KINGSTON, Jamaica, last Tuesday Prime Minister Andrew Holness said his Government is open to finding ways to stimulate the production of blockbuster films in Jamaica. With scenes from the 25th James Bond film being shot in Jamaica, Holness said the island’s enviable location as well as its contribution to pop culture should be leveraged and […]
The 2019 Saint Lucia Jazz Festival, produced in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, will be held May 4 – 12 and more than two dozen resorts, intimate inns, hotels and guest houses in the island are offering special rates and packages for the event. These include Aanola Villas, Aupic Paradise, Bay Gardens Beach Resort […]
Angella Bennett has been appointed Regional Director of Tourism for Canada at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB). Bennett who is now based in Toronto, took up her new posting last week. She brings more than 20 years of hospitality sales and marketing experience to the position, having worked extensively in several markets, including Canada, the […]
Hilton has announced plans to debut its upscale, all-suite Embassy Suites by Hilton brand in Aruba in 2021, following a management agreement with Natura Development II N.V. Scheduled to open in mid-2021, the new-build 330-suite oceanfront Embassy Suites by Hilton Aruba Resort marks Hilton’s second hotel on the island and reinforces the company’s continued expansion […]
In almost every country in the Caribbean, tourism has been transformative. As an economic driver, it has largely outpaced other sectors to the extent that in much of the region the industry now generates the largest national share of GDP, delivers significant taxes and foreign exchange, and performs a critical social role as the largest […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica has been listed in the Top 25 “Best Destinations in the World” for 2019 on renowned travel website TripAdvisor. According to a report from the Ministry of Tourism, the TripAdvisor rating ranks the island among destinations such as London, Rome and Paris. Jamaica was ranked Number 14 on the TripAdvisor Travelers’ […]
Between Friday March 1, and Sunday March 3, 2019, twelve (12) cruise vessels including the inaugural call of Crystal Esprit brought an estimated combined capacity of 19,052 travelers to the destination. Expected through March 31, is the arrival of an additional 125,434 travelers. In an effort to maximize the benefits of tourism locally that is […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The State-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Monday said that it had cancelled all flights to Venezuela on Monday following an electricity blackout that has hit the South American country where the Opposition is seeking to force President Nicolas Maduro out of office. In a brief statement, CAL said it had taken […]
Guyana has been named the number one “Best of Ecotourism” destination in the world. The award was presented to the Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority, Brian Mullis, at the ITB global travel trade fair in Berlin, Germany last week. The second annual “Best of Top 100” Awards is a selection of the finest destinations […]
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Cayman Airways has joined a number of international carriers in suspending their use of their new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, following Sunday’s deadly crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 that killed all 149 passengers and eight crew members. Eighteen of the passengers were Canadians. “While the cause of this […]
