A drill-down on location research for your next Caribbean or Latin American business site
As the government of Panamá announced the closing of its airspace to international passenger arrivals beginning Sunday, until April 21, Panamanian regional carrier Copa Airlines (NYSE: CPA) announced that it has been forced to cancel all flights so will temporarily cease operations.
With travel restrictions in place due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Copa Airlines issued a filing indicating that the company will reduce capacity by 80% but may shut down completely.
For the month of February 2020, Copa Holdings' capacity (ASMs) remained flat while system-wide passenger traffic (RPMs) increased 0.4% year over year. As a result, system load factor for the month was 84.0%, 0.4 percentage points higher than February 2019.
Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines last week announced new international flights between New Orleans, Louisiana and San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) has extended connectivity between its John ...
During 2019, Invest in Bogota (IIB), the city of Bogotá's investment promotion agency, supported 48 greenfield Foreign Direct Investment projects, its highest number for a calendar year since its institution in 2006.
Switzerland based LafargeHolcim Selects Colombia for 1000 seat shared services expansion
ItelBPO Selects St. Lucia to open 300 seat contact center facility to open in April, 2020.
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Chief Executive Officer ...
Adam Boehler, Chief Executive Officer of U.S. International Development ...
Growth in public debt burdens and fiscal deficits in ...
The Government of Belize through the ministry responsible for ...
BP Trinidad & Tobago (BPTT) today announced that it ...
Medical device manufacturer Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) last week announced a ...
According to investment promotion agency (IPA) Invest in Cartagena, ...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has deployed ...
Bahamian officials continue to assess the damage in The ...
The sponsorship, worth J$6 million, will support the program ...
Moody’s Investors Service reviews all of its ratings periodically ...
PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSMT) today announced that on August 21, 2019, ...
Panamá based Copa Airlines, a subsidiary of Copa Holdings, ...
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are a major tool ...
Moody’s Investors Service has this past week affirmed the ...
On April 19 the World Bank revised its forecast ...
Global professional services firm Unido Digital has launched a ...
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today announced the signing of ROK ...
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals largest annual event, ...
The Caribbean is a region with many citizens holding ...
"In terms of customer data and financial records — because of the laws that exist around the world — everybody wants to keep their data local," says Paul Mayne of TSTT.
"The Caribbean represents a huge opportunity for a company like Unisys," says Almeida. "We've been seeing a lot of investments from the public sector."
“Latin America has a lot to offer and can serve quite a variety of different needs from different price points,” says Sebastian Menutti of Frost & Sullivan.
“There’s a marketing arms race,” says Johan Gott of AT Kearney. “Who can get their message out?”
“You can probably get the bandwidth you need anywhere almost. It’s just a question of how much it’s going to cost.”
During the recent CAIPA event that took place in ...
Much of the nearshore is plagued with severe natural disaster risk aside from the largely spared areas of Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, and Brazil.
The Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) held ...
"We’re talking about U.S. companies,” says Sebastian Menutti of Frost & Sullivan. “So high proficiency in English is a requirement.”
In November, a class of 50 students graduated from the business process outsourcing (BPO) training program of the Trinidad and Tobago International Financial Centre.
“When you’re not India ... then you have to really start prioritizing,” says Johan Gott of AT Kearney. “You really need to think about, ‘How is the niche that we are playing in better than anyone else’s?’”
A nearshore location’s talent pool is second category analyzed in ...
A country's tax code, regulations, and overall bureaucratic hurdles tend to be the top-line items that decision-makers look at.
Meet the Trinidad and Tobago IFC team at the ...
The benefits of outsourcing to the nearshore have convinced many companies that it’s better to look south than to the east.
Trinidad and Tobago's talent is the key factor that can help it advance from “where you are today to where you would like be as a country," said Hall.
TTIFC says this improvement "solidifies T&T's rising international status as a competitive and ideal location for finance and accounting BPO."
This webinar will offer practical tips and real-world guidance on building third-party FAO relationships or migrating to shared services models.
iQor COO Gary Praznik: ”The new facility affirms iQor’s commitment to Trinidad and Tobago as the ideal outsourcing option for the United States domestic market."
Trinidad and Tobago IFC sees the signing of this MoU as a major part of its strategy to prepare the workforce and generate high-value employment.
"This is a very important step for the Trinidad and Tobago IFC and the participants in the program,” said Shane Kissoon of ACCA Caribbean.
Why anyone considering a nearshore location should find out more about Trinidad and Tobago.
