WATCH: CMU’s big plans for tourism

WATCH: CMU’s big plans for tourism

We have a chat with President of the Caribbean Maritime University Professor Andrew Spencer who provides details on an impressive partnership with Carnival Cruise Line. The collaboration will see training, scholarships and jobs that will change the face of tourism....
Major turnaround for Jamaica’s cruise industry

Major turnaround for Jamaica’s cruise industry

Executive Director of Jamaica Vacations (JamVac), Joy Roberts, says the 2022/2023 cruise-shipping season will see a major turnaround for Jamaica, following the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “For starts, 2022 going into 2023 will see Royal Caribbean sending...
Carnival’s $200-m Bahamas cruise port

Carnival’s $200-m Bahamas cruise port

Carnival’s new $200 million cruise port in Freeport, Grand Bahama is expected to breathe new tourism life into the economy of the Bahamian nation’s second city. Government officials and cruise line executives recently gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony....
Carnival’s $200-m Bahamas cruise port

Cruise back at all Jamaica’s major ports

When the Montego Bay Cruise Port welcomes the Carnival Glory, on December 1, its first cruise ship since the re-opening of the local cruise industry, it will also mark the return of operations to all the island’s major cruise ports. The conquest-class cruise ship is...
More Carnival cruises for Jamaica, but…

More Carnival cruises for Jamaica, but…

Jamaica is set to welcome at least 110 more Carnival cruises up to 2022, but only if it continues to work closely with the company on logistics and public health issues. The announcement was made by Arnold Donald, the CEO of Carnival Corporation, during a meeting on...