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...
Tourism resilience on the agenda at OAS meeting

Tourism resilience on the agenda at OAS meeting

Jamaica will host a high-level policy forum of the Organisation of American States (OAS) from July 20-21, to focus on safeguarding the region’s tourism sector from disruptions, including a looming recession. “It relates primarily to building resilience among the small...
Marguerites wins ‘Oscars for wines’… again

Marguerites wins ‘Oscars for wines’… again

Marguerites Seafood by the Sea, one of Montego Bay’s most talked about fine-dining restaurant, has received the prestigious Wine Spectator Award for 2022. This is the seventh time it has won the award. Chairman and CEO of Margaritaville Caribbean Group, which owns 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...
Wedding market BOOST from Tampa flight

Wedding market BOOST from Tampa flight

Frontier Airlines’ first flight ever from Tampa to Montego Bay is expected to bode well for Jamaica, especially the wedding segment of the country’s tourism market. “This flight is a new market, Tampa. We’ve never had flights out of that northern portion of Florida...