BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MAY 29TH 2012 (CUOPM) - Travel paid for from state funds is towards travel made on behalf of the state to do the state’s business.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MAY 20TH 2011 (CUOPM) – Chairman of the Council of OECS Ministers for Tourism the Honourable Richard “Ricky” Skerritt says the OECS is considering strategic mechanisms to stimulate intra-regional travel, so as to facilitate easier movement of persons across the region.

Basseterre, St. Kitts – For the second time in a one month period, St Kitts has been named among the top 10 travel destinations for 2011. Top travel website AOL Travel has announced that St. Kitts & Nevis earned the #4 spot on its January 10th list as compiled by journalist Jordan Simon.  This achievement follows closely on the recent December 10th release which ranked St. Kitts on its top 10 list for 2011 by British Airways. St Kitts achieved the number 4 rank on both lists.

WASHINGTON, USA (MCT) -- The Obama administration moved on Friday to make it easier for US schools, churches and cultural groups to visit Cuba and to boost the US dollars that can be sent there to support the island's growing private economy.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the changes to US-Cuba policy -- which have been rumoured for months -- are aimed at bolstering Cuba's civil society and putting distance between Cubans and their communist-led goverment.