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Carnival Just Made Its First Post-Melissa Cruise Call to Jamaica

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Carnival Cruise Line made its first official call to Ocho Rios on Wednesday as Carnival Sunrise arrived in port, marking the resumption of cruise visits to Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa. Local officials and community partners greeted the ship as operations continued to stabilize across the north coast — with cruise guests officially returning to the […]

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Grenada Sees Surge in Tourist Arrivals

Above: the Sandals LaSource Grenada Resort (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Tourism to Grenada is surging, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. Tourism stopover arrivals to the island increased by 18.6 percent in the first half of 2014, compared to the first six months of 2013, according to the CTO […]

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Caribbean Journal Wins Media Award From Caribbean Tourism Organization

Above: St Vincent and the Grenadines (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean Journal has won the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s annual award for Best Online Feature. Caribbean Journal Editor-in-Chief Alexander Britell took home the “Virtual Visitor” award for his feature on independence weekend in Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines. It marked the second […]

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Martinique: Strong Tourism Growth in First Quarter of 2014

Above: Martinique (Caribbean Journal photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Martinique is reporting strong growth in tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2014. The French Caribbean department received 159,253 tourist stopover arrivals in the first three months of 2014, a 5.1 percent improvement over the first quarter of 2013, according to new data released […]

Caribbean Journal Wins Media Award From Caribbean Tourism Organization

 Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis topped 100,000 visitors in 2013, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The twin-island federation recorded a total of 100,997 stopover visitors in 2013, which represented an increase of 3.2 percent over the previous year. The growth was buoyed by […]

Does the Tourism Industry Get the Attention it Deserves in the Caribbean?

By the Caribbean Journal staff In spite of tourism’s massive contribution to the Gross Domestic Product of the Caribbean, it “does not get the priority attention it deserves” in the Caribbean, according to US Virgin Islands Tourism Commissioner and Caribbean Tourism Organization Chairman Beverly Nicholson-Doty. The Commissioner, who was speaking to a group of Caribbean […]

Caribbean Tourism Organization Concludes Tour of Eastern Caribbean

 Above: St Vincent By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Tourism Organization’s leadership has concluded a tour of four member countries. A CTO delegation including Chairman Beverly Nicholson-Doty, Secretary General Hugh Riley and Director of Membership Services Faye Gill, met with tourism officials in Montserrat, Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Among […]

The Caribbean on Display in New York

Above: Dominica’s “Know Your Culture” dance company on Saturday (Photo: CTO) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean is on full display in New York City this week for the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s annual Caribbean Week. From Anguilla to Trinidad, Caribbean nations have brought political and tourism officials to New York for a full-on marketing […]

Caribbean Tourism Organization's Aviation Committee Holds First Meeting

Above: a LIAT plane in Antigua By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Tourism Organization will be leading a mission in 2013 to meet with top ministerial officials and technical personnel in the region to find ways to improve intra-regional air links in the Caribbean, the CTO announced in a statement. The mission is one […]

CTO Eyes Caribbean as Most Desirable Warm Weather Destination by 2017

Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Tourism Organization, which concluded its State of the Industry conference last week in St Kitts, has big plans for the region: to make the Caribbean the “most desirable, year-round, warm-weather destination by 2017.” That was the vision approved by the CTO’s Board of Directors […]

Caribbean Tourism Organization Names New Aviation Committee

Above: a British Airways plane (Photo: British Airways) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Tourism Organization has announced what it is calling a “highly-focused” CTO Aviation Committee aimed at facilitating air transportation into and throughout the Caribbean region. The move was first hinted at by incoming CTO Chairman Beverly Nicholson-Doty at the CTO’s State […]

Caribbean Tourism Organization Launching Airline Task Force

Above: a British Airways flight (Photo: BA) By Alexander Britell ST KITTS — The Caribbean Tourism Organization will be launching a task force on the question of airlift in the region, new Chairman Beverly Nicholson-Doty announced Friday. The task force, whose membership will be revealed within the next few weeks, will be officially created in […]