Caribbean News interviewed Rodrigo Silveyra, the recently appointed general manager of the Paradisus Rio de Oro Hotel in Holguin, who underscored his commitment with this facility that he himself eyes as a genuine jewel for foreign tourists coming to Cuba. During the conversation, Mr. Silveyra referred to the hotel’s main attributes and privileges as a legit representative of Sol Meliá’s leading brand.

Acapulco is seemingly inching out of dire years in which everything appeared to be bogged down in its golden past. That sea change has a star and that’s how the people we talked to refer to the new Municipal Mayor, a man we had the opportunity of chatting with in a close and kind fashion.

Curazao’s tourism minister Dennis E. Evertsz talked exclusively with Caribbean News Digital about the necessary reshuffling of the CTO in line with the organization’s basic principles. In the same breath, he referred to the top markets his ministry is intended to develop in the near future.

During the 2003 Caribbean Week in NYC, we had the opportunity of interviewing Aruba’s tourism and transportation minister Edison Briesen following a meeting of the Caribbean ministers and CTO’s member states. The bottom line of the powwow is the ministers should lead the organization rather than having the organization leading them.

Miguel A. Figueras talked to Caribbean News Digital about the overall features of scuba diving in Cuba, a country that has turned out to be one of the Caribbean’s most sought-after destinations for this modality. He also touched on the 2003 Diving Expo –an event that’s coming to a close today in Varadero and where attendants from all over the world have exchanged views on the matter.

In an exclusive interview with Caribbean News Digital, Dr. Obel Garcia Baez touched on the main features of the “Camilo Cienfuegos” International Retinitis Pigmentosa Center, the positive impact of the therapy patients have been treated with there, and the latest breakthroughs this Cuban medical institution has made.