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INAUGURAL SERVICE ROUNDTABLE 2022
ACTION PLAN – DEVELOPING COMPETITIVE SERVICES EXPORTER
Inaugural Services Roundtable – CEO’s Speech
Good morning, colleagues, we are here today to discuss, brainstorm and more importantly develop an action plan for accelerating the growth of services in Trinidad and Tobago. Over the past two weeks, I held discussions with colleagues at the CNSC and CPSO and whilst we disagree on several issues, everyone agreed that we have run out of time to get services on the front burner. Ian John pointed to us yesterday that a new economic order is here. Hence the urgency for us to be organized.
Inaugural Services Roundtable – President’s Speech
The services sector is the largest sector in Trinidad and Tobago’s economy contributing a combined total of 72% or TT$115 billion to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in fiscal year 2017, employing over 85% of the labour force. In 2018, the sector contributed an estimated 58% to GDP, followed by 53% in 2019. Despite our success at home, the services sector accounts for less than 10% of export earnings.
TTCSI Launches Exporters Portal
The Port of Port-of-Spain. by SHIRLEY BAHADUR The National Services Exporters Portal was officially launched yesterday. The initiative, which was championed by the T&T Coalition of Services Industries, along with the National Services Exporters Survey (NSES) 2022,...
Minister Paula Gopee Scoon NSEP – Speech
TTCSI Calls for Tourism Revamp in Budget
File picture- Crusie ship tourist arrive at the Cruise Ship Complex in Port-of-Spain. The Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries is urging the government to put significant focus on the revamp of the tourism sector in the upcoming budget. In the TTCSI’s...
Pay Attention to Services
by Andrea Perez-Sobers of the Trinidad Express THE Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) yesterday called on the Government to pay urgent attention, in the upcoming budget, to the issues affecting the services sector, which was severely impacted...
TTCSI Looks to Gateway Accelerator to Bolster Exports
The Port of Port-of-Spain - SHIRLEY BAHADUR by Peter Christopher of the Trinidad & Tobago Guardian The T&T Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) is hoping that there will be a significant increase in exports following two recent initiatives piloted by the...
Couva/Point Lisas Chamber of Commerce
3 Qs Couva/Point Lisas Chamber of Commerce with President, Mukesh Ramsingh
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER APPOINTMENT
I would like to inform you that the Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries has appointed Nirad Tewarie as our new Chief Executive Officer, effective May 1st 2009.
CIB AND CLICO ILLIQUIDITY
The Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) supports the measures taken by CL Financial, the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance to address the liquidity problems at CLICO Investment Bank and CLICO itself. TTCSI believes that the
NATIONAL SERVICES WEEK 2008
First Commemoration of National Services Week – A Success
TTCSI AMONG COALITIONS ADDRESSING G20 SUMMIT
The following letter was submitted to the recent G20 Summit Meeting in Washington D.C, USA. The Global Services Coalition (GSC) is an umbrella body of services coalitions throughout the world that lobbies directly to relevant Governements and the WTO on c
TTCSI Remarks 2008/2009 Budget
The Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) would like to congratulate the Honorable Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira on her maiden budget speech and for making history as the first woman to deliver the Appropriation Bill.
GLOBAL SERVICES COALITION ISSUES STATEMENT ON DOHA ROUND SERVICES
On November 12, the Global Services Coalition issued a statement in which it called for a strong Doha Round services text …
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO AND BARBADOS COALITION SIGN MEMORANDUM AND UNDERSTANDING
The goal of forming a regional coalition to lobby and represent the interests of service providers got one step closer with the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) and Barbad
T&T CHAMBER BECOMES FIRST TTCSI MEMBER
The Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) is a national umbrella body that brings…
TTCSI Street Arts Festival Launch
It’s an explosion of the arts! Trinidad & Tobago will get its First Street Arts Festival. Trinidad & Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) launched the inaugural Street Arts Festival (SAF) last Thursday (Mar 20) at Shakers Restaurant and Cocktail...
Business, labour leaders tell JSC of people getting no pandemic relief
By SEAN DOUGLAS of The Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Mark Edghill - OFFICIALS from both business and labour organisations attested that some workers laid off during the closure of businesses during the pandemic had not received compensation. They were speaking at...
Pandemic Recovery: Tour operators working on staycation campaign
by Alina Doodnath from LoopTT Tour operators and others within the services industry are making efforts to bounce back from losses suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic. CEO of the Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) Vashti Gayadeen said...
Services Sector Vital In Rebuilding Caribbean Economies
Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Sandra Husbands. (FP) By SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the blacklisting from the European Union and the recent implementation of a 15 per cent corporate tax rate have signalled the need for a more...
TTCSI head: Reassess Tobago Expansion Project
Mark Edghill, president of the TTCSI By Guardian Media Newsroom [email protected] Government should reassess Tobago’s airport expansion project now budgeted to cost $1.3 billion and which according to Mark Edghill, president of the T&T Coalition of...
SRC Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board comprises a group of high-level persons who are helping to position the SRC at the frontier of international trade policy training, research and outreach in the region. Read More
TTCSI: Pandemic opens opportunity for businesses go digital and go green
By Soyini Grey of CNC3 Trinidad and Tobago should be using the COVID-19 pandemic to revolutionise its economy. That’s the assessment of Chief Executive Officer of the T&T Coalition of Service Industries (TTCSI), Vashti Guyadeen. Quoting a former UK Prime Minister,...
Residential Real Estate Remains Hot | Local Company
By Clara K. Perez COVID-19 has negatively affected many industries, but over the past year the real estate sector has seen an increase in activity, primarily in residential properties under $ 3 million, and some commercial properties. This was confirmed by Mark...
TTCSI and Startup Chile to collaborate in the digital world
By Andrea Perez-Sobers of The Daily Express Chilean Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago Aníbal Barría Garcua and TTCSI Vashti Guyadeen THE Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) in its drive to develop the digital potential of Micro Small and...
Time to Build Export Capacity of Energy Service Providers
By Vashti Guyadeen, CEO, TTCSI As Trinidad and Tobago continues on its transition to an evidence based, knowledge driven economy, the country has to redefine its rules and parameters for success in the international market. Given the fall in energy prices and the...
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