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Jamaica Looking to Grow Tourism from United Kingdom, Ireland
Jamaica is planning a major push to increase its market share in the United Kingdom and Ireland, according to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett. The island received about 229,000 visitors from the United Kingdom last year. By 2025, Jamaica is looking […]
St Kitts and Nevis to Sign Tax Information Agreements With Ireland, South Africa
Above: Basseterre (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis will be signing tax information exchange agreements with Ireland and South Africa following approval by Cabinet, the government announced. In a post-cabinet briefing, St Kitts Information Minister […]
The Biggest St Patrick’s Festival in the Caribbean Is on This Island
There’s only one country outside of Ireland that celebrates St Patrick’s Day: the Caribbean island of Montserrat, which has a deep Irish heritage thanks to a wave of immigration from the Emerald Isle beginning in the 17th century. Today, the […]
The Caribbean’s Most Interesting Rum Is In Grenada
GRENADA — Can a rum have a terroir? It’s a question we’ve been answering in the affirmative for years, focused on the artisanal rummaking of the French West Indies, where the connection between rum and the soil of the sugarcane […]
Cayman Islands Tourism Is Sizzling
The Cayman Islands is well on track to surpassing the successful tourism numbers it annually received before 2019 when COVID knocked the global travel industry on its back. The Cayman Islands welcomed 1,027,668 visitors in 2022 with 743,394 cruise passengers […]
ASTA: CDC’s Return Test Requirement Is “Chilling” Caribbean Travel
You’re on a Caribbean trip, you’re fully vaccinated or boosted, and yet, much of the last day of your vacation is spent trying to take a Covid test just to be able to return home. Right now, the US CDC […]
Aer Lingus Is Launching New Flights to Barbados
Ireland’s Aer Lingus is launching a new nonstop route to the island of Barbados, Caribbean Journal has learned. The carrier will be operating a new route from Manchester, UK to Barbados beginning Oct. 20, subject to government approvals. The […]
How Coronavirus Is Affecting American Airlines in the Caribbean
American Airlines has announced a series of changes to its schedule in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Crucially, though, the carrier said it would “continue” its short-haul flights to the Caribbean, with the suspension of just a few […]
Caribbean Photo of the Week: On the Beach in Montserrat
By the Caribbean Journal staff The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Maria Keegan, who sent in this beautiful shot of Woodlands Beach on the island of Montserrat, the “Emerald Isle” of the Caribbean (Keegan herself is a […]
Caribbean’s Biggest Travel Conference Set for San Juan
By Alexander Britell The Caribbean’s biggest travel conference is set for San Juan. The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace conference is being held next week at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan. In what is […]
Tourico’s Major New Travel Partnership
Travel Company Tourico Holidays, one of the world’s fastest-growing wholesale travel brokerages, has announced a major new partnership with UK-based online travel agency Loveholidays. Tourico has more than 1,000 hotels contracted in the Caribbean, where it has reported significant increases […]
This 600-Mile Offshore Race Circles 11 Islands in the Caribbean
It’s one of the greatest races in the hemisphere: the RORC Caribbean 600. It’s a 600-mile race that starts and finishes in Antigua and circles 11 Caribbean islands in between. This year’s race, which is organized by the Royal Ocean […]
Surge in Buyer Interest for Caribbean Travel Marketplace
The Caribbean’s leading travel conference is seeing a surge in buyer interest this year, according to the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association. The CHTA’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace begins Tuesday, with 15 new buyers from almost 12 countries having registered to […]
Brexit and the Caribbean
Examining the Brexit’s impact on the Caribbean By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Is Britain Working to Unbalance Europe? It is all moving so fast in the United Kingdom one can barely keep up. Many adjusted their schedules so as […]
A New Chef in Turks and Caicos
There’s a new chef in Providenciales. Turks and Caicos’ Blue Haven Resort and Marina has named French Chef Laurent Ajas as the new executive chef at its signature Fire & Ice restaurant. Ajas has worked at restaurants around the world, […]
Jamaica’s Trailblazing Tourism Growth in 2015
By Renese Johnson Op-Ed Contributor It’s been very exciting to see the record-breaking tourism growth that has taken place in Jamaica. According to the Minister of Tourism, Dr Wykeham McNeill, visitation for the first nine months in 2015 has exceeded that […]
SLS Lux Baha Mar Names GM
Above: a rendering of the planned SLS Lux Baha Mar By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The SLS LUX Baha Mar hotel has announced the appointment of Xavier Moulin as General Manager and Julian Cable-Treadwell as Director of Sales & Marketing. […]
The Caribbean’s Best Sports Bars
It’s Super Bowl weekend, meaning that you need somewhere to watch the big game in the Caribbean. You’ll need a proper sports bar, one with the special qualities required for a game of this magnitude. We’re not talking simply about […]
Haiti, Jamaica Tied in Latest FIFA World Football Rankings
Above: the Reggae Boyz By the Caribbean Journal staff After months of constant leapfrogging, Haiti and Jamaica are now tied in the race to be the Caribbean’s top-ranked side, according to the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. Haiti’s Les Grenadiers and […]
CHTA Says Activity Increased at 2013 Caribbean Travel Marketplace
Above: the Grotto Pool at the Atlantis resort By the Caribbean Journal staff This year’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace showed increased activity and interest, according to the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association. This year’s event, held at the Atlantis resort in […]
Haiti’s Martelly Meets With Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly met this weekend with Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla on the sidelines of the EU-CELAC Summit in Chile. The […]
EFM Hospitality’s John Murphy on Tobago, Haiti and Caribbean Tourism
Above: the Magdalena Grand Beach Resort By Alexander Britell PARADISE ISLAND — The Caribbean tourism sector is starting to rebound — with improved hotel occupancy and arrivals, despite increased competition from markets around the world. EFM Hospitality Solutions has been […]
Op-Ed: A Diaspora Policy for St Lucia
By Bertram Leon Op-Ed Contributor OVER THE PAST DECADE, we have been witnessing a growing number of countries becoming interested in revisiting, refreshing and rebuilding relations with their overseas populations. A contemporary subject of public policy, referred to as […]
Barbados Seeking to Be Rebanded Within British Air Passenger Duty
Above: a British Airways Flight By the Caribbean Journal staff The fight for a “fairer” British Air Passenger Duty, a levy on flights originating in the United Kingdom based on their destination, will continue until a resolution is found, according […]
Op-Ed: Kingston, Washington and the Way Forward for Jamaica
By David P Rowe Op-Ed Contributor The first priority for Jamaica’s Portia Simpson-Miller administration should be to consolidate and improve its bilateral relationship with the United States. It should be made clear at the highest levels that Jamaica intends to […]
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