Bis Music (www.bismusic.com), Artex’s Record and Musical Editing Company put out in Havana, Friday March 6, its latest DVD entitled “Cerrando filas” on the concert given by Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor last year.
In October the Jamaican resort town of Ocho Rios launched a newly renovated cruise ship terminal, part of a larger local infrastructure improvement program financed through the government’s Tourism Enhancement Fund.
Last year, ports at Grenada and Carriacou welcomed a total of 11 inaugural cruise calls, with two during the months of July and September after a long hiatus. There were 133 521 stay-over visitors in 2014, an increase of 18.36 percent or 20,709 in real terms when compared to 2013.
Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) recently appointed Petra Roach as its new director of the U.S.
The Rueda All Stars Dance Company from Santiago de Cuba will be teaching a Salsa workshop for one night only. Through performance and instruction, the company strives to preserve Cuban ballroom dance and carry forward the history of these genres.
Accor North America, Central America and Caribbean has named Balendra Nagesvaran the company’s new vice president of operations for its luxury and upscale brands in the region. The segment includes the Sofitel, Pullman and MGallery hotels in the region, excluding Cuba and the Dominican Republic.