Regional Director at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Odette Soberam-Dyer, says Kingston is growing as a tourist destination and lauded Frontier Airlines for helping to push that growth. Speaking with journalists on November 7, on the arrival of passengers from the airline’s inaugural flight from Atlanta in the United States (US) to Kingston, the JTB official said, “It is a...

Newly elected President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Robin Russell, is imploring Jamaicans to tap into their creative genius to create products that will entice tourists to spend more locally. He said that while the sector continues to see unprecedented levels of growth in arrivals and revenue, more needs to be done to ensure that the country...

Over 1,700 additional hospitality workers, who underwent training at the Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) between April 2021 and August 2022, have graduated. They received their certificates during a graduation ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Thursday (November 3). The graduates were accorded accreditation as hospitality supervisors, and Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics (CHIA)...

Jamaica’s tourism sector is on track for record arrivals for the month of October 2022, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. According to Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, preliminary figures released by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) for the first three weeks of October, show stopover visitor arrivals of 123,514. This topped figures for the same period in October 2019 by some...

A $163.5-million contract has been signed for the rehabilitation of the 1.8-kilometre stretch of roadway from Friendship to Hurlock in St. James, under phase three of the Fairfield to Point road improvement project. The contract stems from a partnership between the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) and the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, through the Maintenance of Secondary Roads...

Well-thinking Jamaicans are being encouraged to play their part in stemming lawlessness across the country. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who made the appeal, said this is imperative, as crime and violence are making the job of marketing Jamaica as an ideal visitor and investment destination a difficult one. “This confidence that we are seeing in business, is being deeply...

A new US$100 million luxury mixed resort-style residential development is coming to Montego Bay, which will provide some 300 jobs for Jamaicans.  Ground was officially broken on Friday (Oct. 21) for The Vista, which will be situated on Jimmy Cliff Boulevard popularly known as the ‘Hip Strip.’  The project is a joint venture between C and H Property Development Company...