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25 City Hotels Where You Can Experience the Caribbean Beyond the Beach

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You sense it the second you step off the waterfront and into the pulse of the street, when the Caribbean shifts from its familiar coastline to a routine built on markets, galleries, rum shops, town squares and cultural crossroads. The region’s cities hold an entirely different kind of escape, one shaped by history and architecture, […]

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Hilton Names New Chief Marketing Officer

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Hilton, which has been rapidly expanding its footprint in the Caribbean, has announced the appointment of a new chief marketing officer. The company has tapped Kelly Smith Kenny as its new senior vice president and CMO, effective Jan. 29. In the role, Kenny will oversee the entire enterprise marketing strategy […]

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Grenada Tourism Has a New Marketing Manager

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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 a statement. “Marketing Grenada as a destination is huge responsibility and I am honoured to […]

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Jamaica’s Half Moon Names New Director of Marketing

By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Half Moon Resort has named a new top marketing executive. General Manager Sandro Fabris has announced the appointment of director of sales Sharon Logan to the role. Logan has served as director of sales for the resort for the past three years. The move follows Half Moon’s announcement that […]


Grenada Tourism Has a New Marketing Manager

Barbados is seeing a renewed tourism boom. The island known for rum, culture and refined luxury reported record arrivals in the first half, and has even bigger plans ahead. To learn more about the country’s tourism priorities, Caribbean Journal caught up with Petra Roach, director for the US market at Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. What […]

Barbados Tourism Marketing Names Three New Hires

Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. has named three new team members. The gh res are led by a new digital marketing and social media manager, Gabriel Isaie. Above: Gabriel Isaie BTMI has also hired two new members in its finance department, naming Michelle Moore its new director of […]

Royal Caribbean Names New Chief Marketing Officer

New top marketer By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Royal Caribbean International has appointed Jim Berra as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Berra will take on responsibilities of the cruise line’s marketing program, brand strategy, consumer and trade advertising, research and communications, the company said in a statement. “We are delighted to have Jim join our […]

Barbados Breaks Tourism Record

Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados tourism broke a 25-year record in the first quarter of 2015, according to the Barbados Tourism Marketing, Inc. The island received 171,471 stayover arrivals in the first quarter, a 15.1 percent increase over the first quarter last year, the highest performance of any comparative period […]

St Lucia Looks to Diaspora to Market Tourism Industry

Above: St Lucia (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia is looking to strengthen ties with its diaspora community to boost the country’s tourism sector. The St Lucia Tourist Board has launched a new programme called “Se San Nou,” ours, designed to boost ties with St Lucians abroad. The goal is to tap […]

Sandals Expanding Grenada Operations

Above: Sandals and Grenadian officials this week By the Caribbean Journal staff Sandals is expanding its footprint in Grenada. The company announced Thursday the “imminent” establishment of a new sales and marketing centre for Sandals Resorts International and a new conference centre on the island. The investment in both projects will total more than $1.6 […]

Antigua and Barbuda Names New Tourism Marketing Team

Above: the Galley Bay resort in Antigua By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda has named a new marketing team for the country’s Tourism Authority. The country’s Minister of Tourism, Economic Development Investment and Energy, Asot Michael, has announced the appointment of Marie Walker and Jean-Marc Flambert as the country’s new vice presidents for […]

Barbados Tourism Marketing Names New Chief Executive Officer

Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The newly-formed Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc has named William Griffith its new chief executive officer. The BTMI is one of two newly-created divisions of tourism, along with the Barbados Tourism Product Authority. Griffith, who commenced his role Oct. 13, most recently served as the Bermuda Department […]