ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada has recorded a 12.5 percent decline in stayover arrivals for the first five months of this year, but officials are hopeful of a rebound in the remainder of 2025.

NEW BRUNSWICK, Canada — The global tourism industry is being urged to embrace cultural competency as a business imperative. Industry experts caution that destinations and companies could be leaving money on the table and risking their reputation by failing to connect with guests on a deeper level — one that goes beyond language to truly understand the culture behind it.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has welcomed the arrival of a new aircraft by the Turks and Caicos based interCaribbean Airway with a call for the island to deepen its transportation ties with Latin America in order to improve trade, tourism and regional influence.

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique – Martinique has posted a significant increase in the number of cruise passengers for the 2024–2025 season, with a near 11 percent increase from the 421,000 figured the previous year to more than 465,000.

KINGSTON, JAMAICA – Jamaica is set to strengthen its position as one of the world’s most accessible island destinations over the next six months with expanded air service and seat capacity.

Montego Bay, Jamaica — Visitors arriving on Montego Bay’s famed Hip Strip now have a dramatic new welcome: a soaring 46-foot sculpture of Jamaica’s national bird, the streamer-tail hummingbird, affectionately known as the Doctor Bird. Perched on the façade of the award-winning S Hotel Montego Bay, the monumental work is both a bold declaration of Jamaican pride and a catalyst for cultural revival along Jimmy Cliff Boulevard.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Director General of Guyana’s aviation sector , Lt. Col. (ret’d) Egbert Field, says the country’s aviation sector is taking off. 

KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has officially launched its new advertising campaign featuring legendary sprinter Hon. Usain Bolt, who was recently appointed Jamaica’s Global Tourism Ambassador. In celebration of Jamaica’s Independence Day, the campaign debuted yesterday with a 30-second video spot that is now airing across digital platforms.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government has confirmed it has pulled the plug on the Canadian investors involved with the Black Sands Resort at Peter’s Hope, located on the most southern tip of  the country.

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago — Caribbean Airlines flights BW 296 and BW 297 were warmly welcomed upon their touchdown in Puerto Rico and Dominica respectively, as the airline commenced non-stop flights between the two destinations on August 15.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) says it will spotlight its leadership in sustainable tourism at the  Caribbean Festival of  Arts (CARIFESTA XV), which gets underway here on Friday.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – An eight-member delegation from Cuba has arrived here as part of an historic Hospitality Technical Mission, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) said Wednesday.