by Jose Carlos de Santiago About the new policies that Air France-KLM is about to implement in the Iberian Peninsula, as well as its marketing strategy for the near future, Caribbean News Digital talked exclusively with Jack Urlus.

by Jose Carlos de Santiago The Bucuti Beach Resort Aruba boasts average occupancy rates of 90 percent and has grabbed a number of major international awards for its environment-friendly policies. Even Green Globe, the Caribbean Hotels Association and the International Hotels & Restaurants Association have praised the lodging for a job well done. About the main features that tell this establishment apart, and its many projects for the near future, Caribbean News Digital talked exclusively with Ewald Biemans, owner and general manager of the hotel.

by Jose Carlos de Santiago Curacao is no doubt one of the Caribbean´s most amazing islands. Over fifty different nationalities have merged into the population of this tiny paradise, and that means an incredible variety of languages, races and cultural traditions that makes up this small and cosmopolitan island nation. And it´s exactly this multicultural formation one of its major attractions from a tourist viewpoint. And even though this island doesn´t rely exclusively on travel and tourism, it´s going at great lengths to be up to par with its neighboring territories in the Caribbean. With that view in mind, local authorities will be investing $700 million in the course of the next three or four years to build on infrastructure. As many as $7 million will be earmarked for promotion in Europe, its number-one outbound market.

by Jose Carlos de Santiago Aruba is determined to lunge even stronger into the European market. The fact that the island nation showed up in two of Europe´s major travel fairs earlier this year –FITUR and ITB- bears out how serious its efforts really are. “And Aruba has plenty of opportunities in Europe and Latin America, but especially in Europe and for a number of reasons, above all, the cultural ties to Netherlands and other segments in the Old World,” says the President of AHATA in this exclusive interview with Caribbean News Digital.

by Jose Carlos de Santiago The Dolphin Discoveries Group started out operations in Mexico back in 1995 and it picked the world-class destination of Cancun to build its first dolphin seaquarium. Today, that project has expanded to Vallarta and there are plans in the pipeline to take that attraction to other parts of the Aztec nation and the Caribbean. The company´s Sales Corporate Manager in Mexico talked about those issues in this exclusive interview with Caribbean News Digital.

by Jose Carlos de Santiago Aruba is ready to launch a number of major investments aimed at enhancing the stock of hotel rooms, refurbishing the seaport services and the cruise terminal. Based on a policy of hands-on participation in Europe´s largest travel fairs and tradeshows, the Caribbean island is stressing its interest in that regional market, “a huge market so full of possibilities we can´t afford to let go of,” said Mr. Briesen in this exclusive interview with Caribbean News Digital during the latest ITB Fair in Berlin.