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Norwegian Cruise Line’s Newest Hire

Norwegian Cruise Line has announced the hire of a new senior vice president for sales. The company has tapped Camille Olivere to the role, who comes to the cruise giant after most recently serving as senior vice president of partner […]

A New $1.5 Billion Dominican Republic Resort Project: Puntarena

A new tourism hub in the Dominican Republic? By Alexander Britell CJ Editor in Chief A major new tourism development has launched in the southern region of the Dominican Republic. It’s called Puntarena, and the $1.5 billion project is the […]

Boeing Names New Top Sales Executive

Global aerospace power Boeing has named a new top executive for sales and marketing. The carrier has appointed Ihssane Mounir as its new vice president of sales and marketing for commercial airplanes, succeeding John Wojick, who is retiring after 36 […]

Royal Caribbean’s Adam Goldstein to Chair FCCA

Royal Caribbean Cruises President and COO Adam Goldstein has been named the new chairman of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association. The new appointment, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2017, was announced during this year’s FCCA Cruise Conference and Trade Show […]

Caribbean’s Biggest Cruise Conference Begins in Puerto Rico

The largest cruise conference in the Caribbean launches this week in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association Cruise Conference and Trade Show is a four-day event that will bring together more than 1,000 cruise tourism stakeholders and 100 […]

American Airlines’ Newest Hire

American Airlines has named Alison Taylor its new senior vice president for global sales, the carrier announced this week. Taylor will be joining American from Starwood Hotels and Resorts, where she had been serving in a similar role. “Alison has […]

Grenada Tourism Has a New Marketing Manager

The Grenada Tourism Authority has named a new marketing manager: Francine Stewart. Stewart’s role will include interaction with key private and public sector partners, the execution of all marketing programs, and the management of marketing expenditure, the GTA said in […]

Margaritaville’s Newest Hire

Margaritaville Holdings LLC has named Andrew Steel as the company’s new director of development. In the new role, Steel will focus on cultivating new partnerships that support the Margaritaville brand’s ongoing international expansion. “We are very pleased to welcome Andrew to […]

A New Hire at the Four Seasons Nevis

A new addition to Nevis’ top hotel By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The Four Seasons Resort Nevis has announced its appointment of Jamar K. Wilkins as Travel Industry Sales Manager. Wilkins will work with the resort’s key travel agency partners […]

Belize Has Big Internet Plans

Local IXP Seen as the Launch Pad for Developing Local Technical Capacity in Belize By Gerard Best CJ Contributor HAVANA —Errol Cattouse is a man on a mission. He’s the Chief Operating Officer of Centaur Cable and the newly appointed […]

In Curaçao, Promoting Caribbean Internet Development

Major Internet society to hold third peering form in the Caribbean By Gerard Best CJ Contributor WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao—The third Caribbean Peering and Interconnection Forum will be on June 7, 2017 and the Internet community is already looking forward to it. […]

Barbados Tourism Continues Strong Growth

By Alexander Britell Barbados continues to see strong tourism growth, according to the latest numbers released by Barbados Tourism Marketing. The island reported 184,177 visitors in the first quarter of 2016, up 7.4 percent compared to the first three months […]

Martinique in the Greater Caribbean

By Sébastien Perrot-Minnot CJ Contributor “A little bit of France nestled in the heart of the Caribbean,” as the local tourism committee announces, Martinique may seem modest in size: it covers an area of about 1,100 km². However, it is […]

This Playa Del Carmen Hotel’s Newest Hire

The Mahekal Beach Resort on the Riviera Maya has named Marina Colunga its new director of sales and marketing. The property, which recently completed a major transformation project, has tapped Colunga after having most recently served as market director of […]

A New Hire at Playa Hotels

Playa Hotels and Resorts has announced a new hire. The company has named Hugh Goodwin its new director of tour operator sales. Goodwin will be responsible for “establishing new relationships with tour operators and continuing to build upon Playa’s strong […]

JetBlue Just Launched a Venture Capital Firm

Since its launch, JetBlue has always been among the more creative aviation companies — and now it’s upping the ante. JetBlue has announced the launch of Silicon Valley-based JetBlue Technology Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary that will invest in, incubate and […]

Op-Ed: De-Risking the Caribbean

De-risking: Between Rock and Hard Place in the Caribbean By Andrew Enriquez Op-Ed Contributor The correspondent banking system in Latin America and the Caribbean has recently been facing increasing pressure, so much so that institutions like the World Bank and the Financial Action Task Force […]

Expedia Just Held the Year’s Most Important Travel Conference

Talking Travel at the Expedia Partnership Conference By Guy Britton LAS VEGAS — Captain Obvious, the Trivago Guy and the Travelocity Gnome welcomed 3,500 delegates from over 60 countries attending this year’s Expedia Partner Conference in Las Vegas December 9-10 […]

Talking Caribbean Tech in Belize

By Gerard Best CJ Contributor A full line-up of international tech experts will gather in Belize from Nov. 2 to 6, when the capital city plays host to a historic regional ICT development conference. Among the expert facilitators will be Bevil Wooding, a Founder and a Director of the […]

What the Caribbean Needs for Good Governance

A new approach By Ryan Peterson CJ Contributor ‎”Sitting on a beach, suddenly I feel a breeze, staring at the horizon far across the seas. Storming ahead across the ocean, swiftly I bare my sails, steering clear from commotion” -LK […]

The World Bank Has a New Country Manager in Jamaica

New appointee for the World Bank By the Caribbean Journal staff The World Bank has named Galina Sotirova its new country manager for Jamaica, the organization announced. Sotirova, who assumed duties July 1, has now moved to Kingston to begin […]

How Do You Define Caribbean Luxury?

What does luxury mean in the Caribbean? Is it tranquility? Is it sheer beauty? Is it service? What does luxury mean in the new travel era? Is there such thing as “Caribbean” luxury? To find out, we talked to some of […]

A New Hire at Carnival’s Fathom Brand

“Social-impact” brand adds another executive By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Fathom, Carnival Cruise Line’s new “social-impact” cruise brand, has appointed cruise industry veteran Michelle Sutter as a senior sales leader. Sutter will take on responsibilities of marketing and business development […]

American Airlines Hails Opening of New US, Cuba Embassies

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor American Airlines welcomed the reopening of United States and Cuban embassies in Havana and Washington in a statement on Monday. American’s Chairman and CEO Doug Parker said the move was an “important step toward building new commercial […]

St Kitts and Nevis Courts Tourism Investors in Europe

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Brantley met with potential investors in London last week to discuss investment high-end tourism development, hospitality services and manufacturing. Brantley said the trip was part of his new administration’s […]

Barbados Looking to Deepen Trade With Colombia, Africa

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Barbados is looking to deepen its trade relationships with Colombia and with countries in the African continent. The country will be sending a 15-member joint public-private sector mission to Colombia led by Minister of Industry, […]

Human Rights on a Caribbean Island

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor This is what many highly educated and intelligent Jamaicans believe: Buju Banton was set-upon by wicked gays who engineered his lock-up by the USA. Even more of the less intelligent and less educated also […]

Netflix, Google Joining Caribbean Internet Providers for Historic Meeting

Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) By Gerard Best CJ Contributor If you live in the Caribbean, you don’t need to be a computer expert to know that the region’s Internet services need to improve. If your connection falters so often that […]

American Airlines Will Soon Fly Nonstop to the Dominican Republic’s Top Resort