Caribbean Report 24-05-1993 - Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Issa, John (speaker); Persaud, Yesu (interviewee); Hopkin, Royston (speaker); Jarmon, Brian (correspondent); Spindler, William (correspondent); Clement, Tom (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993)
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2. Tourism development has been stifled by regional governments’ failure to act on the free movement of skills and capital. That was the message delivered by John Issa, Chairman of Super Clubs, a hotel chain in Jamaica, at the annual meeting of the Caribbean Private Sector Conference in Barbados. Comments from John Issa, Chairman of Super Club, Jamaica. Sandra Baptiste interviews Yesu Persaud, President of the Guyana Manufacturers Association and Wayne Kirton, President of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (00:31-02:54)
3. The Caribbean Hotel Association has continued its criticism of the cruise ship industry for a level playing field at the annual Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce meeting in Barbados. Comments from Royston Hopkin, Vice President of the Caribbean Hotel Association (02:55-04:53)
4. Russia and Cuba are working to rebuild their trade relationship on a commercial rather than a political basis. The two countries signed a memorandum which will open the Russian market to Cuban goods. Brian Jarmon reports (04:54-06:44)
Keywords: Tourism -- Caribbean Area; Cuba -- Foreign economic relations -- Russia; Cuba -- Foreign relations -- Russia; United States -- Commerce -- Caribbean Area; Caribbean Area -- Commerce -- United States; Puerto Rico -- Finance -- Caribbean Area; Caribbean Area -- Economic aspects -- Puerto Rico; Haiti -- Foreign relations -- United States; Haiti -- Military relations; Haiti -- Politics and government; Russia -- Foreign economic relations -- Cuba; Cruise ships -- Caribbean Area -- Economic aspects; Nuclear energy -- Environmental aspects -- Caribbean Area; Nuclear industry -- Safety measures; Nuclear ships -- Caribbean Area; CARICOM Single Market and Economy; CSME; Caribbean Private Sector Conference; Caribbean Hotel Association; 936 Programme