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Trinidad and Tobago's Finance Minister Colm Imbert

TRINIDAD | Billions pumped into Caribbean Airlines since 2011

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jun 24, CMC – The state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has received an estimated three…

June 26, 2017
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Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett delivers the keynote address at the World Bank Group’s Tourism Knowledge Exchange, at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC in Wednesday June 21, 2017.

JAMAICA | Tourism dependent nations not reaping major benefits of the trade -Bartlett

WASHINGTON DC, June 22, 2017 - Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says despite massive growth projections for global travel…

June 22, 2017
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Tourism Minister the Hon. Ed Bartlett (2nd left), is elated by IDBs Vice President for Countries Alexander Meira de Rosa VP looks at the conference brousure which was presented by Ed Bartlett at the IDb headquarters in Washington DC on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Looking on (l-r) is IDB’s Exectutive Director of the Caribbean Jerry Butler and Chief Executive Officer for Inter-American Investment Operations, James Peter Scariven. (Photo Derrick Scott)

JAMAICA gets support for tourism conference (UNWTO) set for November

WASHINGTON, DC June 21, 2016 - Jamaica is receiving wide-spread support from multi-national agencies, members of the diplomatic…

June 21, 2017
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BARBADOS | New Sam Lords Castle Resort, a major employment boost for Barbados

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jun 19, CMC – When the Wyndham Sam Lord’s Castle Resort opens its doors later in…

June 20, 2017
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ST. KITTS | LIAT pilots apologise for inconvenience, outline new agreement

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Jun 13, CMC – The President of the Leeward Island Airline Pilots Association (LIAPLA), Captain…

June 13, 2017
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ANTIGUA | Regional airline denies leaving pilots stranded

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Jun 9, CMC – The cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, Friday denied that it had “abandoned”…

June 9, 2017
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LIAT pilots have refused to fly the ATR 72 aircraft that were acquired by the airline in 2013.

ANTIGUA | Regional airline seeking injunction as strike continues

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Jun 9, CMC – The cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, faced with industrial action by its…

June 9, 2017
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CARIBBEAN | Jamaica says UNTWO conference beneficial to Caribbean

NEW YORK, Jun 7, CMC – Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, says an international tourism conference to be…

June 8, 2017
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Patricia Affonso-Dass (second from left) with Frank Comito, Director General of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (left), CHTA President Karolin Troubetzkoy and Rudy Grant, CEO of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association.

CARIBBEAN | Barbadian hotelier to lead regional hotel group

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jun 7, CMC – Barbadian hotelier, Patricia Affonso-Dass, has been elected to head the Caribbean Hotel…

June 8, 2017
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Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett (left), embraces South West Airlines’ Vice-President of Diversity and Inclusion, Ellen Torbert, at a press conference to celebrate the inaugural Southwest Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, on June 4.

JAMAICA | Tourism Minister says Consistent Airlift Critical to Growth of Industry

MONTEGO BAY, June 6, 2017 - Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, says consistent, reliable and competitive airlift is critical to…

June 6, 2017
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The inaugural Southwest Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale into Montego Bay brought in 180 passengers.

JAMAICA | JA's tourism industry to benefit from partnership with Southwest Airlines

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jun. 6, CMC – Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett says the island stands to benefit…

June 6, 2017
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