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2007 World Cricket Cup could make or break the Caribbean's reputation

Make Money Online The 2007 World Cricket Cup could make the Caribbean's reputation or it could break it,if it is not managed sensibly, warns former Australian Cabinet Minister, The Honorable Tom Roper.

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Internet Business Opportunity Speaking from New York where he is preparing to address next week's Trinidad session of the Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMExPress), former Minister Roper said major sporting events such as World Cups football, cricket and rugby are huge opportunities for countries or groups of countries to showcase themselves on the international scene to a world wide audience.

An increasing number of travel companies are signing up to become Official Travel Agents (OTAs) for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. There are now 42 OTAs spread across the globe from Australia to Canada, India and the Netherlands and several Caribbean countries, including Barbados, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago. Among the five new OTAs announced, Jamaica is the lone Host Venue to have another one added to its list.

Free Money But he warns, "they must be well run," noting that Montreal (1976) and Atlanta (1996) Olympics both entered into huge debts and finished with tarnished reputations. The Olympics inBarcelona, Spain (1992) and Sydney, Australia (2000), and World Cup Footballin Seoul, South Korea (2002) on the other hand are three recent examples of successful hosting of major events, boosting cities' international reputations.

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Thousands of small and medium size businesses could face legal action if employees use their email system to send emails sharing copyrighted video clips and photographs during the World Cup. Boing Boing, the world's most popular blog, has already received a letter from corporate lawyers warning it not to share or publish copyright World Cup video clips and Softalk' "Small businesses can protect themselves by showing that they have taken reasonable steps to prevent the illegal circulation of World Cup videos but they must also show that they are enforcing it by updating the rules and filters available in their email server software.

Auction Coin Money Paper He lamented the fact that huge numbers of Australians visited the West Indies during the 2003 CricketTour, including senior business and government people, "yet, there was no programme for them apart from the cricket."

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Best Free Online Affiliate Since his retirement from the Victorian Parliament (Australia), Tom Roper has been an active Board Member of the Washington D.C.-based Climate Institute, an advisor to government, business and NGOs on sustainability issues. He is the Project Director of the Global Islands Energy Initiative which provides assistance to Small Island States seeking to introduce renewable energy and energy efficiency measures.

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