Jamaica eyes Arabian market

Jamaica eyes Arabian market

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has successfully concluded a busy second day at the 2022 edition of Arabian Travel Market. High profile travel trade professionals including leading tour operators, travel agents, aviation partners, industry stakeholders as well as...
Get ready for jobs, says CHTA

Get ready for jobs, says CHTA

As the tourism sector rebounds strongly from the near shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is calling on the region’s “bread and butter” industry to ramp up efforts to be adequately staffed to meet the impending...
Emirates flies into Jamaica

Emirates flies into Jamaica

In a historic first for Jamaica and the Caribbean, Emirates Airlines, the largest airline in the Gulf Coast Countries (GCC), is now selling seats to Jamaica. This arrangement opens gateways from the Middle East, Asia and Africa to Jamaica and the rest of the region....
2,000 jobs for Barbados

2,000 jobs for Barbados

Within the coming weeks, the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI) will partner with Royal Caribbean to host a national job fair to identify workers for almost 2,000 jobs. It will be just in time for the upcoming winter season. The date for the employment fair will be...
BLUEPRINT for sustainability

BLUEPRINT for sustainability

A landmark MOU signed between Jamaica and Saudi Arabia is seen as a vital step, at the United Nations level, in crafting a blueprint for developing sustainable tourism on a global level. The agreement, inked by the two countries’ tourism ministers, Edmund Bartlett...