Caribbean Airlines has recently decided to increase the frequency of flights between Port-of-Spain and New York , and Port-of-Spain and Toronto . The flights will also be available within the Port-of-Spain, Georgetown , Guyana and Bridgetown , Barbados . The flights will start services from June 1st 2007. The fares to New York and Toronto start from $199. So if you are planning a summer holiday to the Caribbean , extend it for visiting business parks or service providers' offices or vice versa.
There are drawbacks, too, to outsourcing work to the Caribbean — safety being on the top of the list to pull the region down. The region sees the most murders in the world — the annual murder rate is 30 per 100,000 population, according to United Nation 2002 data.
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English-speaking workforce
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New to outsourcing services
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Geographical proximity to the U.S.
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Small labor force
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High crime rate
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Higher wages than major outsourcing hubs
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Desirable time zone
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Good telecom connectivity
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Common Americans have less objection to outsourcing the Caribbean because of cultural and geographical proximity, as they do to outsourcing to India and China
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Less attrition than major outsourcing hubs
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Source: Global Service
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Global Services looks at the Caribbean region as an emerging destination for customer-care outsourcing. Bahamas , Barbados , Antigua and Barbuda , Dominica , Dominican Republic , Haiti , Grenada , Jamaica , Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia , Trinidad and Tobago are amongst the countries becoming attractive to U.S. companies seeking to outsource.
