It may have been a while since you’ve taken transit, but PRESTO is ready to roll out the welcome mat! While you were away, PRESTO used the time to make upgrades and enhancements to how you load funds and check ...
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Feed SubscriptionDonnovan Simon Wins Jamaica Tourist Board’s Inaugural Edith Baxter Memorial Award
TORONTO, Ontario (Friday, October 1, 2021) – The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) paid tribute to the life and legacy of Edith Baxter, one of Canada’s greatest publishing icons, during an inaugural memorial award luncheon, named in her honour, at the ...
Read More »Antigua’s Historical Gem: The Great House
The Caribbean islands of Antigua and Barbuda are home to some of the most luxurious beaches, cinematic views and welcoming people in the world. With hundreds of years of history, the twin-island nation’s rich heritage draws thousands of history buffs ...
Read More »METROLINX: Building The Future Of Transit; Building Your Future
As we emerge from the pandemic, Metrolinx is building – and rebuilding – a transit network that puts our customers first. Ontario’s transit agency is making it easier to choose transit by adapting to new customer travel patterns, offering more ...
Read More »Caribbean Tourism: The Region’s Historical Heritage Should Be Fully Integrated
By Elizabeth Morgan Guest Contributor I am moving away from looking at the merchandise exports of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), into looking at trade in services, starting with tourism, which is the region’s principal service export. As COVID-19 has shown, ...
Read More »Jamaica Welcomes One Millionth Visitor Since The Onset Of COVID-19
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (Wednesday, August 18, 2021) — Jamaica welcomed, on Sunday, the one millionth stopover-visitor to arrive, since its borders were reopened to international travel in June 2020, after being closed for three months, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) ...
Read More »Jamaica’s World-renowned Dunn’s River Falls Ready For Cruise Visitors
OCHO RIOS, Jamaica (Wednesday, August 18, 2021) — With Ocho Rios, St. Ann, chosen as the sole Jamaican port to kick off the phased-return of cruise shipping, operators of the famed Dunn’s River Falls say the state-owned entity is “far ...
Read More »Jamaica Calls On Region To Redouble Efforts For Revival Of Tourism
NEW KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has called on the countries of the Americas to redouble their efforts in finding practical and meaningful solutions for the reactivation of the travel and tourism sector. He was speaking, yesterday, ...
Read More »Intercaribbean Airways And Flyallways Get Approval To Ply Guyana Route
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Tuesday, May 4, 2021) — Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, disclosed, yesterday, that the government has granted approval for the Turks and Caicos Islands’ InterCaribbean Airways and Suriname-based FlyAllways to operate flights to the country. The ...
Read More »The Airline Industry Hasn’t Collapsed, But That’s The Only Good News For Overseas Travel
By Volodymyr Bilotkach Guest Contributor We thought things would be so much better by now. A year ago I wrote about the future of the airline industry. Along with many other experts, I expected international air travel by this point would ...
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