CARIBBEAN TOURISM AUTHORITY – Industry veteran salutes travel sellers as he retires from the Jamaica Tourist Board
MARCH 29, 2023 Industry veteran salutes travel sellers as he retires from the Jamaica Tourist Board From left: Jamaica Director of Tourism Donovan White; Joy Jibrilu, CEO of the Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board; Faye Gill, Director of Membership of…
Jamaica wins big at Caribbean Tourism Industry awards in New York
From South Florida Caribbean News NEW YORK – The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) proudly served as the co-sponsor for the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) Caribbean Tourism Industry Awards Dinner held on June 6th at the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel. Part of CTO’s annual…
Zapwater Communication’s Executive Vice President Cheryl Andrews selected as the Marcella Martinez Award Recipient by the Jamaica Tourist Board
From Miami Community Newspapers Zapwater Communications, Inc., announces that Executive Vice President, Cheryl Andrews, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Marcella Martinez Award by the Jamaica Tourist Board and Caribbean Tourism Organization. The annual accolade honors individuals…
Jamaica starts the year with record breaking arrival numbers
From Travel Pulse WHY IT RATES: The island of Jamaica continues to be a favorite vacation spot for travelers headed to the Caribbean. —Codie Liermann, Associate Editor Jamaica’s tourism sector is experiencing an unprecedented start to the year with record-breaking arrival figures…
CHTA shares optimistic 2019 tourism forecast
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (February 4, 2019) – Caribbean tourism officials are upbeat about 2019 and confidently expect another year of positive growth bolstered by increased airlift, improved sales, ongoing investments in hotel upgrades and refurbishments, and new properties coming on…
CHTA President hails Caribbean diversity, beauty and strength of its people
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (January 30, 2019) – President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Patricia Affonso-Dass hailed the diversity of the region, its incredible natural beauty and people as core strengths as she called for the Caribbean to be better known as…
Caribbean Travel Marketplace to welcome Chinese buyers to Jamaica
KINGSTON, JAMAICA (January 17, 2019) – For the first time in Caribbean Travel Marketplace history, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) will host a large contingent of Chinese travel buyers. Twenty companies will join more than 1,000 delegates registered…
The Caribbean’s biggest travel conference
From Caribbean Journal The biggest travel conference in the Caribbean is back again for 2019, this time on the white sands of Montego Bay in Jamaica. The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace is headed to the Montego…
Increased airlift to the Caribbean fuels new opportunities
MIAMI (December 13, 2018) – The Caribbean’s private sector has a unique opportunity to generate strong profits in the new year with the unprecedented quantity of airlift coming into the region. Director General and CEO of the Caribbean Hotel and…
Caribbean not taking full advantage of tourism’s benefits says CHTA CEO
Market power of the region to go on full display at Caribbean Travel Marketplace in Jamaica this January MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (October 31, 2018) – Empty hotel rooms are costing the Caribbean billions of dollars in economic opportunity each year,…








