Cuba’s Isle of Youth Ready to Host Annual Int’l Underwater Photo Contest

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.04.07 - 13:13:03 /radiorebelde.icrt.cu. International Underwater Photo Contest (FOTOSUB 2011) NUEVA GERONA, CUBA.- Hotel Colony, in Cuba’s western Isle of Youth, is ready to host nearly 15 competitors from six countries who will participate in the annual International Underwater Photo Contest (FOTOSUB 2011) scheduled for April 10-14.The general manager of the tourist facility, Maria Nidia Perez, told ACN that everything —including the boats needed for this kind of event— is ready to receive the competitors from Italy, France, Russia, Spain, Mexico and Cuba. Read More

---

Cuba’s HEBERPROT-B Present in Int’l Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.04.07 - 14:18:00 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu.Havana, Cuba. – Cuba is one of the three Latin American countries invited to participate in the 39th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva that takes place in that Swiss city until Monday.Specialists from the Havana-based Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) and the Cuban Office of Industrial Property (OCPI) are representing the Caribbean nation in the event in which Brazil and Colombia are also participating. Read More

---

Bad Year for Caribbean Tourism

<p style="text-align: justify;">By. Raquel Maria Garcia Alvarez.Hamilton, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) Caribbean tourism is facing the worst period in history due to the global economic crisis, said Director General of the Caribbean Hotel Association Alec Sanguinetti.Sanguinetti, who is attending the Conference on Sustainable Tourism in Nassau, said the tourist industry is also threatened by inadequate government policies, including tax increases of the last few months. Read More

---