The latest issue of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer from the World Tourism Organization shows that international tourism continued to grow over the first quarter of 2019. Though at a slower rate when compared with the last two years, the four per...
Forty-four students were fêted with food and entertainment by the Holiday Inn Resort, Montego Bay, team at Spot Valley Basic School last Monday. The event was staged in celebration of Child Month. According to Holiday Inn Resort employee...
Over 300 team members from Sandals and Beaches Resorts in Jamaica and the Turks and Caicos Islands recently benefited from a special wine training conducted by Constellation Brands’ Master of Wine, Mark de Vere. de Vere is one of less than 400...
The all-new AC Hotel Kingston has led its first community-enhancement project prior to its opening, which is scheduled for June 2019. Team members of AC Hotel Kingston, along with community members, gathered on Labour Day to improve the children’s...
Recently, on my way to rafting down the Rio Grande in Portland, one of the things on my must-do list, I chanced upon an Indian man arranging some bamboo along the road at Grants Level, not far from the start of the journey down the river at...
To say that you care and to do that which is caring are two different things, but on Labour Day, Royalton White Sands and Blue Waters walked the talk. The company with its army of staff, executed not one, but two projects in the parish of Trelawny...
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) showcased the destination’s bold and diverse flavours at the fifth annual Harlem EatUp! event in New York City. The Ultimate Grand Tasting at the Harlem Stroll in the historic Morningside Park brought together...
As the US Virgin Islands announces the return of hotels and resorts to the accommodations landscape over the next few months, the leader of the US Territory committed his government to securing increased airlift to fill those rooms. Speaking after...
In 1987, long before environmental conservation became a global buzzword, Negril businessman Ricky Jackson acquired Jamaica Giants, a vast estate tucked away in Moreland Hill on the border of the parishes of Hanover and Westmoreland. Instead of...
The allied members will honour six people at the travel industry awards dinner on Thursday, June 6, for their contributions to regional tourism. Former Grenada Tourism Minister Brenda Hood is among six stalwarts of Caribbean tourism to be...
This spring, Rose hall Developments announces the launch of its Afternoon Tea alongside the opening of the Golf Academy. The Rose Hall golf academy was created to provide promising students an opportunity to explore the game of golf without...
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has announced the finalists for the Caribbean Travel Media Awards, which will be held at the Wyndham New Yorker on 7 June during Caribbean Week New York (#CWNY2019). It is the second incarnation of the...
The explosive growth of carnival in Jamaica has ignited an economic boost in the market, with double-digit growth in visitor arrivals each year since 2016. Kingston’s Airbnb bookings were at an all-time high, with approximately 1,700 guest arrivals...
In a blue, white and crystal-themed room, sometimes bathing under blue, pink and red lights, the lecturers who teach in the tourism, hospitality and entertainment programmes at Exelsior Community College at 20 Camp Road, Kingston 4, had a ball...
Jazz lovers and other patrons were treated to a delightful concert to observe International Jazz Day on Tuesday, April 30, on the east lawns of Devon House in St Andrew. The eighth International Jazz Day was celebrated around the world, with...
There are indications that the Caribbean may see this year once again unusually large amounts of Sargassum seaweed washed up on its shores. In recent days large quantities have begun to arrive on Mexico’s southeastern Caribbean coast, with...
The luxurious Couples Tower Isle has redefined traditional all-inclusive properties in the Caribbean, with its newly opened Oasis Spa Villas, which offers the only all-inclusive, unlimited spa package in the region. The Villas, a 493 square feet...
After talks with United Airlines in Chicago and American Airlines in Dallas, respectively, Tourism Commissioner Designee Joseph Boschulte says that there has been strong demand for seats to the territory’s airports on St Thomas and St Croix this...
The region’s tourism development agency is to begin the search for a new secretary general to replace the departing Hugh Riley. Riley, who was appointed to the top post at the Barbados-headquartered Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) in August...
The St Kitts Ministry of Tourism and the St Kitts Tourism Authority are delighted to announce that St Kitts and its Sustainable Development Council has won a prestigious Tourism for Tomorrow Award from the World Travel...
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will present its Award of Excellence to Gay Nagle Myers, senior editor for Travel Weekly, for her compelling and influential stories that effectively communicate the allure of the Caribbean. The prestigious...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for February 2019, showing that total revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) rose 5.3 per cent compared to February 2018. This was the slowest rate of growth...
The travel industry is absolutely massive ($1.6 trillion in 2017)! But, with a massive market comes massive competition. The industry that thrives on beautiful Instagram photos and elite festivals (Fyre anyone?) has a fierce underbelly. To succeed...
