JCTI — Holding the tourism community together

JCTI — Holding the tourism community together

WHEN the novel coronavirus began to ravage the country’s tourism sector last March the Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI), one of the State entities responsible for ensuring that there is a steady supply of skilled workers in the sector, found itself with a...
Jamaica shines at World Travel Awards

Jamaica shines at World Travel Awards

Jamaica emerged as a multiple winner at the World Travel Awards, picking up trophies for ‘Caribbean’s Leading Destination’, ‘Caribbean’s Leading Cruise Destination’ and ‘Caribbean’s Leading Tourist Board’. World Travel Awards is the leading authority that...
Jobs coming as Royal Caribbean returns to Jamaica

Jobs coming as Royal Caribbean returns to Jamaica

Royal Caribbean International, which will resume limited calls to the country in November, is hoping it will be able to provide Jamaicans with thousands of jobs. The senior leadership team of the second largest cruise line in the world informed Tourism Minister Edmund...
Safety first!

Safety first!

For many Jamaicans the country’s tourism resilient corridors are nothing more than mysterious places where visitors to the island, unfettered by no-movement days, are free to frolic with abandon. But for those whose jobs take them into the corridors, they know the...
‘Scentred’ on safety

‘Scentred’ on safety

One of the best parts about Claudine Campbell-Bryan’s job used to be watching the expression on her clients’ faces when they opened her meticulously put-together packages. That was before COVID-19 became a household name. Now she still lovingly wraps her products, but...