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January 26th, 2007
'World Cup reviving Caribbean unity'
Friday, January 26, 2007, the Jamaica Observer
With the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup roughly a month away, a renewed spirit of togetherness within the Caribbean has surfaced, according to Chris Dehring, managing director and CE of ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc.
"It's....read more
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January 4th, 2007
No Refunds For Auctioned ICC CWC 2007 Match Tickets On eBay
source: http://www.cricketworldcup.com
Persons who offered match tickets for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 for sale on auction websites will not receive any refunds from the tournament organisers.
Having already cancelled tickets allocated to the offending persons, ICC Cricket World C....read more
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January 4th, 2007
Cricket Fans Beware of Bogus Website
Thursday, 4 January 2007, www.scoop.co.nz
Cricket Fans Beware of Bogus Website Mimicking CARICOM IMPACS
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Cricket fans preparing to come to the Caribbean are being warned to avoid a bogus website which has been set up....read more
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December 11th, 2006
Safety net will be in place for Cricket World Cup fans
Web Posted - Mon Dec 11 2006, the Barbados Advocate
Cricket fans travelling to the Caribbean for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 can rest assured that they will feel secure, as the host countries for the event will implement security measures of an unprecedented level.
This is the assurance from....read more
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December 4th, 2006
Do Developing Countries benefit from hosting Major Events?
Friday, December 01, 2006, Jamaica Information Service (JIS)
http://www.jis.gov.jm
What is the Legacy of hosting CWC 2007 in the region?
"The broadening of destination Jamaica's product mix will be another of our long term benefits from hosting CWC, as we will now have an establis....read more
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November 24th, 2006
Region to win from Cricket World Cup
THE ECONOMY of some Caribbean countries is set to benefit by more than US$200 million when Cricket World Cup (CWC) arrives next March, according to West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president, Ken Gordon.
Mr. Gordon was guest speaker at a Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) luncheon at ....read more
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November 21st, 2006
Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) announces marketing partnership with CricketW
Kingston -- 21 Nov. 2006 | Caribbean Press Releases (www.caribbeanpressreleases.com)
Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), through one of its Cricket Legacy initiatives - Caribbean Business Club - announces a new partnership with CricketWorld.com, the No .1 independent cricket websi....read more
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November 18th, 2006
More Carib fans buying tickets
published: Saturday | November 18, 2006, the Jamaica Gleaner
MORE CARIBBEAN cricket fans are now buying tickets for next year's ICC Cricket World Cup as Phase Two of public ticketing draws to a close.
The latest sales trends have shown an increase in ticket purchases by host venue nationals a....read more
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November 15th, 2006
Ambassador wants cricket on the menu
Published on: 11/15/06, the Nation Newspaper
CHINA IS PLAYING a critical role in the development of grounds for next year's Cricket World Cup, and would like to do even more.
This from Liu Huanxing, China's Ambassador to Barbados, who said he hoped the passion which Caribbean people felt fo....read more
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November 14th, 2006
India should step up investment in the Caribbean: Shekhawat
Tuesday, November 14, 2006, India eNews.com
Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat wants Indian industrialists to capitalise on investment opportunities offered by the Caribbean countries.
'Good relations between India and the Caribbean countries mean progress and development for both sides,....read more
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November 13th, 2006
Region Urged to use Cricket World Cup to Promote Tourism
NEW YORK (JIS)
Monday, November 13, 2006
Professor of Sport, Event and Tourism Management at The George Washington University School of Business, Dr. Lisa Delpy Neirotti, has called on the region to use the staging of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup for the promotion of tourism in the region.
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November 8th, 2006
Sunset Legislation fully in place for World Cup
Wednesday November 08 2006, the Antigua Sun
With the Grenadian government’s successful passage of the “Sunset Legislation” yesterday, all nine host countries of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 are now legislatively ready to host the games, the third most watched event in the world. ....read more
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November 7th, 2006
Eight host venues pass Sunset Legislation
Web Posted - Tue Nov 07 2006, The Barbados Advocate
By Dorian Bryan
BY today, all nine Host Venues hosting matches in next years ICC Cricket World Cup will have passed the Sunset Legislation, which will govern how the event is managed.
That was the word coming from ICCCWCWI2007 Inc. yester....read more
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November 3rd, 2006
Why the Caribbean is good for the outsourcing business
Friday, November 03, 2006
CEO of outsourcing company e-Services, Patrick Casserly yesterday addressed a conference hosted by the Caribbean Council at London's Lancaster House, entitled "Transforming the Caribbean Economy, new avenues for investment".
His theme centred on why the Caribbean is....read more
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October 23rd, 2006
Jamaica CWC 2007 business plan
KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 23, 2006 -
Jamaica is launching two business programmes designed to capitalise on long-term business opportunities arising out of World Cup Cricket 2007 (CWC 2007).
North American Regional Manager of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Melvin Smith, said tha....read more
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October 17th, 2006
Calling New York – Come For The Icc Cwc 2007 Cricket Party!
