As many as 1,488 workers in the Jamaica tourism industry have either lost their jobs or were laid off in the last 12 months. The information was shared in the Senate on Friday by Senator A J Nicholson, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade and leader of Government business in the Upper House.

Guyana will soon see the arrival of Caricom Airways, a small commuter airline from Suriname, which plans to connect Guyana’s Ogle International Airport with several regional airports in the Eastern Caribbean, Brazil and possibly two cities in Venezuela.

TUI UK&I have announced that Fraser Ellacott, the current managing director of Thomson & Island Cruises, will join the UK&I board in the newly created position of customer operations director. He will also retain responsibility for the Thomson Cruises business.

Barbados will be providing UK arrivals with vouchers worth up to £128 in an attempt to reverse a 10 percent decline in visitor numbers following the most recent increase in APD.

The head of global sales and marketing at Royal Caribbean International announced Thursday she is leaving the company. Employees were notified about the cuts Thursday and will mostly depart by the end of September. The company has about 6,950 shoreside employees and 62,000 workers worldwide.