Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has been elected by acclamation as the new Chairman of the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Committee on Tourism (CITUR). Minister Bartlett came out ahead of the candidates from Paraguay and Ecuador for the chairmanship at a meeting on Tuesday (November 30).  Both countries will now serve as Vice Chair of the CITUR. Chair...

Carnival Cruise Line, on December 1, joined Aida Cruises, MSC Cruises, and Holland America as vessels to have made stops in at least two Jamaican ports since the resumption of cruise shipping to the island. Carnival’s other stop was in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, while both Aida and MSC Cruises have visited Falmouth and Ocho Rios. Holland America has made...

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) will be spending approximately $1 billion to upgrade the Hip Strip, located along Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in Montego Bay, St. James. “We are going to upgrade the entire Hip Strip from the roundabout at KFC straight to Dead End [Beach]. We are spending $1 billion for the upgrading,” said Chairman of the entity, Godfrey Dyer....

Destination Manager of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Kenya Keddo-Laing, says the agency is pleased with  the resumption of cruise shipping to Montego Bay since the halt of cruise operations, due to the coronavirus (COVD-19) outbreak. "After 20 months of not seeing a cruise vessel in our port, we are to receive our first vessel for the 2021/2022 cruise...

The city of Montego Bay in St. James will on Wednesday (December 1), welcome the Carnival Glory, its first vessel since the resumption of cruise shipping to Jamaica four months ago. The passengers and crew of the mega vessel, a Conquest-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line, will be calling on the tourism capital, ensuring that all Jamaican cruise...

Locals and visitors to the island now have access to a mobile application (app) that provides information on various licensed and coronavirus (COVID-19)-compliant tourist entities within the six resort areas. The app, called ‘Xplore Jamaica’, was launched by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) on Wednesday (November 24), during a virtual ceremony. It includes features such as a travel guide...

The historic Naval Dockyard at Port Royal is to receive its largest cruise ship, to date, today (November 25). The Nieuw Statendam, one of the newest vessels from luxury cruise line, Holland America, is scheduled to call at Jamaica’s newest cruise port. The historic docking is part of the Port Authority of Jamaica’s (PAJ) intensified restart to cruise shipping activities...