capacity
News

Barbados Is the Caribbean Island for People Who Love to Explore, With Rum Shops, Fish Cakes and Atlantic Coast Road Trips

beach town with bridge

Barbados rewards the Caribbean traveler who wants to get out and explore, with three very different hotel bases, a remarkable food scene, centuries of rum history and an island made for getting in the car and seeing what you find. Sandals Barbados gives you the full-service all-inclusive experience on the South Coast; The Rockley puts […]

capacity

JetBlue Traffic Rises 13.3 Percent

By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue Airways reported a 13.3 percent increase in September, according to newly-released data. That was joined by a capacity of increase of 13.1 percent over September 2014. Load factor in the same period was 81.1 percent, up just 0.2 percent year over year, with on-time performance at 80 percent. The […]

capacity

How Much Can Jamaica Grow?

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor THE PLANNING Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is targeting real GDP growth of three percent in the fiscal year 2015/16. This is against the previously targeted 1.5 to two percent, under the current IMF agreement. I have long indicated that Jamaica has the capacity to grow at rates of between three to […]