Hospitality Jamaica

Montego Bay Airports (MBJ) has sought to dispel fears that hotel in the east of the tourism capital may now become obstacles to airplanes landing and taking off when the expansion of the Sangster International Airport runway is completed. The...

The training that hotelier Christopher Jarrett got in ­engineering technology at the New York Institute of Technology has helped the Altamont Hotels Group to be strategic, precise and prudent in its growth plan towards acquiring 200 rooms by 2021...

When, in the early 1990s, it became apparent that Europe’s preferential regimes for Caribbean bananas and sugar were coming to an end, an impassioned debate began about a transition to other forms of economic activity. For the most part, the focus...

Following the US government’s renewed restrictions on travel to Cuba, the US Virgin Islands government is working closely with the cruise lines to help them as they race to rework their itineraries. The State Department announced this week that the...

Introducing its timeless design, European soul and Spanish roots to the island, AC Hotels by Marriott has opened the doors to its first hotel in Jamaica. Born from the signature vision of renowned hotelier Antonio Catalan, the brand was founded in...

Jamaica’s tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, is again calling for greater equality among all stakeholders and more equitable distribution of tourism earnings. Fired up by the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s ‘Global Force for Tourism...

Sales and Marketing Manager at Iberostar Hotels and Resorts in Montego Bay Kimberly Raynor-Nolan says that the partnership that has been forged between Reggae Sumfest and her organisation can be described as a dream come true. The annual festival,...

The Sandals Foundation has found another reason to celebrate this year, with the NGO copping the award for Responsible/Philanthropic Travel Foundation at the recently held Agents’ Choice Awards Gala in Toronto, Canada. The Sandals Foundation,...

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With plans to spend US$29 million in 2019 to improve infrastructure at the Sangster International Airport, MBJ Airports Limited has unveiled a newly renovated ticketing concourse in the tourism capital. The operators of the country’s leading...

Even as the number of tourists to Jamaica from the United States and the United Kingdom continues to surge, the number of visitors from the European Union was hit with a 54 per cent decline, trending downwards from 30,232 to 14,127 Minister of...

Karolin Troubetzkoy of St Lucia has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the highest tribute the republic can pay to individuals for services to the nation. Instituted in 1951 by president Theodor Heuss, the President...