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Montego’s Bay Airport Has a New Look
Jamaica’s biggest air hub has unveiled a major new look, following a large-scale expansion and upgrade project at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. The airport has revealed an expanded immigration hall and departure lounge, upgraded retail space and, […]
Jamaica Eyes New Influx of American Travelers
Jamaica is concluding what is likely to be its best tourism summer in history — and the projections look good for the fall, too. That includes the numbers from the all-important United States market, where Jamaica is now expecting an […]
Frontier Keeps Adding New Flights to Montego Bay, Jamaica
Another week, another new Caribbean route for Frontier Airlines, the ultra-low-cost carrier that is adding new flights to the region faster than any other airline right now. This week, it was Jamaica, which welcomed Frontier’s first-ever nonstop flight between Dallas-Fort […]
“The Best Winter Season Jamaica Has Ever Had”
Jamaica is having its best winter season of all time, according to the island’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett. Jamaica is estimating 1.18 million visitors in the first quarter, a 94.4 percent increase over the same period last year. That represents […]
Southwest Airlines Is Adding a New Flight to Montego Bay, Jamaica
Southwest Airlines is adding a new nonstop route to the tourism hotspot of Montego Bay, Jamaica. The carrier is adding its first-ever flights between Kansas City International Airport in Missouri and Montego Bay. The new flight will kick off on […]
What’s Ahead for Caribbean Real Estate in 2023?
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Since the onset of the pandemic, the Caribbean has been one of the hottest real estate markets in the world. But does the future hold for the market after nearly three years of […]
Spirit Airlines Just Launched a New Nonstop Route to Jamaica
Jamaica is welcoming more new flights than almost any other Caribbean destination. And now it’s welcomed another one. The island added another new route to its broadening air network with Spirit Airlines’ new nonstop service between Hartford, Conn. and Montego […]
Italy-Jamaica Nonstop Flights Are Back
Nonstop air service between Italy and Jamaica is back, according to the Jamaica Tourist Board. The island has welcomed back nonstop flights between Milan’s Malpensa Airport and Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport, with service on Neos Air. The service, which […]
Frontier Airlines Is Adding More New Nonstop Flights to Jamaica
Frontier Airlines is launching another expansion to Montego Bay, Jamaica, Caribbean Journal has learned. The ultra-low-cost carrier has announced plans to add three more nonstop routes from the United States to the Jamaican hotspot in 2023. That includes new service […]
Spirit Is Launching a New Nonstop Route to Montego Bay, Jamaica
Spirit Airlines is launching the only nonstop service between Connecticut and Jamaica, Caribbean Journal has learned. The low-cost carrier is kicking off nonstop service between Hartford’s Bradley International Airport and Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. “Spirit Airlines is excited […]
Jamaica, Cayman Islands Eye Multi-Destination Vacations
A three-day vacation on Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Beach followed by another four days in Ocho Rios or Montego Bay? That’s the thinking behind a new collaboration push by Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The two destinations have kickstarted talks […]
Montego Bay, Jamaica Leading Summer Travel Recovery
Montego Bay, Jamaica is the leading summer “travel recovery city” of 2022, according to a new report from ForwardKeys. The Jamaican tourism hub is seeing major improvement over what was already a strong period for the destination last summer, according […]
Jamaica Moved to Lowest CDC Advisory Level
Jamaica has been moved to the CDC’s lowest CDC travel advisory level. The US-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has downgraded the country to a Level 1 designation; countries with that classification have low cases of Covid-19. “A Level […]
Royal Caribbean Is Returning to Jamaica
Royal Caribbean is set to resume cruise calls to Jamaica beginning in November, tourism officials told Caribbean Journal this week. The island’s cruise industry relaunched this summer, and now Royal Caribbean is planning to make its return to Jamaica after […]
First Cruise Ship Returns to Jamaica
The first cruise ship in Jamaica since the onset of the pandemic called on Ocho Rios this week. Carnival Sunshine’s return to Jamaica marked what officials called a “major step” in the phased reopening of Jamaica’s tourism sector. “We welcome […]
Virgin Atlantic Is Launching a New Route to Jamaica
Virgin Atlantic is expanding its service to the island of Jamaica, with plans for a new route from Manchester in November. Beginning Nov. 6, Virgin Atlantic will operate thrice-weekly flights between Manchester and Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport. The carrier […]
More Than 7,500 New Hotel Rooms in the Pipeline in Jamaica
Jamaica has more than 7,500 new hotel rooms set to come on stream in the next three years, according to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett. To access this content, subscribe now. Caribbean Journal Invest is the leading authority on hotel, real […]
Jamaica’s JAPEX Trade Show Is Going Virtual
JAPEX, Jamaica’s leading tourism trade show, is going virtual this year, the Jamaica Tourist Board announced this week. JAPEX, the Jamaica Product Exchange, will be held virtually from Nov. 9-10, with the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association and the Jamaica […]
New $1 Billion Karisma Hotel Project Breaks Ground in Jamaica
A massive new destination hotel complex by Karisma Hotels and Resorts has officially broken ground in Jamaica. The estimated $1 billion USD multi-hotel Sugarcane Bay Jamaica project is set on 226 acres in Llandovery in Jamaica’s “garden parish” of St […]
Jamaica Looks to Kingston as New Caribbean Entertainment Center
Jamaica is looking to Kingston as it seeks to capitalize on its vast cultural offering. Jamaica’s Ministry of Tourism is looking toward developing the island’s unique cultural events into full-fledged tourism products, and Kingston is the centerpiece of the plan. […]
AC Hotel Officially Opens in Jamaica
By the Caribbean Journal staff The first-ever AC Hotel in Jamaica has officially opened its doors in the heart of Kingston. Marriott’s design-focused boutique hotel brand has launched its new outpost in Kingston, a 219-room hotel that becomes the second […]
A New Jamaica All-Inclusive Opens Its Doors
By the Caribbean Journal staff The highly-anticipated Excellence Oyster Bay has officially opened in Jamaica. The new adults-only addition to Jamaica’s buzzing north coast is the first Excellence-branded resort in the English-speaking Caribbean. The $110 million adults-only project, which held […]
Jamaica Offers Rescued Thai Soccer Team a Vacation
By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government will be inviting the 12 boys from a youth soccer team in Thailand and their coach, who were saved in a high-profile rescue from a flooded cave, on vacation. The country is offering […]
Jamaica’s Big Plans for the Cruise Industry
BY GUY BRITTON It’s a booming industry in the Caribbean, and cruising shows no signs of slowing down. That’s particularly true in Jamaica, which has spent significant resources in recent years in an effort to improve its standing as a […]
Jamaica Plans New Artisan Village in Famouth
The government of Jamaica is planning to spend just over $7.8 million to develop the old Hampden wharf in Falmouth, Trelawny into an artisan village. The village will feature 300 shops where crafts and other indigenous products will be produced […]
First COPA Flight Arrives in Montego Bay
By the Caribbean Journal staff The first direct commercial flight by COPA Airways to Jamaica arrived in Montego Bay this weekend, bringing approximately 150 passengers from Panama’s Tocumen International Airport. The flight is part of a new twice-weekly service between […]
Interview with Gordon “Butch” Stewart
Above: Gordon “Butch” Stewart (Photo: CJ) By Alexander Britell Gordon “Butch” Stewart is one of Jamaica’s leading businessmen and a pioneer in the hospitality industry. Stewart is the chairman or owner of more than a dozen companies, including Sandals, Beaches […]
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