BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The world’s largest cruise ship, “Icon of the Seas” docked at Port Zante in St. Kitts on its maiden voyage Tuesday with an estimated 5,610 passengers on board.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Concerns about inadequate medical services across the country have prompted the United States to update its travel advisory to level 3, which warns citizens to reconsider travel. This is in addition to the standard caution about crime.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados’ winter cruise season statistics for 2023/2024 have surpassed those for the 2022/2023 period.

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands – The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) has shown it was a preferred luxury lifestyle destination for 2023, with more than 1.5 million air and cruise visitors.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is observing its 35th anniversary this year, with its Secretary General, Dona Regis-Prosper, urging regional stakeholders to be part of the yearlong activities marking the occasion.

SOUTH CAICOS, Turks and Caicos – Sailrock South Caicos has been named “Resort Hotel of the Year” by Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) for the first time at its annual conference held in Marbella, Spain in December.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) says Grenada will host this year’s Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-2024) in April.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett  has reported steady strides regarding the Ministry’s Multi-Dimensional Impact Assessment Study, which will evaluate the economic impact as well as other implications of adding 20,000 new hotel rooms over the next 10 years.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –  A hotel based in the western city of Montego Bay – S Hotel,  has been rated as the number one All-Inclusive Caribbean Resort by travel experts and according to Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, this is another  feather in Jamaica’s cap as a premier tourist destination.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Plans are now in high gear for the second staging of the Global Tourism Resilience Conference to be held in Montego Bay.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The Dominican Republic and the United States have reached an agreement to sign an open skies pact, aiming to bring about reductions in airfare and an expansion of air connectivity.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI) was awarded the ‘Best Tourist Board’ at the Globe Travel Awards 2024 hosted last week by Travel Weekly