TEF grants $21m to craft traders

TEF grants $21m to craft traders

IN a bid to ensure that they were prepared to make the most of the winter tourist season which ends on April 30, the Tourism Linkages Network (TLN) recently distributed more than 600 grants valued at approximately $21 million to craft traders in 14 craft markets...
Jamaica hunts 8,000 new hotel rooms

Jamaica hunts 8,000 new hotel rooms

Elated by the rate at which Jamaica’s tourism industry is recovering from the devastating COVID-19 fallout, Jamaica Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, is all set to embark on a global marketing tour to boost visitor arrivals. At the end of the blitz in October,...
COMING SOON: 7-day Jamaica cruises?

COMING SOON: 7-day Jamaica cruises?

Long-championed efforts to capitalise on Jamaica being the only Caribbean destination with so many ports of call seem to be paying off. It appears that weeklong Jamaica-only cruises could soon be a reality. This would see a cruise line creating an itinerary that...
Jamaica gets CDC green light

Jamaica gets CDC green light

Jamaica recently got some good news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States: the tourism dependent country has been downgraded to Level 1 in the latest COVID-19 travel advisory. “A Level 1 travel advisory is amongst the best news...
Jamaica targets big spenders

Jamaica targets big spenders

In a bid to attract “big spenders” to the parish of St Thomas, the Government of Jamaica says it will be spending more than US$200 million to develop infrastructure to make it a new prime tourism destination. The initiative is also expected to result in tourism...