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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced that it will provide $26.5 million in financing to Turgeau Developments S.A. to build a Marriott hotel in Port-au-Prince. The 175-room Marriott hotel is expected to open in 2015 and will offer a complete package of services and amenities. It will crea...
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Haiti's Ministry of Tourism has put together a new 37-second commercial promoting Haiti and its beauties. The commercial shows images of Haiti's beaches, cities, historic sites, cuisine, artisan works, and the people of Haiti, presented mostly in Kreyol. The video concludes with a male voice stating...
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For the first time since 1966, the United Kingdom has a diplomatic mission in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On June 12, the UK Foreign Minister Hugo Swire has officially inaugurated the Embassy, which will be co-located within the the Canadian Embassy in Haiti.
The British government has noted tha...
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Haiti will receive US$35.5 million grant to improve its drinking water services in Port-au-Prince. The grant was approved by the IDB and will go towards supporting CTE-RMPP, the capital region’s utility. At present, about 70 percent of the 3 million people in the metropolitan region consume wa...
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Located 30 km from Port-au-Prince, in an area where the flow of electricity is intermittent, the University Hospital in Mirebalais is one of the world's largest solar powered hospital. The new 200,000-square-foot hospital holds on its roof 1,800 solar panels that in sunny days are able to produce mo...
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The World Bank has approved a $20 million grant for the "Business Development and Investment Project" that aims to foster economy-wide business environment reforms, in order to spur local and foreign private investment and job creation in light manufacturing, apparel, tourism and agribusiness, among...
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Haiti Reconstruction Fund and The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will fund a $3 million technical cooperation project to help the government of Haiti test different renewable energy solutions with the goal of expanding rural electrification.
Haiti has the lowest level of electrificat...
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The Ministry of Tourism has redesigned its old website www.tourisme.gouv.ht, and is using it now to post information about the Ministry, its projects, and legal information.
It also launched a brand new website, www.haititourisme.gouv.ht, to promote Haiti as a tourism destination. The ...
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On May 6th, President Martelly inaugurated the Institut de Formation Hôtelière et Touristique (IFORHT), the first tourism school outside of the capital city.
Through this school, located in Les Cayes, the Government aims to give people from the region an opportunity to train an...
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More than 30 companies from across Haiti’s private sector shared knowledge and best practices at the Corporate Governance Conference held on May 7th in Port-au-Prince.
Hosted by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, the conference aimed at helping Haitian firms and family owned busin...
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