Global hotel industry’s performance is improving, but it’s still ways away from the pre-pandemic era. US hotel profit has moved in the right direction since the beginning of the year In Europe, performance continues to lag other global regions Middle East stayed on a positive performance path with GOPPAR levels in April 357% higher than […]
Jamaica Tourism Minister Hon. Edmund Bartlett is mourning the passing of tourism stalwart and prominent businessman, Ernest Smatt, who died today (May 27, 2021) at the age of 88. Smatt died in Miami, Florida, while receiving treatment in hospital. Smatt owned and operated a number of tourism enterprises over the years. He invested in Jamaica […]
A few months after announcing the opening of Mango House Seychelles, Hilton has appointed Andre Borg as the country general manager for Seychelles and named Sasha Tyas as general manager of the first LXR Hotels & Resorts in the region. Seychelles tourism announced new appointments in the hotel industry on the islands. Borg has achieved […]
Hawaii has experienced a rapid rise in visitor arrivals during May, which is anticipated to continue through the summer months and is causing a rental car shortage. Residents and visitors alike have been experiencing challenges in securing a rental car throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii Tourism Authority is working with rental car companies to find […]
Jamaica Tourism Minister Hon. Edmund Bartlett (seen right in the photo) and Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator, the Hon. Aubyn Hill (seen left) pause for a photograph with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment, Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, following a successful meeting in Saudi Arabia earlier today. The […]
A new wave of COVID-19 is causing new restrictive measures to be implemented in several Asian countries in light of the increased number of contagions and deaths. The death toll in Mongolia’s sparse population has risen from 15 to 240. Taiwan, once considered a success story in the fight against the new coronavirus, has […]
Taxation related to travel and tourism services continues to be a problem in Europe that is not getting better but is in fact deteriorating. Amsterdam has a controversial VMR tax that largely targets the group travel industry, and it simply does not work. Germany is facing a proposed change in the indirect taxation arrangements applicable […]
Resort groundbreaking marked the ongoing commitment to Jamaica and the location that inspired founder Gordon “Butch” Stewart to build Sandals Resorts throughout the Caribbean. This exciting event celebrated the first phase of Sandals’ ambitious US$230 million project in Jamaica. Sandals will also transform two properties acquired last year plus a prime parcel of beachfront land […]
Around the Mediterranean as well as in the U.S., car rental prices are increasing significantly. Travelers planning to rent a car should be ready for different costs than before the pandemic. The days when rental cars could be booked spontaneously at the vacation resort in Portugal, Spain or Italy for 30 or 40 euros […]
Travel & Tourism’s impact on Caribbean’s GDP fell from USD$58.4 billion (14.1%) in 2019, to USD$24.5 billion (6.4%), just 12 months later, in 2020. COVID-19 sparks a dramatic 58% collapse in the sector’s contribution to GDP 680,000 jobs lost with many more still hanging in the balance The return of international travel this year could […]