-
Haiti renames its international airport in honor of Hugo Chavez
TransportHaiti is naming an airport in the country’s north after the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, an official said Thursday. Cap-Haitien International Airport will now be called the Hugo Chavez International Airport, said Gary Bodeau, a spokesman for Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe. The airport’s 17,500-foot runway was repaved in October with a loan from the [...]
-
Haiti gets Best Western in first U.S. hotel opening in 15 years
DestinationsA U.S. hotel chain opened a hotel in Haiti on Thursday for the first time in 15 years. Best Western International has completed construction on a $15 million, seven-story hotel that features 106 guest rooms and several suites. The towering facility is located in the hillside district of Petionville and is targeted at the business [...]
-
Best Western opens first U.S.-branded business hotel in Haiti next month
DestinationsThe first U.S. brand — and Haiti’s second luxury hotel to open in three months — will welcome its first guests Thursday. Designed for the business traveler, the Best Western Premier, a 106-room seven-story hotel in tony Petionville is finally making its debut. A soft-opening is planned for April 4, but guests will get their [...]
-
Haiti’s Prime Minister looks to tourism as his country’s way out of poverty
DestinationsHaiti’s prime minister says his country is hoping to attract high-end tourists and multinational investors — instead of constant aid handouts — so it can get on its feet after the devastating 2010 earthquake. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said Saturday he recognizes that’s an ambitious dream for a country where 52 percent of the people [...]
-
Haiti desperately protests U.S. State Department’s strongly worded travel warning
DestinationsThe government of Haiti has lashed out against a new United States travel advisory warning Americans about violent crime, infectious disease and poor medical facilities in the impoverished French-speaking nation. In a statement from Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe’s office on Wednesday, Haiti said it “vehemently protests” the State Department’s decision to issue the revised travel [...]
-
U.S. government warns travelers of robbery, kidnappings, and disease in Haiti
DestinationsThe State Department has issued a revised Haiti travel advisory, warning Americans planning to travel to the Caribbean island nation about robbery, lawlessness, infectious disease and poor medical facilities. “U.S. citizens have been victims of violent crime, including murder and kidnapping, predominantly in the Port-au-Prince area. No one is safe from kidnapping, regardless of occupation, [...]
-
There goes Haiti’s nascent tourism hopes: State Dept issues new strongly worded travel advisory
DestinationsThe State Department has issued a revised Haiti travel advisory, warning Americans planning to travel to the Caribbean island nation about robbery, lawlessness, infectious disease and poor medical facilities. “U.S. citizens have been victims of violent crime, including murder and kidnapping, predominantly in the Port-au-Prince area. No one is safe from kidnapping, regardless of occupation, [...]
-
Haiti sees first major hotel brand to open in decades as slow recovery begins
RoomsThe opening of the upscale Royal Oasis Hotel in Haiti on Wednesday ushered in a new phase in the country’s post-earthquake reconstruction, while providing a sharp contrast to the plight of hundreds of thousands still homeless almost three years after the disaster. The elite Oasis hotel in Petionville, a business and social hub in the [...]
-
Passports with Purpose turns travel bloggers into fundraisers
DigitalThe annual Passports with Purpose fundraiser leverages the social media connections of four Seattle-based travel bloggers to collect funds for charities throughout the world. The organization is about to embark on its fifth year with a goal of raising $100,000 to help Water.org build five drinking water wells in Haiti. The organization has exceeded its [...]
-
Haiti makes a tourism pitch: We’ve got pristine beaches and the Caribbean, too
DestinationsThe billboard on Interstate 95, with its azure sea and sugar-colored sand, could have been an ad for any of the myriad tropical destinations hoping to woo travelers abroad. But the tagline might be surprising to some: Haiti, Live the Experience. The billboard ,which was erected in August by the Haitian government, is the latest [...]
