BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, December 15, 2018 (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has declared 2019, the “Year of Festivals in the Caribbean”, following the past year’s successful Year of Rejuvenation. CTO said that as a result, the region will ...
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Feed SubscriptionIncreased Airlift To The Caribbean Fuels New Opportunities For Regional Hotels And Tourism
MIAMI, Florida December 14, 2018 — The Caribbean’s private sector has a unique opportunity to generate strong profits in the new year with the unprecedented quantity of airlift coming into the region, according to the Director General and CEO of ...
Read More »Jamaica To Open Its First In 2020, But Not Slated To Become A Casino Destination, Says Tourism Minister
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica December 13, 2018 — Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says that while Jamaica will open its first regulated casino in 2020, the island is not slated to become a casino destination. “The fact is that casinos ...
Read More »Guyana Signs Air Service Agreement With Ghana; Holds Discussions With Nigeria
GEORGETOWN. Guyana, November 24, 2018 (CMC) – Guyana, seeking to develop further cooperation with countries in Africa, has signed an air services agreement with Ghana, paving the way for direct flights between the two countries. The open skies agreement was ...
Read More »Caribbean Airlines To Add 12 New Planes To Fleet
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 23, 2018 (CMC) – Regional carrier, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), says it will be adding 12 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to its fleet, starting in the fourth quarter of 2019. This was announced ...
Read More »Egyptian Telecom Tycoon Opens New Hotel In Grenada
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, November 23, 2018 (CMC) – Grenada moved closer to having 3,000 hotel rooms after the island’s newest property, Silversands, was officially opened here, with a promise to increase hotel room stock by 30 percent in the coming ...
Read More »Trinidad And Tobago Government Raked In More Than $51 Million In Hotel Room Taxes
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 21, 2018 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government said it had received more than TT$51 million in hotel room taxes, last year. Officials here said that the hotel room tax is directly ...
Read More »Cuba Expects To Attract Over Four Million Tourists To Visit The Island By Year End
HAVANA, Cuba, November 12, 2018 (CMC) – Cuba’s Minister of Tourism, Manuel Marrero, says the island will reach the over-four-million-tourist mark, by the end of this year. Marrero, who was speaking during a recent meeting with tour operators, travel agents, ...
Read More »Passengers Emergency-Evacuated From Caribbean Airlines Plane
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago October 31, 2018 (CMC) – A Caribbean Airlines (CAL) aircraft, with 63 passengers and four crew members, was withdrawn from service, last Wednesday, after apparently developing trouble, while on a scheduled flight to the ...
Read More »Three Things Snowbirds Travelling To The US Need To Know
(NC) — For many Canadians entering retirement, moving to the United States for part of the year is the perfect antidote to our harsh winter months. Yet going for an extended stay is a bit more complicated than simply packing ...
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