The Curacao Tourism Development Foundation has named a new regional manager for North America, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The island’s top tourism agency has tapped Jacqueline Sybrandy-Held to the role, effective immediately.  Sybrandy-Held will oversee development and implementation of sales […]

GEMS Holdings, the hospitality company behind the world-renowned Secret Bay resort in Dominica, is launching a new hospitality school.  The school, part of a broader philanthropic initiative, will help young people in Dominica “gain practical skills in various aspects of […]

Ensuring the resilience of small tourism businesses is essential to the Caribbean’s recovery, according to the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association.  “The challenges to post-disaster business continuity of STEs in the Caribbean are many and varied,” said Nicola Madden-Greig, Jamaican […]

St Maarten is making it easier for vaccinated travelers to visit the island.  Beginning Aug. 1, the destination’s Electronic Health Authorization Service, an online registration portal, will give immediate pre-approval for vaccinated travelers once they completely fill out their forms.  […]