WTTC Vice President and Deputy Chief Executive Officer Maribel Rodríguez held a meeting with PRTC Executive Director Carlos Mercado to discuss the initiative.To be held at Year’s End in Collaboration with Tourism Co. SAN JUAN – To increase investment and place Puerto Rico in a global position for sustainable tourism, the World Travel and Tourism…
Madden-Grieg said that having the lowest infection, hospitalizations and COVID-19 related deaths in the world, with stringent testing requirements in place for entry by all Caribbean jurisdictions, and a low rate of transmission through travel, the region has a compelling case to be given the green light through the UK traffic light system. “So from…
The Ministries of Health and Tourism as agencies of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago are partnering with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), 3 Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) and the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA). The program aims to safeguard the health and well-being of visitors and locals through a…
Like seashells, no two holidays in the Bahamas are alike. With options as diverse as its 700 islands, it’s a place where you can find exactly the getaway you love most. Looking for a family destination, a place for lovers to sneak away, a gambling mecca, a haven for cruise passengers, or a shopper’s world…
Barbados Tourism Minister: Single set of COVID-19 travel rules for the Caribbean would be difficult | CAPABarbados’ Minister of Tourism and International Transport Lisa Cummins, speaking at CAPA Live May 2021, noted (13-May-2021) “there are no uniform risk requirements across Europe for entry” and said the “same factors that prevent there from being universal requirements” on…
As regional stakeholders ramp up efforts to woo back tourists and rebuild the sector in the aftermath of the fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamaica Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has called on Caribbean leaders to raise their voices collectively against vaccine inequity. Only one in more than 500 people in poorer countries…
Cartagena de Indias is the undisputed queen of the Caribbean coast, a historic city of superbly preserved beauty lying within an impressive 13km of centuries-old colonial stone walls. Cartagena’s Old Town is a Unesco World Heritage Site – a maze of cobbled alleys, balconies covered in bougainvillea, and massive churches that cast their shadows across…
How to Optimize Your Mobile Booking Experience When was the last time you tested your mobile booking experience?For many hoteliers, the answer is ‘not recently enough’. Mobile now accounts for more than 50% of all booking engine searches, but mobile bookings are lagging far behind. So what do guests want from your mobile website? And how…
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says the extreme uncertainty surrounding tourism recovery in the Caribbean highlights the importance of boosting innovation and supporting transformations that align tourism destinations and products with post-pandemic global demand trends. The IDB in a new report noted that most global tourism reports predict a two to four…
