KINGSTON, Jamaica - Transport Minister Audley Shaw, says MBJ Airports Limited, operator of the Sangster International Airport, in the western city of Montego Bay has been consistently raising the bar in placing Jamaica on par with other first-class airports around the world.
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NEW YORK, NY – Getting to Bermuda for an unforgettable island escape from the east coast just got a lot easier. This week, JetBlue announced the addition of nonstop, once-daily seasonal flights from LaGuardia Airport (LGA) to Bermuda (BDA). All new JetBlue routes will go on sale in January 2023. Additionally, United Airlines’ service from Newark to Bermuda will start in March 2023, six weeks earlier than anticipated.
ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica marked the first anniversary of direct non-stop flights by American Airlines from the Miami International Airport (MIA) saying it is looking forward to continue “welcoming more travelers to our island, especially with the return of our in-person cultural events”.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Executive Director of Jamaica Vacations (JamVac), Joy Roberts, says the 2022/2023 cruise-shipping season will see a major turnaround for the island, following the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, says the 2022/2023 winter tourist season promises to be “a very strong winter of recovery” with some 1.3 million airline seats to the island already secured.
Despite the island’s growing popularity, leaders in Curaçao are not resting on the laurels of the Dutch Antillean nation’s post-pandemic success.
Puerto Rico’s lively “Live Boricua” campaign is returning strong results as the island highlights its heritage and natural assets, inviting visitors to connect more meaningfully with local people and places, according to Alisha Valentine, Director of Research & Analytics for Discover Puerto Rico.
Speaking on Bloomberg TV on Friday, Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett said the country’s post-pandemic recovery was so strong that stayover arrivals were at 97 percent of 2019 levels while revenues were even higher at 120 percent of 2019 earnings.
Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis - Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Urban Development the Honorable Marsha Henderson at the recent Citizenship by Investment Program "Evolution" event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) boasted of the nation's success in the tourism industry and the new tourism campaign Venture Deeper, which encourages travelers to indulge in the wonders of St. Kitts and Nevis.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – St. Lucia has made entry into the island a much more seamless process with the introduction of an online embarkation/disembarkation (ED) form that allows for the electronic processing of travelers.
Despite the impact of Hurricane Fiona this Fall, Puerto Rico’s tourism industry is on track to close the year with new records in visitation, visitor spending and jobs – signaling one of the best years in the history of this economic sector and solidifying the Territory’s recovery from the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic.
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – United States based carrier American Airlines will begin in June 2023 direct flights from Miami, Florida to the British Virgin Islands.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has asked Canada to lift tourist visas for nationals trying to enter the North American country, Canada’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Mark Berman, has said.