Homecoming Tour

Homecoming Tour

It’s an almost two-decades-old tradition. A group of hardworking Jamaicans living in Florida spend five relaxing days at one of the Sandals Resorts across the Caribbean. By the end of their trip, they vote on which property they will visit the next year. It’s the Duke...
From bartender to personal butler

From bartender to personal butler

ADRIAN Johnson cannot wait to be a personal butler. He sees it as a natural progression in a tourism career already highlighted by excellent service.  For the last three years he’s been a bartender at The Cliff Hotel in Negril’s West End. “I’ve always provided...
60 years of tourism in Jamaica

60 years of tourism in Jamaica

Tourism, Jamaica’s main economic engine, has grown exponentially since the island’s shedding of its colonial status on August 6, 1962. In fact, a closer look at numbers provided by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) will show that the tourism sector has shown strong and...
Caribbean ranks high in incentive market

Caribbean ranks high in incentive market

The Caribbean is high on the list of preferred destinations for the incentive travel market out of the US, according to the most recent data from the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) Global. “At the moment, the destination that North Americans are most...