Proprietors of small businesses have become more pessimistic as their worries grow about whether business conditions will improve in the next six months, according to a survey released this week.
The arrivals hall at Norman Manley Airport in Kingston, Jamaica, will be upgraded by the end of 2009, according to the Airport Authority of Jamaica. Also, three new shops and a new parking facility for tour buses will be added by year’s end.
The Regent Palms Turks and Caicos named Juan Carlos Gonzalez as director of travel industry sales. Mr. Gonzalez will be responsible for developing and building group business through innovative sales programs. In addition, he will focus on the high-end FIT market segment for the resort.
As U.S. citizens go abroad to save money on medical care, some U.S. hospitals are trying to lure foreign patients of their own: They’re marketing to well-to-do and even middle-class people in the Caribbean and Latin America, urging them to come to the U.S. for quality care.
The Bahamas’ Pink Sands resort, famous for its namesake pink beach in Harbour Island, welcomes Mark Kitchen as general manager. The Australian native is an experienced hotelier with a career spanning more than 18 years.
Le Sereno resort in St. Barts recently announced the appointment of Javier Vila as general manager. In this position, he will oversee all operations of the beachfront hotel with 37 suites and villas, designed by famed Parisian designer Christian Liaigre.