Originalmente, el calipso, baile muy popular en Trinidad y Tobago, se cantaba en criollo francés.
Margaritaville Holdings has announced that the brand is bringing its authentic lifestyle experience to the Bahamas’ capital city with Margaritaville at The Pointe, a $250 million, six-acre development.
American Airlines has welcomed the opening of its new Flagship Lounge and Flagship First Dining facilities at Los Angeles International Airport.
The new location offers customers several options to dine, relax and get ready for long journeys.
Suzanne Boda, American senior vice president, Los Angeles, joined Sean Burton, president of the Los Angeles World Airports’ Board of Commissioners, to officially cut the ribbon on the more than 14,500-square-foot space.
Jamaica prime minister, Andrew Holness, has welcome the support of tourism stakeholders in St. James after the government rolled-out a series of increased security measures to curb crime in the area.
The move has led some to question the safety of tourists in the popular Montego Bay resorts.
The prime minister was responding to a question during a press conference where he announced that a state of public emergency has been declared for the parish.
Meliá Hotels International has announced the newest addition to its UK portfolio, the Innside Liverpool.
The hotel will join four properties already operated in the UK by the brand, ME London, Meliá White House, Innside Manchester, and the upcoming Innside Newcastle, in what is proving to be an increasingly key market for the company.
Innside by Meliá specializes in creating urban lifestyle hotels for both business and leisure travel, combining informal yet efficient service, smart technology, unrivalled city knowledge and a relaxed environment.
On a sweltering early summer afternoon in Miami's Little Havana, President Donald Trump told a cheering Cuban-American crowd that he was rolling back some of Barack Obama's opening to Cuba in order to starve the island's military-run economy of U.S. tourism dollars and ratchet up pressure for regime change.
During an event at Fitur, the International Tourism Fair in Madrid, Spanish airline Iberia announced the first route for its new Airbus A350-900 aircraft to New York’s JFK Airport.
However, the airline did not go as far as to announce a start date for the aircraft, and no updated schedule including the A350 has been published.
In an effort to support communities affected by the 2017 hurricanes in the Caribbean, and after a sold-out inaugural group on the upcoming Jan. 20 Crown Princess sailing, Princess Cruises and Fathom Travel are adding two spring departures.
The Caribbean is open for business, but these cruises allow travelers to directly assist those who have been impacted by the hurricanes.
The newly scheduled dates are March 18 on Regal Princess and May 26 on Caribbean Princess.
Mexico and Jamaica signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on 16 January that aims to make travel between the destinations easier and more frequent thanks to a multi-destination marketing arrangement.
The deal was signed by Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, and Mexican Secretary of Tourism, His Excellency Enrique de la Madrid Cordero, at the Westin Palace Hotel in Madrid, Spain.
Multi-destination agreements have now been signed between Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Mexico.
Minube and the International Tourism Fair are once again joining forces to redesign travel activities at the 38th edition of the FITUR.
The program includes the IX edition of the Travelers’ Meet-Up, the VI edition of the Photography Workshop, and the II edition of Hackatrips.
The 38th Edition of the International Tourism Fair to be held at the Feria de Madrid from January 17-21, 2018, and in collaboration once again with minube, will present a program full of activities for trade professionals during the Fair.
Belarus opened a national stand at the International Tourism Fair 2018 in Madrid, Spain. The Fitur forum is the second largest tourist exhibition in the world. Belarus is represented at the forum for the first time.
As noted by Pavel Latushko, the Ambassador of Belarus to France and Spain, the opening of the Belarusian pavilion at the Fitur can have a positive influence on the Belarusian inbound tourism.
Cuba has won the Excelencias Award as the safest country for tourism at the International Tourism Fair Fitur 2018, which is unfolding in Madrid through January 21.
The award was received by the Cuban minister of the industry, Manuel Marrero, who heads the island's delegation to that event, reported Gustavo Machin, Cuban Ambassador to Spain, in his Twitter account.
The delegation from the Caribbean country is made up of executives from the main hotel chains, as well as the associates Melia Hotels, Iberostar, Blue Diamond, among others.
The Excelencias Awards were created 13 years ago by Grupo Excelencias, with the aim of promoting excellence in different areas related to tourism, gastronomy and culture in Iberian-America
An attempt to oust President Trump's hotel business from its role managing a luxury hotel in Panama City has turned bitter, with accusations of financial misconduct and “gross mismanagement.”
Trump Hotels is contesting its firing, and its staff refused to admit a team of Marriott executives who had been invited last month to visit the property — the Trump International Hotel and Tower Panama — during a search for a new hotel operator, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Originalmente, el calipso, baile muy popular en Trinidad y Tobago, se cantaba en criollo francés.
