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On August 5th, Giovanny Dorélien was installed as the new Director General at the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation, replacing Jean Yves Robert who served in this position for 13 years.
Previously, Dorélien has been working as Executive Vice President at the ...
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The largest cruise company in the world - Carnival Corporation & plc signed a memorandum of understanding on July 31, 2014, that calls for the development of a new cruise port in Tortuga Island in Haiti.
The amount of investment, per the Letter of Intent, is $70 million and represents the l...
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In an interview by Fox Business Network, Apple Leisure Group CEO Alex Zozaya stated that Haiti provides a great opportunity as a travel destination in the Caribbean.
"When they asked me about what is the next opportunity, the next place I see that is really going to explode in terms of a gr...
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The Love A Child non-profit is building and planning to launch in September 2014 the biggest Marketplace in the country. Located near the Miracle Village it will consist of twelve pavilion-style buildings on 20+ acres of land. It will be able to host over 600 small businesses, and promises to ultima...
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American Airlines will launch new daily service between Miami International Airport (MIA) and Cap-Haitien, Haiti (CAP), beginning October 2, 2014 (subject to government approval).
"We have proudly served Haiti for more than 40 years and believe this new service is important not only for our...
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The Kinam Hotel, located in Petion-Ville, added 85 new rooms to the 33 existing ones and is also getting a fresh look. According to the Prime Minister's office this 16 million dollar investment is the first phase of the 30 million dollar expansion project.
The hotel has two conference rooms...
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Leopard Capital announced that it has provided $1,75 million to Veerhouse Voda Haiti S.A., a manufacturer of eco-friendly, disaster-resilient buildings in Haiti. Veerhouse Voda’s building solutions combine lightweight steel frames, expanded polystyrene (EPS) walls, and a patented mortar mix. T...
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The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation and philanthropist Frank Giustra, announced the launch of the “Acceso Peanut Enterprise Corporation,” a supply chain enterprise in Haiti that aims to improve the livelihoods of more than 12,000 smallholde...
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Haitian crowd-funding platform Zafen announced a partnership with Kiva.org, the world’s largest crowd-funding platform that connects people through lending to alleviate poverty. This collaboration will allow Kiva's global community of 1 million lenders to support Haitian entrepreneurs. Zaf&egr...
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Haiti will host the next 58th meeting of the World Tourism Organization for the Americas Commission to take place in 2015. The decision was taken unanimously at the end of this year's edition that took place on June 25th in Colombia.
Some of the topics discussed at the meeting were the laws...
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