PROVENCIALES, Turks and Caicos – Grenada will host the Caribbean Tourism Organisation’s (CTO) Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development in April next year, the Barbados-based CTO has announced.

After a brief hiatus courtesy of a worldwide pandemic, the Barbados Food and Rum Festival returned last October with a star studded, four-day destination event featuring the best of Barbados’ culinary scene. This year, the festival is back from October 19th-22nd 2023, and it’s promising an even more spectacular display of talent from Barbados’ most renowned rum producers and chefs, as well as other top international culinary personalities.

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos – After a hiatus of five years, the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) flagship event, the State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC) is set to kick off tomorrow at The Shore Club in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Wyndham Grand®, the hotel brand known for its upscale accommodations and approachable designs, today announced it’s now taking reservations for its newest resort, the inviting 422-room all-inclusive Wyndham Grand Barbados, Sam Lord’s Castle Resort & Spa. The secluded, ocean-front hotel marks Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ entrance into Barbados and will begin welcoming its first guests beginning October 12 with select amenities, followed by a formal Grand Opening in early 2024.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has begun accepting nominations for the Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF) Awards, recognizing best practices within the Caribbean hospitality industry. This comes as anticipation builds for CHIEF 2023 in November. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Starting December 1, the regional carrier, InterCaribbean Airways will start operating fully in Barbados with FlightSupport Ltd, a subsidiary of the InterIsland Aviation Services Group (IASG).

PROVENCIALES, Turks and Caicos – British Virgin Islands Junior Tourism Minister Naomi Onwufuju brought home the winner’s plaque at the 19th Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Regional Tourism Youth Congress, held at Beaches Turks & Caicos in Providenciales on Friday.

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands – The Buccaneer Beach & Golf Resort, situated on the picturesque shores of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, recently hosted a culinary experience featuring renowned Chef Eric Marshall, Food Network’s Chopped Champion in 2021.

CAYMAN –Hotel Indigo® Grand Cayman, the new flagship property of the Hotel Indigo brand, was honored at the 2023-2024 Americas Property Awards held in Toronto, Canada on September 22, 2023. The property, developed by Dart, was recognized in the Hotel Architecture for the Cayman Islands and New Hotel Construction & Design for the Cayman Islands categories. The Americas Property Awards celebrate the highest levels of achievement by companies operating in all sectors of the property and real estate industry.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has renewed its call for the establishment of a global resilience fund to aid in boosting tourism, saying the initiative would encourage tourists to take personal responsibility for bolstering the ability to respond, mitigate, adapt, and recover from the impacts of climate-related shocks.

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands – Chairman of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Kenneth Bryan, has cautioned regional tourism leaders of the need to do things differently if the Caribbean is to maintain its competitive edge, and remain as one of the fastest growing tourism regions in the world.

OCHO RIOS, JAMAICA – With the summer season coming to a close, “cuffing season” is quickly approaching - the period from October to just after Valentine’s Day when summer romance turns into real relationships as the heat fades to welcome winter weather. The Caribbean’s leading all-inclusive resort brand, Sandals Resorts, is celebrating new found love by giving away one free honeymoon period to a newly official couple. Through December 1, couples can fill out a brief questionnaire sharing the story of how and when they met, for a chance to win a free three-night stay at one of Sandals’ 18 island resorts.