Data connection between Aruba Chamber of Commerce and other departments in the Public Sector has been a wish for a long time. Will it become a reality? One of the biggest issues that a startup is confronted with is the “red tape”. It is the dreaded bureaucracy that defines what happens with a request for […]
Corporate Health Solutions by MedWork understands the importance of satisfied and healthy employees. Absenteeism is not only a huge cost item for organizations, it also says a lot about the working conditions , the satisfaction among fellow workers and the safety in the work place. For corporations on Bonaire there is still a lot to […]
Everyone can start a nail salon in Curacao. There are neither guidelines nor legislation nor control. Even though experience teaches that doing nails well is a profession for which you have to be trained. Faysuri Restrepo is enthusiastic and fierce when she talks about her area of expertise. She doesn’t speak about doing nails, but […]
At the end of the twenties of the last century, Captain Frans Vreugdenhil arrived by boat in Curacao. He met his future wife and decided to stay. Initially, he remained faithful to his previous field of expertise and started trading in ship items However, his ambitions were bigger, and in 1931 he opened his first […]
An organization in Holland, called WeConnect has been serving the Kingdom of the Netherlands for quite some time. They provide education, career counseling and dive headfirst into social issues that affect today’s youth – who are coming up in a world that’s very different from the world their parents knew. In recent years, it has […]
Kom op 4 en 5 juni 2019 naar de Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2019 in Den Haag om uw innovatieve ideeën te presenteren die een oplossing bieden voor een maatschappelijk vraagstuk. De KVK Business Challenge is een belangrijk onderdeel van de GES. De challenge koppelt grote ondernemingen en het midden- en kleinbedrijf aan elkaar om […]
We krijgen vaak een flyer in onze handen gedrukt of in de brievenbus gegooid. Een flyer bekijk je maar heel kort, dus je boodschap moet opvallen en prikkelen. Met deze 4 tips maak je een goede flyer. 1. Doel en inhoud Stel jezelf als eerste de vraag wat je wilt bereiken met je flyer. […]
The driving force behind BLACK Emeli Colen is the driving force behind BLACK. Emeli is a real jack-of-all-trades. With her rational down-to-earth attitude she sees solutions and seldom problems. ‘I always look ahead and hardly ever back. It’s all about what your goal is, where you want to go.’ Lifehacks Through BLACK, Emeli combines her knowledge […]
Met acht stemmen voor en een onthouding stemde de negen zetels tellende Eilandsraad van Bonaire na ruim veertien uur vergaderen op 13 en 14 november 2018 uiteindelijk voor een andere aanpak en dus een nieuw economisch beleid. Het goedgekeurde ‘Bestuursakkoord Bonaire 2018-2022’ tussen de Staat der Nederlanden en het Openbaar Lichaam Bonaire (OLB) en in […]
Taste of Bonaire April 5th, 2019 These and more are among the cultural influences that you can taste and experience during the popular “Taste of Bonaire” events, organized by the Tourism Corporation Bonaire. Aside from local and international food, you can meet creative minds that produced souvenirs from true local products, such as goat skin […]
Met zoekmachineoptimalisatie scoor je hoger in Google. Maar hoe werkt dat nu precies en hoe pak je dat aan? In dit artikel krijg je uitleg én praktische tips waarmee je zélf je SEO kunt verbeteren. Wat is zoekmachineoptimalisatie? Zoekmachineoptimalisatie (SEO) is de beste manier om hoger te scoren in Google. Maar vooral om bezoekers naar […]
Aanwezigheid op Google Maps kan een cruciaal verschil op de omzet maken. Recensies op de online kaart beslissen of mensen naar jouw zaak navigeren of naar een concurrent met bijvoorbeeld een review-ster meer. In dit artikel bekijken we hoe je gevonden wordt, en vooral hoe je góed gevonden wordt. Wat steek je hiervan op? Hoe […]
With six locations on Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, and Saint Martin, including five megastores, over 500 employees, and a wide range of more than 25,000 products retail giant Kooyman BV (Ltd.) can truly be called the market leader of the Dutch Caribbean region. The small carpentry Adrianus (Ad) Kooyman founded in 1939 on Curacao, has grown […]
As one of the biggest insurance companies in the Caribbean region, the Guardian Group has been providing its customers peace of mind and an easy life by insuring and securing their properties, assets, and their financial future for over 171 years. Now, the market leader has made it its mission to help implement and ensure […]
At eClincher, we are obsessed with the day-to-day responsibilities of being a social media manager. Whether you’re with an agency managing activities for multiple clients, or you’re a specialist within a large enterprise, or you’re the proprietor of a small business, we are always putting ourselves in your shoes to understand what you need to get […]
De infrastructuur en ruimtelijke ordening van Bonaire gaat daadwerkelijk veranderen. Met tien aan te trekken nieuwe medewerkers en extra fondsen die vrij komen uit het overschot van 2018 kunnen naast de reeds geplande projecten ook twee extra wegen worden gerenoveerd. Bovendien zullen er een aantal spijkers met koppen worden geslagen in het kader van de […]
January 2018 delivered more registrations, which would have given indication that the first quarter of 2018 would be better than its predecessors. February and March 2018, however, did not follow this trend and were unable to meet the figures that 2017 provided during Q1. The Aruba Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACOC) collected and analyzed […]
Wat iedere ondernemer moet weten over een Voor de derde keer in drie dagen tijd is online overheids-inlogger DigiD moeilijk bereikbaar door een DDOS-aanval. Wat zo’n aanval inhoudt en alles wat jij als ondernemer er over moet weten leggen wij in dit artikel uit. Wat steek je hiervan op? Wat een DDOS-aanval betekent voor jouw […]
Since July 6th 2018, Aruba has its very own local nano-brewery, Fireson, providing locals and tourists with locally crafted beer. Owner and chemical engineer Antonius “Tony” van Vuurden discovered his passion for craft beer while studying in The Netherlands. After moving back to Aruba in 2015, he set up a small brewery for personal use […]
The competitive and ever-changing world we live in requires agile organizations to survive and thrive. Many businesses need to realize sustainable cost efficiencies. The necessity to achieve these efficiency gains in the organizations’ operating models arise from increasing competitive pressures, organizational structures that do not support growth or change, and legal or fiscal requirements. This […]
The times people would receive a handwritten letter from their relatives overseas or hurry to the post office or to the mailbox at the end of the street to make sure their letter would be mailed the same day are long gone. Nowadays, we post on Facebook or Instagram, for example, to get our message […]
Recently, my household became pretty disrupted by the arrival of Australian relatives: a husband, his wife, and their four daughters between the ages of 8 and 17. Out of dissatisfaction with the Australian school system, their mother decided to homeschool them. A bad approach, according to a lot of people, because homeschooled kids will experience both social […]
