After four decades of service to the Jamaican tourism industry, Donnie Dawson, the retiring Deputy Director of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), understands the value of professional travel advisors to the future growth of the sector and is stressing the importance of maintaining strong relationships with the network of travel agents. According…

The Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB) has announced that its target of welcoming a record 525,000 visitors to the island in 2023 is within reach, following a strong start to the year. In an interview during the 2023 Routes Americas airline route development conference in Chicago this week, Hugo Clarinda, Deputy Director of the…

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr. DeLisle Worrell, believes that the growth prospects for Caribbean tourism remain strong despite the forecast of a slower growth rate for the United States in 2023. The veteran economist explained that although the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom are significant sources of visitors to…

As Curaçao continues to shatter tourism records, one of the region’s leading tourism executives opines that the Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB) might be a model for others to follow, given its significant achievement in using data and analytics to overcome market challenges. The Dutch Caribbean destination recently reported close to a half-million stayover…

The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism has one of the leading tourism thinkers at its helm, and now Rosa Harris, the director of department, will shepherd three new team members – all Caymanian women – who have been appointed into strategic positions for continuing to grow the tourism industry. “The department is pleased…

Two of Antigua and Barbuda’s major source markets are driving a robust tourism recovery for the twin-island destination. Speaking on the sidelines of the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s business meetings in Curaçao last week, Colin James, Chief Executive Officer of the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, reports that while the tourism sector recovered…

Kenneth Bryan, Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), saluted the efforts of Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, to help start the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) and turn the world’s attention to recognizing the value of tourism as a global product. Referring to the upcoming inaugural …

Curaçao, one of the Caribbean’s top performing tourism destinations, is playing host to leading tourism decision makers this week. Ruisandro Cijntje, Curaçao’s Minister of Economic Development, welcomed directors, ministers and commissioners of tourism to the multilingual island yesterday evening as delegates prepared to attend the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) first business meetings of year…

The small Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis has big things going on in 2023. Tops on the calendar of events and activities this year is the popular St. Kitts Music Festival, to be held June 22-24, and kicking off what tourism officials have described as the “Summer of Fun”. The…