tourism

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Accountability15 March 20268 min

Hilton Is Leaving Trinidad. The Government Spent Three Years Doing Nothing About It.

The brand withdrawal was preventable. UDeCOTT issued an RFP in 2023 and then did nothing. The budget allocated $163 million, then quietly slashed it to $3.6 million.

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Perspective9 February 202610 min

$137 Million for Carnival. Where Is the Audit?

The NCC has produced just eight audited reports since 1991. Carnival 2025 left $178 million in unpaid stakeholder debts. Now $137 million more has been spent - and the public still has no line-item accounting of where the money goes.

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