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Welcome to Business World Magazine, where we showcase the
very best in business excellence across North America and be-
yond.
In this edition in particular, we have looked ‘beyond,’ at some
of the emerging leaders in hospitality and travel from around
the Carribean. MBJ Airports, for example, is the operator be-
hind Jamaica’s Sangster International Airport, and the winner
of 11 consecutive World Travel Awards for ‘Caribbean’s Leading
Airport.’ We are fortunate to tell their story this time out.
Over the past 15 years, MBJ has led an effort to completely
transform their airport. Their goal is to make it more than just a
facility that visitors have to pass through on their way in and out
of the country. Instead, they want it to be an integral part of the
tourism offering – “a cornerstone of the Jamaican experience,”
in the words of CEO Rafael Echevarne. In our conversation with
Rafael, we discussed the upgrades and initiatives that have fu-
eled that evolution, and what the next steps are.
Elsewhere in the Carribean is the Best Western Premier Pétion-
Ville – a contemporary hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and an-
other World Travel Award winner. After being named a finalist
for ‘Haiti’s Leading Hotel’ in 2017, they have gone on to win the
award in 2018 and 2019. We spoke with General Manager Karan
Kampani about the continuous improvement that made those
wins possible.
Also featured in this edition are stories of development excel-
lence from back in North America. In Vancouver, for instance,
is Denna Homes, the award-winning developer behind the
sought-after Seylynn Village master-planned community. In St.
Catharines, there’s Penn Terra Group, who are completing work
on a highly acclaimed and much-needed affordable housing de-
velopment. Both groups took on challenges that other devel-
opers wouldn’t, and are being rewarded for their persistence
today.
For more on those challenges, and how they overcame them –
and for more stories of business excellence, in North America
and the Caribbean – just keep flipping the pages.
All the best,
The Editorial Team
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