Swoop adds Kingston flight

Swoop adds Kingston flight

Swoop now offers twice-weekly direct flights from Toronto, Canada to Kingston, Jamaica. The additional seats are expected to bring in 7,500 passengers to the island this winter. The December 8 launch of the route marks a major milestone for both the airline and the...
Jamaica’s strong rebound

Jamaica’s strong rebound

Increased demand for the destination has pushed Jamaica’s tourism players to change their forecast, predicting that by the last quarter of 2023 the country will earn $3.6 billion from 4.2 million visitors. This “return to normal” is a full three months earlier than...
16 UK flights a week for Jamaica

16 UK flights a week for Jamaica

Jamaica will later this month start receiving at least 16 flights per week from the United Kingdom, bringing the island back to approximately 100 per cent airline seat capacity as the nation’s tourism numbers rebound.   “We have had very good engagements with our...
JAPEX pushed back to 2022

JAPEX pushed back to 2022

The Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX), which was scheduled to take place November 8-10, 2021 as a hybrid in-person/virtual event, will now be rescheduled to 2022. Organisers have opted to go that route in order to once again host participants in-person.The tourism...
Digital future for Jamaica’s tourism

Digital future for Jamaica’s tourism

Plans are well under way to create a digital experience for Jamaica’s tourism product, according to Director of Tourism at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Donovan White. About a dozen virtual tours of interesting places across Jamaica have already been created. They...