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Jamaica tourism minister: Plug leakages, promote linkages
As the region takes on recovery challenges, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett wants to see a repurposed Caribbean tourism architecture that increases benefits for locals. Speaking over the weekend on 92.9 FM VOB’s “Down to Brasstacks” in Barbados, Minister Bartlett opined that despite strong performances across the sector, with the continuing war in Ukraine, its…
November 9, 20220Comments
Cruise Industry
Optimism, excitement as Caribbean cruise stakeholders meet in the DR
Senior cruise executives from FCCA Member Lines have been busy today meeting with tourism representatives from across the region’s public and private sectors, in an effort to improve cruise tourism business and develop opportunities for growth across the region. Michele Paige, CEO of the FCCA, said the conference represented a “new beginning” after a difficult pandemic,…
October 28, 20220Comments
Destinations
Barbados names new minister of tourism
In a reorganization of the Barbados cabinet, Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced that health and wellness minister Ian Gooding-Edghill will assume the portfolio for the island’s bread-and-butter industry, replacing Senator Lisa Cummins. During the prime minister’s address at the Barbados Labour Party’s (BLP) 83rd annual conference over the weekend, Mottley announced that Cummins will now be…
October 28, 20220Comments
Tourism Insights
Caribbean must prepare for increased tourism demand
Dr. Basil Springer, a change-engine consultant with decades of management experience, said the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association’s (FCCA) call for Caribbean destinations to immediately present creative, customer-focused experiences for consideration by the cruise lines should not go unanswered. “Innovative enterprise development is what we need across the Caribbean and we ought to position ourselves to take advantage…
October 28, 20220Comments
Tourism Insights
More locals must benefit from tourism’s spoils, says St. Lucian tour operator
Speaking during this month’s Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) 40th Caribbean Travel Marketplace in San Juan, Puerto Rico, John Mathurin, the general manager of St. Lucia’s Serenity Vacations and Tours, said while he was pleased to see an “amazing slew of international investors” engaged in the development of the tourism sector, it was important…
October 28, 20220Comments

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