The following protocols, regarding sanitation and other procedures towards preventing the spread of Coronavirus. At this time, the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOH) has reported that there are now eight (12) confirmed cases of the...
Many multiple-repeat tourists to Jamaica are pleading with their fellow nationals to stay away from the island not because of fear of being infected with the COVID-19 virus during their visit, but for fear that more tourists will inadvertently...
The Coronavirus has masseuse operating in spas in the island’s hotels in panic mode. Madge*, a 15-year veteran in the profession, cannot recall being this scared since entering the flourishing tourism sector. However, owing to the fact that she...
The Ministry of Tourism and the St Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA), recognising the challenging environment of the travel and tourism industry, convened with the board of directors of the St Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association (SLHTA) on Friday...
W anda Vázquez Garced, governor of Puerto Rico, signed into effect Executive Order 2020- 023, which seeks to contain and manage the impact of COVID-19 in Puerto Rico. What follows is a guide on the applicability of the Executive Order on specific...
The Bahamas Ministry of Health is working closely with all pertinent Government agencies throughout the destination to execute the Bahamas National Preparedness and Response Plan for COVID-19. At this time, there is one confirmed case of...
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is advising stakeholders of the postponement of the 10th Tourism Resources Conference, which was scheduled to take place in May. The new date for the event, being organised in collaboration with the Nevis...
On March 14, citing the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring COVID-19 a pandemic, the government of the Virgin Islands announced the immediate closure of the Tortola cruise port, allowing no cruise ships to call on the territory for a 30-day...
Sandals South Coast has always enjoyed a great relationship with local stakeholders, business and community interests, and is constantly highlighting the numerous offerings attractive to the local clientele. This was even clearer at an Open House...
Destination Jamaica took centre stage on the popular New York morning show ‘Good Day New York’ on WNYW, the flagship station of the Fox television network. In a segment on March 3, with co-hosts Lori Stokes and Rosanna Scotto, the Jamaica...
It was billed as a weekend of music, “a musical weekend like no other”, and in a significant way, Kingston Creative outdid itself. It delivered. On Friday, February 21, the ‘Kingston Creative Meet-up’ focused on the ‘Migration of the Music’ inside...
Raymond Kirlew and his wife, Grace, are two of the most hospitable people I know. I met them years ago when I went to their home in Discovery Bay, St Ann, to interview them about a ‘cave’ that some workmen had discovered in their backyard....
With the downturn in tourist arrivals to Jamaica due to the global COVID-19 virus outbreak, the tourism industry’s subsectors are pondering what the rest of the year might bring for them and their respective businesses, as they prepare for the...
Public health is a matter for governments. It is an issue which requires populations to trust those who are delivering solutions. It is a matter about which industries, no matter how economically significant, cannot immediately do much, other than...
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has announced that registration for the historical and highly anticipated Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme will begin on March 27, 2020. The landmark Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme is designed to cover all workers...
Twenty-five finalists are set to contend for the major award of national champions in the Tourism Service Excellence Awards (TSEA) comes March 14. The announcement of the 2019 finalists took place last week at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston...
The 2020 Jamaica Rum Festival, which took place on the grounds of Hope Gardens on Saturday, February 29 and Sunday, March 1, was a bumper affair. Two days of a packed venue it was, and to me it was bigger than the first staging last year. I...
Liquors are a major part of the tourist and hospitality industries. They are inseparable. Industry workers such as hosts, bartenders and bar supervisors, and beverage managers then must have a comprehensive knowledge of those alcoholic staples....
Currently the director of the Tourism Linkages Network at the Tourism Enhancement Fund, Carolyn McDonald-Riley is a Jamaican national, and brings with her many years of experience in the public and private sectors. She has been tasked by the...
Living in Montego Bay with her son Kimani Brown, who had just started high school, Michelle Tulloch found herself interacting with youths, whose views of the tourism sector was unflattering. Tulloch said she could not help herself, having worked...
It is now a popular exercise worldwide for persons trying to find their ancestors; however, the community of Woodside in St Mary will tell you it does not need ancestry.com. “For data on their ancestors, there exists a Wall of Honour, providing a...
Huddled in the undercroft of the Rio Nuevo Great House, their eyes laser-focused on the needle and cloth in hand, women gather for the Bonny Gate Women’s Group needlecraft training session. The original goal was to train 60 women from Bonny Gate,...
Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) brought the unique spirit of Jamaica to a packed ice arena in Toronto, Ontario, at a nail-biting hockey game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Arizona Coyotes in February. As the title sponsor, Destination Jamaica...
In what is considered the biggest tourism investment locally, ground was broken last Friday in Llandovery, St Ann, for the construction of the Sugarcane Bay Hotel, a US$1-billion project, which is expected to build 4,700 rooms over a 10-year period...
