Michael DiLollo PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – CEO of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Michael DiLollo has quit after just 17 months on the job. The 48-year-old Canadian national, citing personal reasons, resigned with immediate effect. His resignation has been accepted by the state-owned airline’s board of directors. CAL Chairman Phillip Marshall announced that chief financial officer […]
Sangster Airport in Montego Bay got high marks. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Every year, SleepingInAirports conducts a survey asking travellers to rate their airport experiences worldwide in several categories to determine the overall ranking. Those that topped the 2015 list of Best Airports in the Caribbean and Central America were considered noteworthy for the overall travel […]
Attractions like the Iwokrama Walkway are helping to boost Guyana’s tourism. GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A decade ago, Guyana was only served by a few airlines. Today that number has more than doubled and airlines have also increased their frequency on existing routes in recent weeks. Moreover, more international carriers are set to enter the […]
ROSEAU, Dominica – “Dominica is open for business and ready to welcome visitors to its shores.” So said Minister for Tourism and Urban Renewal Robert Tonge as he provided an update on the status of the tourism sector, following the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Erika in late August. Air access to the destination has […]
With a little over two months to the official opening of Toronto 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games, the Jamaican team is finalizing preparations for their visit here in July. The island’s Tourist Board says Jamaica House Toronto will be home base for their athletes, Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica from July 20 to […]
By Gerald V. Paul As Fly Jamaica Airways celebrates its second anniversary, the airline held a love-in recently in Toronto with travel agents fielding questions, challenges and offering solutions and sharing experiences. “Right now our planes are underutilized. If you have the traffic, we have the planes. Our business is world-wide. Not just Guyana. Not […]
Come on down. From left, Brad Richards, Carolyn James, Racquel Brown, the new St. Kitts Tourism Authority CEO, and John Allen want everyone to visit St. Kitts, an “authentic” destination. By Gerald V. Paul Newly minted chief executive officer of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority Racquel Brown came to Toronto to sing the praises of […]
Jamaica, where the heart is Girls – and everyone else – just wanna have fun in Jamaica. To many, Jamaica is the heart of the Caribbean. The birthplace of reggae and the Rastafari movement, and with all-inclusive resorts. Jamaica symbolizes many of the things most loved and perhaps, most misunderstood about the region. A simple […]
St. Thomas an alluring Virgin Beautiful beaches, attractions, golf, good food all await the visitor to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. It would be so easy to stereotype any patch of land in the Caribbean as a beach-bumming, rum-drinking, palm-fringed, laid-back tropical island. But just as each city has its own culture and most countries […]
Wilson Baptiste and Magdalene Cooman want to promote tourism to St. Lucia via their new business. By Jasminee Sahoye Two St. Lucian nationals residing in Ottawa are creating a buzz among fellow St. Lucians around the world with their slogan: Marketing is everybody’s business. Since their business, Gems of St Lucia, was launched in April […]
