Trinidad Carnival economy

Trump’s presidency begins with executive orders on immigration triggering alarm across Caribbean diaspora communities. Remittance flows face potential disruption as Trinidad Carnival 2017 approaches and Caribbean property markets assess the new US policy environment.

Trinidad Carnival 2015 electrifies regional confidence while falling oil prices test the T&T economy. Caribbean spring tourism gathers pace and property investors eye opportunity across the archipelago.

Oil prices remain near multi-year lows at $45-50 per barrel as Trinidad & Tobago’s austerity programme takes shape, bringing real consequences for the property market. US-Cuba normalisation continues to dominate Caribbean investment thinking. Trinidad Carnival 2015 approaches on February 16-17. Caribbean property markets show diverging trajectories between energy-dependent and tourism-driven economies.

Trinidad Carnival 2014 is assessed in its aftermath: economic impact data confirms another landmark festival for the T&T hospitality and property sectors. Caribbean spring transaction season delivers solid results across Barbados, the Cayman Islands, and the Eastern Caribbean. Jamaica’s NHT first-time buyer programmes continue. Dominican Republic construction maintains momentum. CBI programmes record Q1 2014 growth.

Trinidad Carnival 2014 arrives today — March 3-4 sees Port of Spain host the Caribbean’s greatest festival, generating an extraordinary economic impact on the hospitality and property market. This edition covers the lead-up period and publishes as Carnival opens its doors. Jamaica’s reform programme advances, Caribbean spring investment season opens, and CBI programmes generate growing property flows.

February 2014: the Caribbean winter season is at its most commercially intense, with Trinidad Carnival just 28 days away and Port of Spain’s accommodation market generating peak demand. Jamaica’s mortgage sector is supporting property transactions despite the IMF reform environment. Barbados’s winter tourism season is performing better than expected. CBI programmes are entering 2014 with strong momentum.

Puerto Rico and the Bahamas assess Hurricane Irene’s aftermath as the 2011-12 Caribbean tourism season opens strongly, with PM Golding leading Jamaica and T&T recording strong energy revenue.

The Caribbean assesses post-Irene recovery and opens the 2011-12 tourism season, with Jamaica still led by PM Bruce Golding and T&T recording strong energy revenues.

Hurricane Irene strikes Puerto Rico and the Bahamas in August 2011, prompting Caribbean property owners and insurers to reassess coastal resilience and coverage.

The Caribbean enjoys strong peak summer 2011 performance while meteorologists track intensifying Atlantic storm activity, with multiple systems developing in the basin.

Caribbean summer 2011 tourism performs well despite Eurozone debt crisis uncertainty as European visitor confidence wavers, while T&T leads regional investment growth.

NOAA forecasts an above-normal 2011 Atlantic hurricane season as Caribbean investors monitor storm risk, while regional investment momentum continues to build.

NOAA forecasts an above-normal 2011 Atlantic hurricane season as the Caribbean monitors storm risk, while investment momentum builds across Jamaica, T&T and the Dominican Republic.

Caribbean property and investment summer outlook 2011 as Arab Spring-driven oil prices boost T&T revenues but strain energy-importing islands ahead of hurricane season.

The Caribbean assesses Trinidad Carnival’s economic impact as Japan’s earthquake and the Arab Spring drive oil prices higher and inject global uncertainty into property markets.