North America’s cricket community has been promised non-stop activity and merriment during next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean.
In fact, former West Indies fast bowler, Reverend Wes Hall, has pledged that the region will treat the thousands of fans who descend on the nine Host Venu....read more
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October 12th, 2006
Air Jamaica launches special Cup offer
published: Thursday | October 12, 2006, the Jamaica Gleaner
Source: http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061012/sports/sports8.html
AIR JAMAICA is gearing up to offer same-day flight packages from Florida to Jamaica for preliminary games and from Jamaica to Barbados and St. Lucia....read more
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October 12th, 2006
Start of Catering Program for Cricket World Cup
Date Posted: Thursday 12 October, 2006
The process of applications, for persons in St. Kitts & Nevis and throughout the Caribbean, who are interested in applying for licenses to operate as small vendors, caterers and concessionaires for food and beverage during next year's Cricket World Cup, has....read more
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October 9th, 2006
World Cup train swings into the Big Apple
published: Monday | October 9, 2006, the Jamaica Gleaner
Source: http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061009/sports/sports2.html
NEW YORK:
Jamaica's Cricket World Cup (CWC) juggernaut swept into the United States on Friday, eager to take a promotional bite out of the Big Appl....read more
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October 7th, 2006
Antigua-Barbuda and St Lucia woo CWC 2007 media
Saturday, October 7, 2006
Source
CHRISTCHURCH, Barbados: Two host venues -- Antigua & Barbud....read more
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October 5th, 2006
Caribbean Broadcasters Tune In To ICC CWC 2007
Caribbean broadcasting stations have a critical role to play in the successful delivery of a world-class ICC Cricket World Cup.
Addressing the third annual conference of the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) yesterday in Barbados, ICC CWC 2007 Marketing Manager Damon Leon highlighted that as maj....read more
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October 4th, 2006
Globalisation offering more opportunities to small states, says US consultant
Wednesday, October 04, 2006, the Jamaica Observer
An American legal and economic consultant has argued that globalisation offers more trade opportunities to small countries and has urged Jamaica and other Caribbean states to join forces and negotiate for a larger slice of the world market.
Ac....read more
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September 30th, 2006
Jamaica Cricket World Cup Team Targets North American Fans
Saturday, September 30, 2006, Jamaica Information Service
With less than six months to the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in the West Indies, members of the Jamaican Local Organising Committee (LOC) will embark on a second major North American promotional tour in the tri-state area of Ne....read more
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September 6th, 2006
Margaritaville opens largest property yet
Hospitality Jamaica, the Jamaica Gleaner
High top tables, gas torches and colourful umbrellas top off the new Jimmy Buffet Margaritaville Grand Cayman.
On the heels of the successful opening of Margaritaville Grand Turk, in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Jamaican-led Jimmy Buffet Margaritav....read more
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September 1st, 2006
Corporate Strategies expands to Trinidad
published Friday September 1, 2006 | The Jamaica Observer
Corporate Strategies, the consultancy firm headed by the chairman of the National Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ) Aubyn Hill, has now expanded its reach to Trinidad & Tobago. The company won an assignment that will see the former managi....read more
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August 15th, 2006
Caribbean on alert
Web Posted - Tue Aug 15 2006, Barbados Advocate
By Shawn Cumberbatch
Barbados and other Caribbean countries hosting Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 games are on terrorism alert. Indications yesterday were that even before last week s foiled terrorist plot by British security forces, plans were on ....read more
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August 14th, 2006
ICC Impressed With 'On Track' Progress Towards ICC CWC 2007
Monday, August 14, 2006, www.cricketworldcup.com
ICC Chief Executive, Malcolm Speed, says preparations for next year's ICC Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean "are on track" and has praised the ongoing progress in the nine Host Venues and at ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc. ....read more
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August 13th, 2006
World Cup will start Caribbean revival, says ICC boss
Sunday, August 13, 2006, the Jamaica Observer
Newly-elected president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Percy Sonn, said there will be a total rebirth of cricket in the Caribbean when the region hosts the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time next year.
Sonn, who was president of ....read more
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July 30th, 2006
Hilton rooms booked for CWC
Published on: July 30, 2006, the Nation Newspaper, by Carmel Haynes
The Hilton hotels of the Caribbean have earmarked a "significant" number of their rooms for Cricket World Cup 2007 visitors.
However, they are "going to great lengths" to ensure this will not come at the expense of its loya....read more
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July 30th, 2006
Stanford's 20/20 vision paying off
Tony Cozier, July 30, 2006, cricinfo.com
No one, perhaps not even the billionaire originator Allen Stanford himself, could be certain what impact the first regional Twenty20 tournament would have on West Indies cricket.
