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...
Frontier adds 4 Caribbean routes

Frontier adds 4 Caribbean routes

Just in time for summer, Frontier Airlines will add four new routes to the Caribbean. They will all be out of Tampa. As of June 23 the discount carrier will operate daily, year-round service to San Juan, competing against the daily service of Southwest, JetBlue and...
10,000 more trees

10,000 more trees

The Sandals Foundation plans to plant another 10,000 trees to strengthen the Caribbean’s climate resilience and food security. The massive conservation effort is in keeping with this year’s global Earth Day theme, “Invest in Our Planet”, and builds on the Foundation’s...