Curaçao, better business

Welcome to the first edition of Curaçao Business, a business magazine that is geared towards small and medium business owners. It’s our goal to keep you informed on what’s happening on the island that would be of interest to you and your business.

Business is a regional magazine across Holland and other parts of Western Europe that has been informing entrepreneurs and those in the business world for 25 years. The Van Munster Media Group, which publishes special interest magazines in Holland, including Business in 5 different regions, is now bringing a business magazine to Curaçao.

In coordination with the Curaçao Chamber of Commerce, the Curaçao Business Media Group, a part of the Van Munster Media Group, is pleased to present Curaçao Business, bringing interesting, trending, important topics about business on Curaçao to keep you in the know.

There have been many changes happening on Curaçao, particularly in the past eight years or so, both in business and politically. We have seen substantial growth around the island, particularly in housing, shopping and hotels. Politically, as of 2010, Curaçao became a country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and we’ve also experienced a massive shift in the government. These things affect the economy, how we live and our way of thinking in general. Also, times are changing around the world and, while those effects reach us slowly, they are nonetheless being felt here too. In this issue, we’ve received excellent insight from Steven Martina, former Minister of Economic Affairs, John Jacobs, Executive Director of the Curaçao Chamber of Commerce, Rafael Pichardo, Executive Director of Vidanova and others about the direction and future of Curaçao, where it stands now and their visions of where it can be in the future. I think they will all agree that we need to experience a paradigm shift in our way of thinking in some facets of life, but overall, Curaçao has a bright future and, with some insight, vision and a lot of hard work, we will see Curaçao in its heyday once again.

We hope you enjoy this first edition of Curaçao Business. We look forward to presenting you with more interesting topics, new columns and news items and to keep you up-to-date with what’s happening in the business world on Curaçao.

Curaçao Business is available in print in English and online in English and Dutch at www.Curaçaobusinessmagazine.com.

Heather de Paulo, editor.