Cayman Islands Compass Point earns recognition for sustainable tourism at SOTIC 2014
Puerto Rico cops top CTO Sustainable Tourism Award ~ Caribbean Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Awards presented at State of the Industry Conference in US Virgin Islands CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas (18 September, 2014) – The Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC)…
Caribbean Tourism organization gets new chairman
From News America Now News Americas, ST. THOMAS, USVI, Thurs. Sept. 18, 2014: The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), has returned to a male chairmanship with the election Wednesday of Barbados Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Richard Sealy at the…
Recreated Pan Am plane transports guests to 1970s – all for the price of real airline ticket
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist What if I said you didn’t need a speeding Delorean and 1.21 gigawatts to revisit the past? No, you just need a few hundred dollars and the willingness to spend that money to sit on…
St. Kitts’ multilevel Brimstone Hill Fortress is second-biggest fortification in the Caribbean
By Bob Downing,McClatchy-Tribune from The Record BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, West Indies — Brimstone Hill is topped by a big fort on a small island discovered in 1493 by Christopher Columbus. Today, Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is one of the…
IATA warns Jamaican airports against doubling tariff
By Janet Silvera, From Jamaica Gleaner St Thomas, US Virgin Islands: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is urging regulators of the airline industry to act strongly and swiftly against proposed “big increases” in aviation fees by Jamaica’s two main…
Caribbean less competitive due to increasing aviation taxes IATA warns
By Ernie Seon From caribbean360 ST THOMAS, US Virgin Islands, Wednesday September 17, 2014, CMC – The International Air Transportation Association (IATA) Tuesday urged regional aviation authorities to adhere to the key principles set out by International Civil Aviation Organization….
A Cork pioneer who is helping tourists to find their feet here
By Louise McBride From Independent IE Swimming with sea turtles in Barbados or climbing Dunn’s River Falls in Jamaica might be high on your wish list if you’re lucky enough to visit the Caribbean islands soon. However, unless you know…
Three Caribbean hotels listed on the top ten places to avoid at all costs
From Caribbean360 NEW YORK, United States– The importance of adequate research when choosing a hotel recently came under a white hot spotlight with a stinging critique of 10 hotels described as “just plain disasters” by Oyster.com. Published in the Daily…
Going Tropical: Seattle maritime company buys Caribbean shipping business for $220M
By Steve Wilhelm From Puget Sound Business Journal Saltchuk Resources Inc., best known as a powerhouse in the West Coast and Arctic maritime industries, is going Caribbean. The Seattle-based holding company this week finalized purchase of Florida-based Tropical Shipping and…
Caribbean tourism conference set for this week on St. Thomas
By Aldeth Lewin From Virgin Islands Daily News St. THOMAS – This week hundreds of tourism industry experts, government officials and members of the media will gather on St. Thomas for the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s 2014 State of the Industry…
