MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica: Opposition Spokesperson on Tourism, Senator Janice Allen, says Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett must take full responsibility for the continuing fiasco and exclusion of small operators, including taxis and craft vendors from cruise related businesses, as the tourism industry struggles.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 10, 2021 - Opposition Spokesman on Tourism, Senator Janice Allen, has urged the government to urgently send market signals to the United States by implementing some of the advice offered in its advisory, such as encouraging tourists to get vaccinated prior to travelling to vacation destinations like Jamaica.
Havana, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) - Spanish hotel chain Iberostar reported today that it intends to strengthen its presence in Cuba by opening a new five-star facility on the island.
WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday warned against travel to Jamaica,Sri Lanka, and Brunei because of the rising number of COVID-19 cases.
Havana, Cuba, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) After closing its borders to visitors Cuba is preparing to gradually reopen its borders starting next November.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 6, 2021 - President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Clifton Reader, says that the vaccination of tourism workers is essential in safeguarding the industry.
Montego Bay, Jamaica, August 31, 2021: Shadow Minister of Tourism, Senator Janice Allen has expressed condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of former Director of Tourism, and advertising executive Mr. Adrian Robinson who died yesterday after ailing for some time.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 23, 2021 - Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica is poised to generate approximately US$1.5 billion in earnings from some one million visitor arrivals by the end of August as the sector rebounds from the ravages of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
BARBADOS, July 23, 2021 - The Caribbean Tourism Organization, CTO, says with the 2021 summer season under way, there is increasing evidence in the marketplace that pent-up demand is roaring back much earlier and at a much quicker pace than forecasters had predicted.
