Climate change is an issue on which the Caribbean’s tourism industry has every reason to be vocal. In 2016, the world agreed to work collectively towards ensuring that global temperatures do not rise to more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels...
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) was named ‘Tourist Board of the Year’ at Travel Pulse Canada’s Readers’ Choice Awards gala for the second year in a row. Angella Bennett, JTB’s regional director for Canada, along with her team, was on hand to accept...
American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr once said, “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music …” Perhaps no one embodies this belief more than Judine...
Jamaica Inn hosted its first Paint and Sip fund-raising event on Wednesday, July 17, in support of the White River Fish Sanctuary (WRFS). The Jamaica Inn Foundation, in partnership with the WRFS, is heavily involved with preserving local marine...
Jamaican ganja took its official place at Reggae Sumfest with Canna Corner, a designated area attracting thousands of visitors, both local and international, even the police, an indication that the demand for ganja-infused tourism experiences...
The Board of Directors of Half Moon, one of the Caribbean’s most iconic resort destinations, has announced the appointment of Shernette Crichton as the resort’s new general manager. Crichton, who is the first woman to hold the position, served as...
Readers of one of the world’s leading travel magazines, the influential Travel + Leisure (T+L) magazine in its 2019 World’s Best Awards, have ranked Jamaica’s Tensing Pen and Round Hill Hotel and Villas among the top 100 hotels in the world....
St Maarten Hotel Association executive Wyb Meijer, Aruban guest experience supervisor Berlinda Engelhardt, and Puerto Rican security supervisor Luis de Jesus were named among three Caribbean tourism industry stakeholders who have exemplified...
The chance of winning an all-expense paid vacation to Jamaica for Reggae Sumfest 2019 was the hope shared among entrants in the Red Stripe International sweepstakes competition. The beer manufacturer has continued to entice its foreign markets by...
Alao Luqman is a Nigerian artisan and cultural diplomat who has been teaching a variety of art, including ‘chasing and repoussé ’, to Jamaicans since 2017. Chasing and repoussé is a centuries-old technique of etching images and objects in metals...
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme will be a landmark plan for tourism social legislation in the world, as it will be the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive pension plan for all the workers of the...
I was enjoying the ambience at the recent Boston Jerk Festival, sipping on cane juice, munching on ‘salt fish flittas’ made by Syble Watson, who lives in the area, and watching the clowns making a fool of themselves, when I heard a man loudly...
One of Jamaica’s major manufacturers of hospitality and tourism supplies is singing the praises of hotels which have, over the years, made it a standard operational policy to purchase goods, both edible and non-edibles, that are made in Jamaica....
The voters have spoken ... and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) was named ‘Favourite Tourist Board – Caribbean’ at Baxter Travel Media’s annual Agents’ Choice Awards Gala last month. More than 6,500 Canadian travel agents cast their ballots,...
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) joined the Caribbean-American Heritage Month celebrations, as a premium sponsor of the popular Caribbean305 event. Presented by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Caribbean305 is an annual event...
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) joined the Caribbean-American Heritage Month celebrations, as a premium sponsor of the popular Caribbean305 event. Presented by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, Caribbean305 is an annual event that...
As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure and it’s a thought come true for approximately 25 members of the Whitehouse and Bluefields communities who participated in an Upcycling Workshop at the Whitehouse Community Centre...
This November, American Airlines continues to strengthen its presence in Jamaica with the launch of a new service between Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay (MBJ)and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York (JFK). Starting on...
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has announced that the parish of Clarendon will be a beneficiary of the tourism ministry’s reimagining exercise aimed at transforming areas of the parish into an ecologically friendly tourist hotspot for locals and...
Celebrated music producer Chris Blackwell, has received the Association’s ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’. Blackwell shared the spotlight with Kingston-based hotelier Christopher Jarrett, Island Route’s and Sandals Resorts International’s Wayne...
Perry’s Man ufacturing Company copped the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association’s Purveyor of the Year award title for 2018, a first for a non-food-producing entity in a long time. The JHTA award, though, was the third for the company, which...
Leading tourism stakeholders from The Bahamas, St Lucia, and Jamaica took top honours at the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s annual Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF) awards celebration last week at the Hyatt Regency...
Kingston is a hub for business travellers seeking to participate in the commercial and cultural activities offered in major cities in the Caribbean. Its regional importance has also contributed to its reputation as a key location for business...
It was a warm Sunday evening when Hospitality Jamaica arrived on the cusp of twilight. Sizzling Latin music blared. A few people were at the bar. Someone was being served an original strawberry daiquiri. The scent of Cuban tobacco wafted through...
