlands´ Nirint Shipping and Caribbean News Digital had the chance of talking to one of its execs prior to the fair´s kickoff.

Since its recent opening, the Iberostar Trinidad Grand Hotel is cutting its teeth in the Cuban travel market, a niche both the Spanish company and its latest lodging on the island nation are drawing a bead on, let alone the marketing strategy of putting the two of them on the map by using this luring destination of central Cuba as a launching pad. This five-star hotel will work with very exclusive customers to guarantee them top-notch and customized service in an undisputedly beautiful environment full of natural charms and cultural richness.