January 2011

Let the Airline Wars Begin!

Last October, Redjet launched in Barbados.  Then, everything just went quiet.  As always, in the absence of official information, the rumors started.  Were they just like the regional fast ferry service which on at least three occasions was ‘launched’ but never moved a single passenger? In the meantime, travel industry opinion leaders like Alec Sanguinetti, […]

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India Trip and Jamaican Tourism Performance

As I followed travel and tourism related news for the past week, two stories were hard to avoid.  One was the commentary on our Tourism Ministry’s trip to India and the other was Jamaica’s strong tourism performance for 2010. In terms of the India trip, most voices appear to be critical of the initiative, declaring

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Connecting Effort to Results in Tourism

From January 16th to 18th, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) held its annual ‘Caribbean Marketplace’ in Jamaica.  I look forward to any important pronouncements or insights that may come from this event.  This year is one of continued recovery for some destinations but a make or break year for others…such as Tobago. A

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