Castries - April 11, 2014 - The current drought and resulting Water Emergency in the north of the island will undoubtedly have a significant impact on the tourism sector with several hotel and tourism properties located in the north.

Port of Spain (November 13th, 2013) -   The Convention for the establishment of the Sustainable Tourism Zone of the Greater Caribbean (STZC), an initiative of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), has been ratified, gaining the required signatories from the ACS’ Member and Associate Member States for it to be fully entered into force, effectively establishing the Caribbean Region as the First Sustainable Tourism Zone in the World!

Nov. 16, 2012 - Come January 1, 2013, Russian airline, Transaero, will begin nonstop service from Moscow to Montego Bay, using a Boeing 777 with 300 seats.

Hendersonville - Nov. 6, 2012 - Hurricane Sandy, which first made landfall in Jamaica on Wednesday, 24 October, had a widespread impact on occupancy across the Caribbean, according to data from STR.

Oct. 14, 2011 -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved the Caribbean Hotel Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Action - Advanced Program (CHENACT-AP), a US$2 million grant to help the tourism sector in Barbados, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Guyana to become more energy efficient.

Oct. 11, 2011 - There will be increases in the global market shares of Asia and the Pacific (to 30% in 2030, up from 22% in 2010), the Middle East (to 8% from 6%) and Africa (to 7% from 5%), and further declines in the shares of Europe (to 41% from 51%) and the Americas (to 14% from 16%), mostly due to the slower growth of North America.

St. John’s Antigua- Aug. 19, 2011 - OECS tourism stakeholders who met in Antigua this week have agreed to a first ever blueprint that will guide the sub-regional industry for the next four years.

August 16, 2011 -- Senior Tourism Officials are scheduled to meet in Antigua & Barbuda on August 16th and 17th 2011 at a workshop designed to finalize the first ever Common Tourism Policy for the OECS region. 

July 6, 2011 - Cheapflights has analysed traffic search patterns for the first six months (H1) of 2009, 2010 and 2011 for searches for Barbados, Jamaica and Mexico and other long-haul destinations 

NEW YORK, June 15, 2011 -- One of the best-selling artists of all time with more than 30 million records and 100 million singles sold, Rihanna has signed a multi-year deal with The Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) to exclusively promote her hometown island of Barbados as a tourist destination.

ST. PAUL, Minn.--Jan. 27, 2011 -- Travelers between participating nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will enjoy faster, hassle-free travel due to a novel border security program designed by 3M Security Systems. CARIPASS, the first multilateral border crossing program in the world, is a voluntary travel card program that provides secure and simple border crossings for citizens and legal residents of ten CARICOM nations.

Montego Bay -- Jan. 17, 2011 -- Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that Jamaica and the wider region will continue to lobby against the Airport Passenger Duty (APD) imposed by the United Kingdom government, which he said, was unfair.

Atlanta -- Sept. 13, 2010 --  The Caribbean lodging industry felt the full negative impact of the recent global recession in 2009, but to a lesser degree than the U.S. hotel industry.

Bridgetown -- July 28, 2010 -- Meetings held with over 20 tour operators in Beijing and Shanghai over the past two weeks have been dubbed a success by Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy.

Kingston -- July 23, 2010 -- Forstmayr is of the view that they now have to get Jamaica to take the lead in the Caribbean and ensure that the Caribbean Tourism Development Company (CTDC) receives some funding.