Cayman’s cruise rules

Cayman’s cruise rules

The Cayman Islands has outlined a list of rules that must be in place when it welcomes back cruise ships later this month.  Grand Cayman must be the first port of call, there must be no more than 1,600 passengers — 60 per cent capacity — and all guests and crew...
VIRGIN ATLANTIC: Bagpipes to Barbados

VIRGIN ATLANTIC: Bagpipes to Barbados

For the first time in its 37-year history, Virgin Atlantic is now flying international flights from the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. The flight to Barbados is also Scotland’s only direct one from the Caribbean.  The inaugural trip was on December 5. As the gateway...
VERY RUSTIC: Little Heaven House Tour

VERY RUSTIC: Little Heaven House Tour

“I grow come see my grandfather and grandmother using ‘Home Sweet Home’ and from there I follow,” says Errol Grant as he shows off two of the lamps. The 51-year-old farmer and mason, who is popularly called Bob, lives in the hills over Bluefields, Westmoreland in a...
NEW TRAVEL RULES: Jamaica’s ready says JTB

NEW TRAVEL RULES: Jamaica’s ready says JTB

Jamaica’s Tourist Board has assured that the country is well-prepared to meet the US government’s new one-day COVID-19 testing requirement for international travellers returning home and Jamaicans visiting the US as of December 6, 2021. The island, the JTB said, has...
More for small players, promises Bartlett

More for small players, promises Bartlett

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has emphasised that Jamaica is restructuring the tourism industry to ensure that more of the earnings from the sector go to the small and medium tourism enterprises.  He made the comment on December 2 during a Ministerial Debate...