The participation of 19 teams, big and small, strong and weak; the sign....read more
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July 28th, 2006
Caribbean Business Club to sponsor the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships (CAGC)
Caribbean Business Club has recently signed on as a Corporate Sponsor of the 50th annual CAGC Tournament in Jamaica. Some 140 competitors from 10 countries, including hosts Jamaica, are down to participate in the CAGC at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club between August 2-5.
The other Caribbean ....read more
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July 27th, 2006
Caribbean business forum coming
Thursday, July 27 2006, Newsday, Trinidad & Tobago
The Ministry of Trade and Industry, in conjunction with the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) will be hosting the seventh Greater Caribbean Business Forum, from September 26 to 29 at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre, Port-of-Spain.
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July 26th, 2006
Caribbean carriers to split duties
published: Wednesday | July 26, 2006, the Jamaica Gleaner
Air Jamaica, BWIA West Indies Airways Ltd, Caribbean Star and LIAT will divide duties based on their capabilities under the air transportation contract for Cricket World Cup 2007 (CWC 2007).
Their joint bid by the airline to transport t....read more
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July 26th, 2006
Phillips heads World Cup security meeting in Barbados
Wednesday, July 26, 2006, the Jamaica Observer
The first meeting of the International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) on the security plans for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 starts today at the Accra Beach Resort Hotel in Barbados.
The meeting is being convened under the chairmanship of Dr the ....read more
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July 24th, 2006
Eastern Caribbean nations benefiting from economic growth in the US and UK
July 24, 2006, Reprinted from Caribbean Net News, caribbeannetnews.com
BASSETERRE, St Kitts:Most of the Eastern Caribbean islands are benefiting from good economic conditions in the United States and the United Kingdom, according to the Washington-base....read more
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July 21st, 2006
Air carriers land cricket contract
published: Friday | July 21, 2006
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060721/lead/lead6.html
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC):
THE MAJOR air carriers based in the Caribbean have landed a major contract for the 2007 Cric....read more
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July 21st, 2006
Region to Create Terrorist Watch List for World Cup Cricket 2007
Toronto (Jamaica Information Service), Friday, July 21, 2006
Director of CARICOM's Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), Francis Forbes, has said that the region would be implementing a number of security measures for next year's ICC Cricket World Cup, including the creation of a....read more
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July 13th, 2006
ICC CWC WI 2007 Inc. To Share FIFA World Cup Lessons And Highlight Needs Of Caribbean
ICC CWC WI 2007 Inc. To Share FIFA World Cup Lessons And Highlight Needs Of Caribbean Transportation Sector
http://www.cricketworldcup.com
Sports and Tourism ministers from across the Caribbean as well as airline and transportation-industry executives wi....read more
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July 11th, 2006
West Indies cricket gets credit card help
published: Tuesday | July 11, 2006, Jamaica Gleaner,
Nicholas Richards and Shanya Gottshalk, Gleaner Writers
FIRSTCARIBBEAN International Bank (FCIB) has partnered with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and Visa International to launch the WICB Visa credit card.
This was announced at t....read more
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July 10th, 2006
Gear evolution for rich Stanford Twenty20 tournament
July 10, 2006, The Guyana Chronicle
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) - Cricket fans who have grown accustomed to the white flannels will be in for a festive treat and a real eye-opener as the inaugural Stanford Twenty20 prepares to take the game and its equipment to a brand new level.
The s....read more
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July 7th, 2006
Freedom of movement during Cricket World Cup
published: Friday | July 7, 2006Ross Sheil, Staff Reporter
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis:
CARICOM LEADERS have reached agreement on a regional security infrastructure for intelligence sharing and cooperation for Cricket World Cup 2007, as well as measures to ensure hassle-free movemen....read more
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July 6th, 2006
Dehring Hails Rise of ICC CWC 2007 Sunset Legislation in Barbados
www.cricketworldcup.com ,July 6, 2006
ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc. has congratulated Barbados on becoming the first of the nine Host Venues to pass the ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Bill and says it is looking forward to the other eigh....read more
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June 23rd, 2006
Caribbean Business Club and Canadian High Commission woo investors from Jamaican Diaspora in Canada
Kingston |June 23, 2006
The Jamaican Diaspora Group from Canada was recently hosted for a special meeting at a reception jointly hosted by the Caribbean Business Club and the Canadian High Commission at the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) head office.
The Caribbean Business Club, a core....read more
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June 12th, 2006
$42.5m approved for Tourism in projects
MINISTER OF Tourism, Entertainment and Culture, Aloun N'dombet Assamba, yesterday morning,
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060612/lead/lead8.html ....read more
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June 12th, 2006
JPS donates US$100,000 towards Cricket World Cup 2007 Legacy Progammer
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April 5th, 2006
Caribbean Business Club launched in Kingston on Thursday, April 6, 2006
Posted Wednesday, April 5, 2006 on www.jamaicans.com
Part of the Jamaica legacy strategy for Cricket World Cup
JAMPRO - Kingston, April 5
The Caribbean Business Club (Jamaica) will be launched in Kingston on Thursday, April 6. ....read more
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