Tortuga , the Caribbean’s leading rum cake and rum-based confectionery brand, is celebrating its 10th anniversary of partnership with the Home Shopping Network.

According to Monique Hamaty-Simmonds, director of brand development — Tortuga International Holdings Limited, the collaboration began in 2007 with the showcasing of the Tortuga 16-oz Golden Original rum cake on the network. This month the full brand portfolio, including the Tortuga line of chocolate confectionery products, sauces and rum cakes in six flavours, were featured on HSN.

“Having Tortuga products on the HSN network has given the brand exposure to 90 million television sets across the globe, resulting in sales of well over US$2 million on the shopping network, over the past decade,” said Hamaty-Simmonds.

She said in this year alone, Tortuga — a subsidiary of Jamaica Producers since 2012 — was featured five times on the HSN, with two more shows booked before the end of 2017.

“This is a great privilege to market our products on one of the largest international online shopping platforms and it has worked wonders for our bottom line,” Hamaty-Simmonds said.

According to Marcus Simmonds, CEO of Tortuga International, there has been a steady growth in the rum cake category of the business year over year because of partnerships such as HSN cable station.

He said during the Valentine and Mother’s Day seasons in 2017, approximately 12,000 Tortuga Rum Cakes were sold on HSN in 10-minute segments, on two shows. “Our Caribbean Rum Cakes remain a favourite with the hosts and viewers of HSN,” Hamaty -Simmnds noted.