The eye-popping secrets of Branson’s Caribbean playground
By Chris Hastings for The Mail On Sunday Guests fire golf balls at human targets dressed as sumo wrestlers and eat sushi off a staff member’s stomach Staff on Richard Branson’s Caribbean island reveal bizarre goings-on One employee revealed she…
US-Cuba thaw may rock Caribbean tourism
By Andres Oppenheimer From Stabroek News One of the big questions following President Barack Obama’s decision to significantly expand US tourism to Cuba will be how much it will affect other Caribbean tourism destinations such as the Dominican Republic, Jamaica…
Coast Guard Cutter Dependable to return to Cape May
CAPE MAY – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable is schedule to return home to Cape May at 11 a.m. Friday. The crew patrolled a vast geographic area over the 60-day deployment, from the Florida Straits to the…
Study finds Caribbean share of global tourism declining
From Jamaica Gleaner Tourists at a beach in Negril, Westmoreland. – File CMC: A study examining what is driving the tourism flows in the Caribbean has found that the region’s share of the global tourism market is declining. The International…
Caribbean Journal says: Three new reasons to visit Grand Cayman this season
By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Grand Cayman has long been one of the most popular Caribbean destinations but this season there are several new reasons – beyond Stingray City and those famous Seven Mile sands – to visit the…
From Panama to Ferguson: Countering the devaluation of black lives
By Janvieve Williams Comrie From AlJazeerra The 25th anniversary of the US invasion of Panama is a reminder that US state “I was 11 years old when the invasion happened. It did not matter that there were Christmas lights blinking…
The Editor Speaks: I must be plain daft!
Virgin Islands Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty in our article today “V.I. tourism community looks to opening of Cuba”: “….. the maxim ‘a rising tide raises all boats’ should hold true. This news puts the spotlight on the Caribbean region as a…
Caribbean share of global tourism market declining — Study
From Jamaica Observer BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – A study examining what is driving the tourism flows in the Caribbean has found that the region’s share of the global tourism market is declining. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Working Paper titled…
The best all-inclusive resort in the world is in Cuba
(NEW YORK) — When President Obama announced last week that the U.S. would restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba, the reaction across the country was strong and varied. While some American businessmen immediately focused on goods that they may soon…
Caribbean Tourism moving in the right direction says CTO Chairman in Christmas Message
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Christmas Message 2014 from Hon. Richard Sealy, Chairman Council of Ministers and Commissioners of Tourism – Caribbean Tourism Organization: It gives me great pleasure to bring you Season’s Greetings on behalf of the Council of Ministers and…





