Sharon Logan has been in the tourism industry since 1990. Before starting with Half Moon she worked with several properties on the Island, but confesses that “Half Moon was one of my favorites in the entire Caribbean, and after having worked here for several years, I see what it really takes in the hotel industry to make it successful.”

For over a decade Michele Olivier has been working in the Caribbean Resort Marketing and she holds a Masters degree in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing from Johnson & Wales University.

Wyndham Worldwide started business in 1954, when a Group of investors proudly opened the first Wyndham Inn in Flagstaff, Arizona and sold its first franchise that same year. Today, Wyndham Worldwide has 7,000 hotels in more than 66 countries and world presence.

Caribbean News Digital sat down with Paul Pennicook, International Lifestyle Worldwide representative for SuperClubs, during WTM 2009 in London. In this exclusive interview, Mr. Pennicook went over some recent reflagging and rebranding SuperClubs’ signature resorts and properties have been involved in, plus a few more strategic moves scheduled for the upcoming months. All in all, the successful Jamaica-based hotel chain sails confidently into the future –amid stormy and choppy economic seas- and continues to put its smart money on the Caribbean, showing its front office’s commitment to one of the very best world regions in terms of travel and tourism.

SuperClubs’ Hedonism is a brand associated to free frolicking, free will, all-out enjoyment and self indulgence, the kind of resort where you can meet new people, spend time together with those other guests and party all night long till the wee hours of the morning. But all this much hinges on first-rate service, superb cuisine and top-notch quality everywhere. In an exclusive interview with Kevin Lewee, general manager of Hedonism II, he lays bare what Hedonism II is actually all about for both our readers and for those who haven’t made up their minds yet about this one-and-only experience.

How long have you been running this hotel and how long has the property been in operation?I’ve been in the hotel and tourism industry in Jamaica for 31 years. As to my background education and training in hotel management, I studied in England for a few years and came back here to work for SuperClubs quite a few years. Now I’ve been working in Hedonism III, which is located in Runaway Bay, and this is the younger of the two Hedonism properties. I happened to be at the Hedonism II when we opened it back in the early 1980s. That was the first all-inclusive hotel in Jamaica at that point.

How long have you been running this hotel and how long has the property been in operation?I’ve been in the hotel and tourism industry in Jamaica for 31 years. As to my background education and training in hotel management, I studied in England for a few years and came back here to work for SuperClubs quite a few years. Now I’ve been working in Hedonism III, which is located in Runaway Bay, and this is the younger of the two Hedonism properties. I happened to be at the Hedonism II when we opened it back in the early 1980s. That was the first all-inclusive hotel in Jamaica at that point.

How long have you been running this hotel and how long has the property been in operation?I’ve been in the hotel and tourism industry in Jamaica for 31 years. As to my background education and training in hotel management, I studied in England for a few years and came back here to work for SuperClubs quite a few years. Now I’ve been working in Hedonism III, which is located in Runaway Bay, and this is the younger of the two Hedonism properties. I happened to be at the Hedonism II when we opened it back in the early 1980s. That was the first all-inclusive hotel in Jamaica at that point.

With three well-located properties in Panama City –Riande Continental, Riande Granada and Riande Aeropuerto- the chain opened the Riande Beach Club in a partnership agreement with Hotel Golf Coronado. The front office stands up for the belief that a time of crises opens up a window of opportunities, so they’re sailing into the future with an upbeat attitude. On the management’s initiatives, the company’s vice president talked with Caribbean News Digital in an exclusive interview.

Caribbean Week 2009 came back to New York City with flying colors, the colors of the Caribbean and its multitude of cultures and historic values. One of the island nations that basked in the Big Apple limelight was no doubt Anguilla and Caribbean News Digital’s Indiana Monteverde sat down with Victor Banks, the country’s minister of Finance, Economic Development, Investment and Tourism. In this exclusive interview, Mr. Banks broached a number of issues that certainly lay out the marketing strategies of today and tomorrow for that beautiful Caribbean destination.