her 24th year with WTDC! Carmen is a loyal, caring, and dynamic employee and we have benefited from her expertise in US Customs documentation and General Order Merchandise.
You can email Carmen here to say Thanks!
USA & Cuba Relations update:
Commercial flights restored
On Tuesday, Feb. 16, the United States and Cuba signed a deal to reopen commercial flight travel between the two countries. The deal immediately allows US agents to book travel on over 100 flights to Cuba, a previously banned transaction. Travelers must travel to the island under one of the approved authorizations which do not yet include tourism.
“Today is a historic day in the relationship between Cuba and the U.S.,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Fox said after he and Transportation Minister Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez signed the deal in a ceremony at Havana’s Hotel Nacional. “It represents a critically important milestone in the U.S. effort to engage with Cuba.” (Quoted on ABCnews.com)
Read more from the Miami Herald
Festival del Habano XVIII
Ralph L. Gazitua, WTDC President & CEO, will be traveling to Havana March 3-5 to attend XVIII Festival del Habano. This is Mr. Gazitua’s 6th time traveling to Cuba since announcements were made restoring diplomatic relations with the United States. The Habanos Festival is the island’s foremost tradeshow for the cigar tobacco industry. Popular themes this year are Cohiba’s 50th anniversary celebration and 2016 Limited Edition cigars from Montecristo and Romeo y Julieta.
Update: FTZ Temperature Control expansion at WTDC
An additional 5000 square feet of FTZ Temperature Control Warehousing is under construction at WTDC. As mentioned in our last newsletter, this addition will help us better serve our growing Wine & Spirits clientele in the Duty-Free and Travel Retail industry.
Save the Date: Lod Mosaic at the Frost Art Museum
Cookie Gazitua, Chair of the Arts & Culture Committee of the Chile-US Chamber of Commerce invites you to attend:
February 26, 6-8 pm
by RSVP only
Lod Mosaic, Tour with Chile-US Chamber
Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum-FIU
FIU, 10975 SW 17th Street, Miami, FL 33199
Also at the Frost:
First Folio Shakespeare, details here
Lod Mosaic Exhibition description from The Frost
If you are interested in attending please click here to RSVP
International Business of Logistics
Each week we bring a story about WTDC’s Internship Program or involvement in Higher Education because we take great pride in elevating the field of logistics and providing opportunities for talented individuals to embrace our unique field.
This semester we have 5 Interns who are international students at Miami-area universities, two of whom are featured on our newsletter today: Mr. Sakhur Alfarraj, Barry ’16, is an international student from Saudi Arabia completing a double major in Finance and International Business and is very active in the Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) at Barry. Ms. Aymara Cristina Salazar, FIU ’17, is an international student from Venezuela completing a degree in International Business and Marketing and a second degree in Supply Chain Management.
Miami International Boat Show 2016
WTDC attended the 2016 Miami International Boat Show set at scenic Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key. The Show ran from Thursday, February 11th until Monday, February 15th, and featured over 1200 boats. WTDC offers boat container loadings for export.
