by LTC Writer | Dec 5, 2022 | Pulse
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...
by LTC Writer | Jul 20, 2022 | Pulse, Stay
The new ROK Hotel Kingston, Tapestry Collection by Hilton is poised to build the city’s Downtown into a quintessential hospitality destination. The 168-room property, owned by PanJam Investment Limited and managed by Highgate, features 47 suites and promises to be an...
by LTC Writer | Jul 11, 2022 | Pulse
From Westmoreland to Portland, Jamaica is ripe with investment opportunities in the tourism sector. That was the message Prime Minister Andrew Holness had for a delegation of more than 70 private sector players and government officials from Saudi Arabia who were in...
by LTC Writer | Apr 13, 2022 | Pulse
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...
by Charmaine Clarke | Mar 31, 2022 | People
AS she looks towards retiring “very soon”, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith, is satisfied that she will leave the industry a lot better than she found it 25 years ago. In fact, when she took the role of tourism planner in 1997 the...
