PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Tourism Minister, Randall Mitchell, has expressed his disappointment after Air Canada announced a suspension of its service to Trinidad and Tobago just three months after it had resumed flights to the Caribbean country.
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United Airlines, in collaboration with Tourism Corporation Bonaire, the Government of Bonaire, BONHATA, and Bonaire Flamingo International Airport (BON), today announced the addition of two additional weekly flights from New York/Newark (EWR) to Bonaire (BON) in anticipation of a busy winter and spring travel season. United currently offers once-weekly flights to Bonaire from Houston (IAH) and once-weekly from New York/Newark (EWR) and will be expanding their New York/Newark (EWR) service to three times a week to meet the continued demand of US travelers wanting to visit the Dutch Caribbean island.
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada’s Underwater Sculpture Park at the Molinere Beauséjour Marine Protected Area will soon receive two installments of sculptures as part of plans to transform and develop the underwater attraction.
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – St. Kitts-Nevis has welcomed the inaugural flight of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) with Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew saying that “this significant milestone further strengthens our connectivity to the rest of the region and, by extension, the world.
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos – Preparations for the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s much-anticipated State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) are well underway, with the program set to take place at The Shore Club Turks & Caicos on Providenciales from October 9-13, 2023.
Margaritaville Beach Resort Nassau in the Bahamas has launched a new Navigator Experience, an exclusive butler service catering to guests staying in the exquisite One Particular Harbour residences section of the resort.
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands and Barbados have announced direct flights between the two destinations as part of the efforts to improve the transportation woes within the region.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has told the Turks and Caicos-based InterCaribbean Airways that it could face sanctions if the carrier does not avoid prolonged flight delays and cancellations.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is on a visit to three Latin American countries for a week-long visit aimed at increasing tourist arrivals from the region.
JAMAICA – Jamaica will host the 42nd edition of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s (CHTA) Caribbean Travel Marketplace, May 20-22, 2024.
NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS – Following the tremendous success of the inaugural celebration, Baha Mar announces the return of The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival, from October 27 to October 29, 2023. The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival showcases the best in culinary and artistic expression headlined by world-renowned chef talent including Marcus Samuelsson of Marcus at Baha Mar Fish + Chop House, Katsuya Uechi of Katsuya, and Dario Cecchini of Carna. Baha Mar’s chefs will be joined by Bahamian celebrity chef, Chef Simeon Hall Jr., Food Network stars Amanda Freitag, Carla Hall, Geoffrey Zakarian, Scott Conant, and Michelle Bernstein, as well as social media star and chef Eitan Bernath. Also in attendance will be the country's foremost spirits expert and author Noah Rothbaum, wine experts Ted Diamantis, Fernando Beteta and Ken Fredrickson, the team behind the award-winning Broken Shaker bar and sponsors from Antinori Wines. This year’s festival will also feature a show-stopping musical performance, to be announced in the coming weeks.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has announced the return of the Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF), to be held November 29 to December 1, 2023, at the Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon.
CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA – Highlighting Saint Lucia’s commitment to strengthening the tourism sector for both sellers and buyers, the 2023 Showcase North America conference was hosted at Sandals Grands St. Lucian from July 6-10. The event brought together the destination’s key travel industry organizations along with wholesale and tour operator partners from the U.S. and Canada. Delegates – including 26 buyers from North America and – met one-on-one with 33 Saint Lucia sellers from local tourism and accommodations sector, including villas, Destination Management Companies and attractions.
