Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says Jamaica has submitted its candidature to occupy one of five seats allocated to the Regional Commission of the Americas on the Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for the period 2018 – 2021.

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has announced the appointment of John Woolcock as Manager, Groups and Conventions, in the JTB's Regional Office, USA (Miami).

55 U.S. Senators led by Sens. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) reintroduced the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act, which would eliminate current restrictions on traveling to Cuba for tourism purposes.

Lessons on Cultural Management, Event Management, Popular Religiosity and Cuban Traditional Culture will be heading the wide range of topics to be shared.

More than 40 leading U.S. travel companies and associations in a joint letter Tuesday asked Trump not to undo policies that expanded travel to Cuba ahead of an expected review of U.S.-Cuba policies from the current administrations in coming weeks.

In this year’s race, 37 boats set off from Miami, and all but five finished.