An additional 2,000 seats per week have been secured from a major legacy carrier in the United States to boost airlift to Jamaica. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett who made the announcement during the 47th annual general meeting of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) at the Half Moon Hotel noted that the service which will commence November 1, 2008 will operate through to November 1, 2009.

Blue Horizons Garden Resort in Grenada has partnered with Ocean Spirits, a local nonprofit organization focused on marine turtle conservation.

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett says crime is having an adverse effect on the nation’s tourist industry.

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett says crime is having an adverse effect on the nation’s tourist industry.

The International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) Caribbean Chapter President Ms. Diana McIntyre-Pike, appointed Miss Caribbean Tourism, Falesha Raquel and the Miss Caribbean Tourism Organization, its Goodwill Ambassador for Community Tourism in the Caribbean.

The International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) Caribbean Chapter President Ms. Diana McIntyre-Pike, appointed Miss Caribbean Tourism, Falesha Raquel and the Miss Caribbean Tourism Organization, its Goodwill Ambassador for Community Tourism in the Caribbean.