P.E.I. businesses on Caribbean trade mission

Thirteen P.E.I. businesses are on a trade mission to the Caribbean this week.

The trade mission is now in its second week, and ACOA officials who are helping to fund the mission say delegates are working 14-hour days to build business connections between P.E.I. and the region.

Over the two weeks, 200 different meetings will be held. The group is in Barbados currently, one of eight countries on the tour. On Thursday the Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce will sign its third memorandum of understanding with the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

This is the seventh annual Trade Team PEI mission to the Caribbean.

Island businesses and organizations participating in the business mission

• University of Prince Edward Island's Climate Research Lab
• UPEI VP Research and Graduate Studies Office.
• Holland College.
• Quality Tourism Services.
• Coles Associates Ltd.
• D.I. Jenkins and Associates.
• Garden Isle Farms.
• Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce.
• Island Recruiting/Focal HR.
• Maricor/MCW Group.
• Renewable Lifestyles.
• MRSB.
• Worklinks.

The trade mission includes eight countries

• Barbados.
• Trinidad.
• Jamaica.
• St. Vincent.
• St. Lucia.
• St. Thomas.
• St. Kitts.
• Puerto Rico.