AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoAir Connectivity: Anguilla is set for a stronger winter travel season as BermudAir’s AnguillAir expands service from Canada and adds more flights from key U.S. markets, including weekly Saturday Toronto-to-Anguilla service starting Dec. 19 (through May 1, 2027) and increased frequencies from Boston, Newark, Baltimore-Washington and Tampa/St. Petersburg. Tourism Marketing: The Anguilla Tourist Board has appointed Marketplace Excellence as its U.S. public relations agency of record (effective July 1) to boost brand awareness and drive demand from high-value American travellers. Regional Finance & Currency: ECCB Monetary Council leaders unveiled redesigned EC banknotes featuring regional heroes and Anguilla’s James Ronald Webster on the EC$10 note, as the union moves away from Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait; the ECCB also marked 50 years of the EC dollar’s fixed peg. Regional Governance & Policy: Antigua and Barbuda PM Gaston Browne renewed calls for an OECS airline, arguing poor regional connections keep travellers stranded and disrupt business and official travel. Business & Compliance Spotlight: CEO Insight’s latest edition highlights Anguilla’s evolving financial services and regulatory development, featuring an interview with Fiona Curtis of the Anguilla Compliance Association. Community & Youth: The 21st Eddy Caines Summer Football Camp opened at ET Willet Park, with local financial and corporate sponsors backing youth development through sport. Caribbean Reparations Push: A CARICOM delegation in the UK is pressing for Britain to return overseas territories including Anguilla and to provide reparations tied to slavery and “extractive colonialism.”
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