Windstar Schedules Fall and Winter Caribbean Cruises.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-12 October 2008-Windstar Schedules Fall and Winter Caribbean Cruises(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Windstar Cruises, which operates a three-ship fleet of luxury yachts that explore hidden harbors and secluded coves, invites travelers to the sun-drenched beaches and tropical waters of the Caribbean aboard the...

Travel Business News - Latin America / Caribbean.
7/7/2008 Bald Mountain Bald Mountain de Mexico[sup.1]s new luxury resort in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico broke ground Saturday. Slated to open in the late summer of 2010, Rosewood San Miguel de Allende will combine a luxury resort, private residences and a spa with the...

Windstar Offers Holiday Cruises.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-31 July 2008-Windstar Offers Holiday Cruises(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Windstar stated that its provides the perfect winter holiday vacation in an elegant and relaxed atmosphere in the Caribbean or Costa Rica to rejoice with travel companions. Wind Spirit said that its...

Dominica.
When Hollywood wanted to film the Pirates of the Caribbean they yachted and limoed Johnny Depp to the 'unspoiled' Eastern Caribbean island of Dominica to do his thing. Reportedly there was no place fancy enough on the island for Depp and his fellow stars to hang their hats so...

Floristic richness and affinities in the West Indies.
Introduction The West Indies are an archipelago with more than one thousand islands that separate the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean Sea and cover a distance of 2,700 km from Barbados to the most western tip of Cuba (Howard, 1973). They are not in contact with the...

"Black magic" and white terror: slave poisoning and colonial society in early 19th century Martinique.
"Le poison est une force morale: l'esclave a droit d'empoisonner. Si j'etais esclave, et que j'eusse perdu force et courage dans les hontes de la servitude, je le declare tres haut, je me rejouirais d'avoir trouve le poison, et je m'en servirais ..." --Victor Schoelcher On October...

Embraer 190 Jet Ordered By Air Caraibes.
Guadaloupe Airline Becomes the Newest E-Jets Operator SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Embraer signed a contract with Air Caraibes to sell one EMBRAER 190 jet. The delivery is scheduled for late 2007 and the deal also includes an option for purchasing another aircraft...

Digicel Launches Vimio-Powered Mobile TV in Jamaica.
DUBLIN, January 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Vimio, a leading provider of media distribution solutions and content to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), is pleased to announce that its Live TV solution has been incorporated in a new Mobile TV service which has been launched today in Jamaica by Digicel Group ("Digicel")....

Electricite de France Purchases an Additional Pratt & Whitney Power Systems' FT8(R) MOBILEPAC(TM) Gas Turbine.
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Electricite de France (EDF) has purchased a second Pratt & Whitney Power Systems' FT8(R) MOBILEPAC(TM) unit. Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corporation . Following the purchase of a MOBILEPAC unit in early 2006, EDF has exercised...

Global influences.
Nuanced spirits from around the world, those created with unique production and aging techniques, caught the attention of our tasting duo. For our final Cheers Spirits Tasting installment of 2007, Robert Plotkin and Jack Robertiello sampled cachacas, rhum agricoles, rums, vodkas, tequilas, whiskeys and a unique gin. Their tasting...