SCOTCH PLAINS, New Jersey – Soulful Bahamian singer and performer Simmone Bowe will headline the 2024 CMEx Leadership Awards and Fundraiser in Miami next month.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The draft for the Caribbean’s first agritourism policy and roadmap was unveiled on Friday, following extensive discussions.

LONDON, United Kingdom – The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) reinforced its forward-thinking approach to travel and tourism on Tuesday at World Travel Market in London, where Secretary-General & CEO Dona Regis-Prosper joined a panel of influential female industry leaders to discuss “Building a Consistent Vibe Across Messaging, Delivery, and More.”

BARBADOS – Ralph Taylor, a homegrown leader in Caribbean tourism and hospitality, declared that the three critical sectors of entrepreneurship, tourism, and youth will shape the Caribbean’s future and urgently require a collective focus.

PHILIPSBURG – Sint Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport was officially reopened  following extensive rehabilitation after it was destroyed by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has welcomed a brand-new flight out of Europe as  Spanish carrier, World2Fly, is set to begin rotations in Summer 2025 from Lisbon, Portugal, to the western city of Montego Bay.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has underscored the importance of the regional airline, LIAT 2020 to the Caribbean as the St. John’s based airline made is inaugural flight into Guyana on Tuesday evening.

KINGSTON, JAMAICA – Reinforcing its status as a leading Caribbean tourism destination, Jamaica has generated $197.8 million USD from cruise tourism in the 2023/2024 season. According to a recent study by the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), sponsored by Jamaica Vacations Limited, passenger and crew visits to Jamaica, along with additional expenditures by cruise lines and the destination such as port services, taxes, and local goods and services, drove the island’s overall cruise tourism expenditures.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is keen for Barbados to resume airlift with Germany, Western Europe, and Scandinavia, and is optimistic that the Honorary Consul to Germany, Regina Sixt, can use her business connections to achieve this.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The chief executive officer of the state-owned  Caribbean Airlines (CAL), Garvin Medera, Tuesday said that the award of the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) award reflects the confidence passengers having in the airline.

With election season behind us and the coronation of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States looming, many marginalized communities around the world are still fuming from the misconceptions and unsubstantiated falsehoods that were spread about migrants from the West Indies and the conditions of specific islands in the Caribbean, most notably Puerto Rico,during this latest presidential election.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Trinidad and Tobago  Wednesday welcomed the decision by Air Canada to resume direct flights from Canada beginning in May next year.