St. Maarten Carnival Grand Parade fills streets with fun and splendour
PHILIPSBURG - Rain or shine, revellers gathered in St. John’s on Sunday for the annual Grand Carnival Parade set to start at 10:00am. Musical trailers lined up and colour galore of mas players organised themselves More...
More than 85,000 kilos of garbage during carnival
WILLEMSTAD - Waste management company Selikor collected more than 85 thousand kilos of garbage during the carnival road marches. Slightly less than last year. The collection of garbage went faster compared to other More...
Curaçao knows how to celebrate Carnival
WILLEMSTAD - Several groups paraded in the streets of Willemstad yesterday during the Carnival march. A year of preparation precedes this parade because the prizes for the best costumes and creations are what the More...
“Kòrsou ta Dushi” Participating in 2018 Carnival Parades
WILLEMSTAD - This year, the Curaçao Tourist Board’s (CTB) awareness campaign: “Kòrsou ta dushi. Bib’é. Stim’é!” (Curaçao is “dushi.” Live it. Love it!) will be part of the Carnival 2018 activities. More...
CTB: Summary Carnival Research
WILLEMSTAD - The purpose of the research was to document the Carnival experience from tourists and the economic impact that spawns to the local economy. The research was conducted both in 2016 and 2017, while in More...
Irvin Luwi Jano is the new Tumba King 2018
WILLEMSTAD - Friday was the final night of the grand Tumba Festival where a jury selected the winning road march song for the Curaçao Carnival 2018. This year the crowd will be dancing to the tunes of ‘Sende More...
Le Plaza Hotel welcomes visitors to Carnival in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE - One of Haiti's historic hotels is encouraging travelers to visit the Caribbean destination to celebrate Carnival 2018 next month. Marc Pierre-Louis, General Manager of Le Plaza Hotel, said this More...
Curaçao’s Carnival has a new queen; more information about Carnival 2018
WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao has a new Carnival queen: Christine Dania. She was elected to become this year’s Reina di Karnaval last Saturday. Little by little this year’s carnival is getting its shape. Today is also More...
Elderly must move because of Carnival
WILLEMSTAD - The carnival route has been inspected for safety this week. Two houses have received special attention because of the dilapidated state. An 85-year-old woman lives in one of those houses. She may have More...
Request permit to sell food during 2018 carnival parades
WILLEMSTAD - The Ministry of Economic Development (MEO) wants to remind everyone who wants to sell their products on the carnival route in 2018, that they need to have a valid temporal permit to do so. Those who More...
