Hospitality Jamaica
It is almost six months now since the return of international arrivals to Jamaica and Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) president Clifton Reader is proud of the exceptional level of compliance with the COVID health...
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When I was told of a 78-year-old woman who cultivates ground provisions and still cleans her floor with a coconut brush, I immediately decided to go see her in Chantilly, Manchester. Even her ‘pet name’, Miss Kitsy, was an allure. With the corona...
The $700-million Artisan Village at Hampden Wharf in Falmouth has been delayed as a result of COVID-19. The facility was scheduled for completion in March; however, with the virus causing chaos worldwide, the new attraction has been stopped...
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released its updated assessment of the likely impact of the COVID-19 on international tourism. Taking into account the unparalleled introduction of travel restrictions across the world, the United Nations...
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released a set of recommendations calling for urgent and strong support to help the global tourism sector to not only recover from the unprecedented challenge of COVID-19 but to ‘grow back better’. The...
Considered the top boutique hotel in St Mary, the 14-room Galina Breeze Hotel in Galina is described in some quarters as a “hotel sitting on the edge of the Caribbean Sea”. Galina Breeze offers facilities for parties, weddings, and conferences. All...
The Courtleigh Hotel and Suites has once again been designated as a ‘Best of Housekeeping’ property by the American Automobile Association (AAA). The 2020 honour recognises the property’s housekeeping operation for significantly surpassing...
Some hospitality workers in tourism-dependent Hanover are contemplating moving into agriculture, in light of the fallout in tourist arrivals triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has brought the industry to a standstill. Among these workers are...
A handful of tourists stranded in Negril, after mass flight cancellations and closure of the island’s borders because of the COVID-19 pandemic, say they prefer whiling the time away in the Capital of Casual, instead of risking infection en route...
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is using its digital platform to deliver a virtual care package to uplift and inspire followers around the world who are currently practising responsible social distancing. The JTB kicked off its ‘Escape to Jamaica’...
Over the last decades, parishioners and visitors to the parish of St Mary have been gawking at the very interesting tombs in the Annotto Bay Cemetery in the said parish. While some have been criticised for being over the top, others are regarded...
The challenge that will soon face almost every Caribbean country will be the recovery of tourism, without which future economic growth will be all but impossible. The COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered the industry globally, made hundreds of...
Since last Saturday, March 28, the island of St Kitts...
The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism...
Airlines are united in the global effort to stop a virus that is overwhelming the world’s healthcare systems (COVID-19) and threatening many lives. However, this is having a major impact on them and the value chain, says Alexandre de Juniac,...
Mastercard has announced it is championing a move to increase the contactless payment limits across Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region as people look for safer ways to pay in the wake of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The initiative is...
