by LTC Writer | Nov 18, 2022 | Pulse
The long-established relationship between Jamaica and Canada, its second largest tourism market, has been strengthened with an agreement reached to enter a new era of cooperation and collaboration in tourism, resilience and sustainability. Jamaica’s Minister of...
by LTC Writer | Nov 16, 2022 | Pulse
Destination Jamaica has rebounded strongly in the Canadian market with commitments of airline seats for winter up by almost 30,000 over the numbers for 2019, before the pandemic. Canada is Jamaica’s second largest visitor market. “So far, we have been successful in...
by LTC Writer | Nov 14, 2022 | Pulse
The Caribbean’s newest airline, Arajet, will take to the skies with direct flights between Santo Domingo and Kingston as of November 14, significantly reducing ticket prices and travel time. Fares will fall from an average US$800 to US$252, round-trip, and travel time...
by LTC Writer | Nov 12, 2022 | Pulse
As the global marketplace wrestles with the 40 per cent GDP loss in tourism and travel brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett has called for a new tourism investment thrust to recover from the fallout. Prior to the...
by LTC Writer | Nov 10, 2022 | Pulse
Global tourism stakeholders have agreed on the need to increase sector employees by at least 30 per cent each year, part of a wider “paradigm shift” that is vital to attract, retain and adjust staff amid post-COVID-19 shortages. This is among the findings from a...
