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Sandals Is Opening a Beaches All-Inclusive Resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines

Sandals is opening a new Beaches resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean Journal has learned. Sandals and Beaches Executive Chairman Adam Stewart made the revelation during the Skift Global Forum this week. The new resort is a 360-room all-inclusive development planned for Mount Wynne Beach on the western coast of St Vincent – […]

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A New Luxury Resort Is Coming to Jamaica

A major new luxury all-inclusive resort is coming to Jamaica this year. Royalton Luxury Resorts’ newest property on the island, Royalton Blue Waters, is slated to debut on the shores of White Bay near Montego Bay in November. The 228-room all-inclusive hotel will include unlimited, reservation-free dining, 11 restaurants and bars and a choice of […]

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Jamaica Looks to Reform Real Estate Sector

The government of Jamaica is leading a push to reform the institutional structures relating to housing and to implement upgraded legislation for the operation and development of the real estate sector. During his keynote presentation at the Jamaica Mortgage Bank’s 45th Anniversary Housing Seminar, Minister of Water and Housing Horace Chang said the aim of […]

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Jamaica Hotel Association Names New President

Jamaica’s top hotel association has a new president. The Jamaica Hotel and Tourism Association has named Omar Robinson its newest president. Robinson was elected by members of the association following the group’s 55th Annual General Meeting at the Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in Ocho Rios. “I look forward to continuing the mandate of the JHTA, […]

Jamaica Looks to Reform Real Estate Sector

AS I listened to the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s recent review of the Jamaican economy, I thought to myself that we have become a nation that is too used to mediocrity. The PIOJ estimated that the Jamaican economy grew by 0.9 per cent for the fiscal year just ended, and in the current fiscal year it […]

Jamaica’s Growth Agenda

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor Jamaica’s government has placed growth at the front of its priorities. Since political independence, in 1962, we have only seen growth of any significance in the period 1962 to 1972, and then about three years in the 1980s. So the focus on growth is definitely what is needed if we […]

Ultra-Fast Internet Could Be Coming to Jamaica

Will Jamaica soon to be home to ultra-fast Internet? That’s the plan by Digicel Group and Huawei Technologies, which recently tested a new technology known as XG-PON on their new fiber network which delivers speeds up to 10,000 Mbps. XG-PON, which stands for 10Gpbs Passive Optical Network, creates speeds never before seen in the Caribbean […]

Jamaica to Create Technology Innovation Fund

Will Jamaica become Silicon Beach? That’s the plan by the country’s government, which is creating a new “Technology Innovation Fund.” According to Minister of Energy, Science and Technology, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, the plan is to make Jamaica the Caribbean’s leading producer of technology. The fund will provide for the “sustainable financing” of technology based and […]

What Are Jamaica’s Development Goals?

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor Last year I had set a goal to ride 7,500 miles on the bicycle, which I achieved. Discussing it with another cyclist, I was asked if that was my ultimate objective and if I would be increasing it this year (2016), to which my response was no because the real […]

Why to Buy Jamaican

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor As Jamaica pursues our eternal search for economic development, one focus has been on the need for us to purchase local goods and services in preference to imports. The reasoning behind this seems logical, as it should mean that the balance of payments should improve, and this should mean a stable […]

A Legendary Jamaican Restaurant Is Back

It’s one of the most legendary restaurants in the Caribbean: the historic Sugar Mill at Jamaica’s Half Moon Resort. And now it’s back, after closing for a long-term renovation. “The Sugar Mill Restaurant is a well-known and favoured fine dining experience in Jamaica,” said Sandro Fabris, general manager of Half Moon. “The upgrades to the […]

Why This is the Center of the Caribbean Slow Food Movement

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor There are many reasons to take your time and go slowly when you visit Grand Cayman – a frosty Mudslide at Rum Point and the warm sands of Seven-Mile Beach among them. And now there’s another: The Slow Food movement, which encourages preservation of local cuisine and farming, took […]