Curaçao is delighted to receive two JetBlue flights per week, direct to and from JFK Airport, New York as of December this year. JetBlue has reserved an Airbus A320 aircraft with a capacity of 150 seats for this new service. Curaçao will become the 31st Caribbean destination for Jet- Blue. This deal has been realized […]
On 5 November 2014, the Curaçao Chamber of Commerce and the Association for Industry in Curacao (VBC), held a lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility: Sustainable Business Models in 2014. TEXT NEELAM MELWANI Mr. Willem Jonckheer, President of the Chamber of Commerce, opened the event. He spoke about Curaçao’s transition to more sustainable business models, including […]
“A long time ago we abolished the old off-shore regime and since, we have been striving to remain internationally compliant, focusing on transparency and adhering to international rules and regulations as a cooperative jurisdiction.” –Arthur Adams, Chairman of the Association of International Bankers of Curaçao and Saint Maarten TEXT NEELAM MELWANI The Beginnings of the […]
As of November 17, 2014, KLM will deploy an additional flight on Mondays and Wednesdays from Amsterdam to Curaçao and back. These two flights per week are in addition to the daily flights of KLM to Curaçao. The departure from Amsterdam for these additional flights will be in the early afternoon. That would make it […]
The legacy of Hard Rock started in 1971 in London when two Americans, Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, were looking for a good burger and were unable to find one. The pair opened up shop in an old Rolls Royce dealership and decided on the name Hard Rock Café. They had their logo designed by […]
The possibilities, features and capabilities of mobile applications, known as apps, are improving at an extraordinary rate. In a few years, most of what is now done through web applications will be available on your smartphone or tablet through an innovative, often user- friendly, app. With a drastic move from desktops to mobile devices, the […]
Skills development has been a trending topic lately, from Asia, to Europe, and Curaçao is no exception. Recent trends and reports indicate that availability of talent is a key component of long-term competitiveness of companies and nations. Companies are thus very much concerned with attracting, developing, and retaining suitable talent. This has been far from […]
In this issue, Curaçao Business is featuring Cedric Sprock of Café Barista in our “Rise to the Top” feature. Mr. Sprock is a self-made star on our island with a global outlook on business, a philanthropic spirit and is still an island boy at heart. At the age of 41 and in his second career, […]
Curaçao has many small and medium-sized companies that want to grow their business by either expanding internationally or by working together with foreign partners. In order to facilitate this growth, it is crucial that Curaçao as a country creates optimal circumstances for international expansion and cooperation. One of the more important factors is corporate tax. […]
Op 10 juni werd de Startup Stock Exchange (SS X) geïntroduceerd. Dit is een mondiale, gereguleerde marktplaats voor investeringen in en subsidiëring van beginnende ondernemingen. Investeerders uit de gehele wereld kunnen hier aandelen kopen van geselecteerde startende bedrijven. Die startups kunnen actief zijn in alle mogelijke branches en zich in verschillende groeistadia bevinden. “We zijn […]
