How long have you been running this hotel and how long has the property been in operation?I’ve been in the hotel and tourism industry in Jamaica for 31 years. As to my background education and training in hotel management, I studied in England for a few years and came back here to work for SuperClubs quite a few years. Now I’ve been working in Hedonism III, which is located in Runaway Bay, and this is the younger of the two Hedonism properties. I happened to be at the Hedonism II when we opened it back in the early 1980s. That was the first all-inclusive hotel in Jamaica at that point.

How long have you been running this hotel and how long has the property been in operation?I’ve been in the hotel and tourism industry in Jamaica for 31 years. As to my background education and training in hotel management, I studied in England for a few years and came back here to work for SuperClubs quite a few years. Now I’ve been working in Hedonism III, which is located in Runaway Bay, and this is the younger of the two Hedonism properties. I happened to be at the Hedonism II when we opened it back in the early 1980s. That was the first all-inclusive hotel in Jamaica at that point.

With three well-located properties in Panama City –Riande Continental, Riande Granada and Riande Aeropuerto- the chain opened the Riande Beach Club in a partnership agreement with Hotel Golf Coronado. The front office stands up for the belief that a time of crises opens up a window of opportunities, so they’re sailing into the future with an upbeat attitude. On the management’s initiatives, the company’s vice president talked with Caribbean News Digital in an exclusive interview.

Caribbean Week 2009 came back to New York City with flying colors, the colors of the Caribbean and its multitude of cultures and historic values. One of the island nations that basked in the Big Apple limelight was no doubt Anguilla and Caribbean News Digital’s Indiana Monteverde sat down with Victor Banks, the country’s minister of Finance, Economic Development, Investment and Tourism. In this exclusive interview, Mr. Banks broached a number of issues that certainly lay out the marketing strategies of today and tomorrow for that beautiful Caribbean destination.

To mark Russia’s Day and the grand opening of its high-peak travel season, the Russian embassy in Madrid launched “Russia: Travel Choices”, a presentation pieced together by different travel industry companies that was attended by the country’s deputy minister of Tourism, Sports and Youth, Alexander Radkov. In an exclusive interview with Caribbean News Digital, this is what Mr. Radkov had to say.

Jamaica’s Carol Hay was recently tapped by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) as the new Marketing Director for the UK and European markets. This veteran professional, who has worked in tourism for a number of years, has a Master’s Degree in Marketing and a Bachelor Degree in Administration. She has also served stints at the Jamaica’s Trade and Investment Agency and the Jamaica Tourist Board. Prior to joining CTO, Mrs. Hay was employed by the government of Antigua and Barbuda in the UK as Director of Tourism for the United Kingdom and Europe.