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.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA)  Monday welcomed the decision of the Haitian-based Sunrise Airways to begin serving the island, saying that the new intra-Caribbean flight service creates unprecedented north-to-south access the Caribbean.

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.

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Florida-Caribbean Association (FCCA), the trade group representing the mutual interests of the cruise industry and destinations and stakeholders in the Caribbean and Latin America, is proud to announce that the 2023-2024 cruise year brought record economic contributions to the region. According to the study released today by Business Research & Economic Advisors (BREA), Economic Contribution of Cruise Tourism to the Destination Economies, cruise tourism generated $4.27 billion in direct cruise tourism expenditures – about 27 percent higher than the record set by the previous study in 2018 – along with over 94,000 jobs paying more than $1.27 billion in wage income in the 33 participating destinations.

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.”

ST. MICHAEL, Barbados – Blue Diamond Resorts, boasting the Caribbean’s most diverse portfolio of all-inclusive brands, is excited to announce its expansion into Barbados with the introduction of Royalton CHIC Barbados, a posh and vibrant adults-only all-inclusive resort set to open in Spring 2026.

Punta Cana. - Arajet, a low-priced Dominican airline launched operations from Punta Cana Airport (PUJ) expanding its network of destinations and connecting this important tourist center with the American continent. The Dominican flag line will initially operate 14 destinations to and from Punta Cana. These include Kingston in Jamaica; Lima in Peru; Mexico City and Cancun in Mexico; Bogotá, Cartagena, and Medellín in Colombia; Quito and Guayaquil in Ecuador; Toronto and Montreal in Canada; Sao Paulo in Brazil; Buenos Aires in Argentina and Santiago in Chile. With this expansion, Punta Cana Airport is now the airline's second base of operations in the Dominican Republic. Víctor Pacheco, CEO and Founder of Arajet, expressed his satisfaction in offering citizens of the region the opportunity to connect with the eastern region of the Dominican Republic, recognized as the most important tourist center in the Caribbean and the second most significant in the entire continent. “For Arajet, it is a firm commitment to continue democratizing the skies and connecting the continent from Canada to Argentina at the best market prices with world-class service,” Pacheco said.

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.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) has identified a site for the establishment of the country’s fourth international airport, which is to be located in the tourist resort town of Negril, in the central parish of Westmoreland.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Two airlines, JetBlue and Spirit have suspended flights to Haiti in the wake of  a fresh spike in gang violence .