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Seychelles eyes new law to protect agricultural land in bid for increased food security
Seychelles is planning to put in place a law that will protect agricultural land from being used for other types of development, a top government official said last week. A workshop on agricultural land evaluation was organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries with the support of the Food Agricultural Organisation (FAO). Antoine-Marie Moustache, the…
Locally produced “Breadfruit Eau de Vie” receives Gold Medal Award
This 100% Distillate, distilled only from local grown Breadfruit, is produced by Eike Lauff, who has labelled a new selection of St Lucian novelty Spirits under “Caribbean Craft Distilling”. St Lucian “Caribbean Craft Distilling” has claimed additional plaudits to its Gold Medal Breadfruit Eau de Vie at the 2019 ‘World Spirits Awards’: It’s Taro Vodka,…
Use of Banana fibres
Banana fibre, also known as musa fibre is one of the world’s strongest natural fibres. Biodegradable, the natural fibre is made from the stem of the banana tree and is incredibly durable. The fibre consists of thick-walled cell tissue, bonded together by natural gums and is mainly composed of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin. Banana fibre is similar…
Celebrating 30 Years of the Tortuga Rum Company
When people visit the Caribbean islands they are often presented with a delicious glass or two of rum punch. Oh, but there is something else so yummy that is made of the famous rum of the Caribbean that one must try – specifically, rum cake. Tortuga Rum Cake is known throughout the cruise passenger and…
Samoa’s coconuts go global
“Coconuts are both culturally and economically important to Samoans,” says Alberta Vitale, Associate Director of Samoa’s Women in Business Development Incorporated (WIBDI). This organisation was originally set up to create opportunities and a regular income for women in Samoa, but today, whole families are involved, helping to gather the coconuts and make coconut oil. Read recent…
Chef Rangi Mitaera-Johnson from Cook Islands shares with us her passion for cooking
Chef Rangi Mitaera-Johnson from the Cook Islands is an extraordinary cook who shared her business model at a recent Regional Agritourism Workshop organised in Nadi, Fiji (1-2 April 2019). She runs a small resort with her husband and cooks traditional food very appreciated by visitors as well as by locals. Chef Rangi has a strong…
Pacific: Food seen as new tourism fuel
The tourism industry has been advised to learn from how other Pacific Islands nations that are promoting agri-tourism. Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Rio Fiocco recently returned from a Regional Agritourism Workshop organized by CTA, PIPSO, SPTO, SPC and IFAD in Fiji on 1-2 April 2019 which discussed how to improve links…
Caribbean tourism education to the forefront
The Miami-based Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) says the Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF), the region’s annual networking, education and best practice sharing event for hospitality and tourism business stakeholders, will bring tourism education to the forefront in 2019. CHTA said recently that the networking conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency…
CTO to celebrate 46th Caribbean Week of culture, cuisine and rhythm
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will celebrate its 46th Caribbean Week at the Wyndham New Yorker, from June 1, under the theme: “Year of Festivals,” and will come alive for a full week with “Amazing Caribbean Culture, Cuisine, and Rhythm.” Sylma Brown, director of the Caribbean Tourism Organization NY Inc., in an exclusive interview with…
Getting more tourists to Vanuatu’s outer islands
In Vanuatu we have a saying, ‘tourism hemi bisnis blo yumi evriwan’, or ‘tourism is everybody’s business’. This is due to the wide-reaching nature of the tourism sector value chain in Vanuatu. Our communities and businesses, including both direct service providers such as tours and accommodation, and indirect services and complementary businesses such as farmers,…
FIBEGA (International Gastronomy Tourism Fair) 2019, Miami
FIBEGA MIAMI 2019 promises to be the premiere International Gastronomy Tourism Event showcasing a tantalizing and diverse collection of international gastronomy from the worlds most coveted touristic regions. This will be an exclusive networking and business-building event for the International Gastronomy Tourism sectors. An unparalleled collective of regions, enterprises and global institutions will unite for…
Sample Traditional Grenadian Food Via Savor The Spice Tour
Grenadian food reflects the cultural diversity of the island and so its dishes are heavily influenced by the different cultures that have inhabited the island including the indigenous Caribs, French and British colonists, West Africans slaves whose descendants now make up a majority of the population and Indians who originally came over as indentured labor.…
Jamaica: UWI Graduate School For Tourism By 2020
The University of the West Indies (UWI) should have its first-ever Graduate School of Tourism up and running at its Western Jamaica Campus in Montego Bay by the beginning of 2020. Speaking at the official groundbreaking for the new UWI Western Jamaica Campus at Barnett Oval in Montego Bay last Friday, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett…