WESTERN BUREAU: Adam Stewart has appointed hospitality executives Wayne Cummings and Omar Robinson to the board of AC Hotel Jamaica, marking his first major move since acquiring majority control of the hotel. Stewart now holds 52 per cent of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly 11 months after Hurricane Beryl barrelled through Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, damaging homes, shuttering businesses, and breaking spirits, the beloved south coast village found itself restored by storytelling, poetry, and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Newly appointed Jamaican Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, says stepping into diplomacy is not a departure, but a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica is on track to welcome more than 4.5 million visitors in 2025, with tourism earnings projected to reach US$4.62 billion, continuing the island’s impressive post-pandemic growth trajectory. Delivering the latest forecast...
WESTERN BUREAU: Antigua and Barbuda is riding a wave of exceptional tourism growth, emerging as one of the fastest-growing service-based economies in the Caribbean and a standout success story in the region’s post-pandemic recovery. Speaking at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: A noticeable decline in Canadian travellers to the United States is reshaping the region’s tourism flows and Jamaica is poised to be among the key beneficiaries. With political tensions and shifting travel preferences causing...
WESTERN BUREAU: Traditional hotels in Kingston and across the Caribbean are sounding the alarm over the unregulated expansion of short-term rental platforms like Airbnb, which they say are siphoning off as much as 30 per cent of business from small...
WESTERN BUREAU: Christopher Martin lit up the stage with a fiery late-night set that proved to be worth the wait and the ticket price. Closing the inaugural Bonafide Fest at Montego Bay’s Catherine Hall Sports Complex with swagger and soul, the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Audrey Marks is back home, after nearly a decade as Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States, to lead a bold mission to modernise government and empower entrepreneurs through digital transformation. Now appointed minister...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay-based S Hotel has again been rewarded for excellence by emerging as the number one all-inclusive resort in Jamaica by Tripadvisor’s 2025 Traveler’s choice Best of the Best Awards, reaffirming its position as a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Based on statistics provided by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Jamaica once again emerged as one of the Caribbean’s tourism powerhouses last year, attracting 2.9 million stopover visitors, which made the island the...
WESTERN BUREAU: In an emotional culmination of faith, perseverance, and newfound sisterhood, 23-year-old cosmetologist Samantha McFarlane was crowned Miss Universe Jamaica West 2025 on Sunday night at the Hotel Commingle in Savanna-la-Mar,...
WESTERN BUREAU: When Jean Campbell and Hynreckie O’Hara took to the dance floor on February 23 at the Ocoee Lakeshore Center in Florida, it wasn’t just the first dance of their wedding – it was the reunion of a love story rekindled after nearly...
WESTERN BUREAU: Local travel agency Go! Jamaica Travel emerged as the overall winner at this year’s Ocean Coral Spring and Ocean Eden Bay Annual Travel Agents Awards, staged last week under the theme ‘Feel the Ocean: Under the Sea’. The agency,...
WESTERN BUREAU: On a quiet Good Friday afternoon, the streets of Montego Bay, St James, were transformed into a sacred journey of reflection, as the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral led a citywide observance of the Stations of the Cross. In a powerful...
WESTERN BUREAU: Statesman-in-Residence of the PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy, former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, on his 90th birthday, honoured The University of the West Indies with a Pan-Africanist mural celebrating 17...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s tourism landscape is now entering a new era, as LCH Developments is partnering with global lifestyle hospitality group Ennismore, which is a part of the Accor Group, to launch the island’s first luxury branded residences...
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has called for a bold transformation and renewed ambition in Jamaica’s business process outsourcing (BPO) and global services sectors, saying it is crucial in preparing for the future. Holness, who...
WESTERN BUREAU: Caribbean leaders and tourism stakeholders are expressing alarm over proposed US port service fees and tariffs, warning that these could severely impact the region’s fragile economies and tourism industry. The Caribbean Hotel and...
WESTERN BUREAU: When Dreanna Williams entered the room, the energy shifted. At 6 feet 3 inches tall, with radiant dark skin and a quiet, commanding presence, she walked in “like a boss lady”, as one judge put it. But beneath that elegance was a...
WESTERN BUREAU: When Steve Gera looked around the grandstand at Jamaica’s National Stadium, he saw more than just fans. He saw a movement. “We’ve taken over at least five hotels,” said the president of Grand Slam Track, standing amid the electric...
WESTERN BUREAU: Last weekend history was made on the tracks of Italy, as the dynamic Jamaican duo of Senna Summerbell and Christopher Issa clinched victory in the opening race of the prestigious European Touring Car Championship (TCR). Competing at...
WESTERN BUREAU: Professor Anthony Bogues has dismissed claims by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) that former Prime Minister Michael Manley “mash up Jamaica” with his policies in the 1970s. Instead, he praised the late People’s National Party (PNP)...
Western Bureau: In a move described by Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett as yet another milestone for Jamaica’s tourism sector, Emirates Airline, through a codeshare arrangement with Condor Airline, is set to become the first Middle Eastern airline...
WESTERN BUREAU: At age 83, Beverley Manley Duncan still stood tall as she soaked up the admiration of family and friends beneath the chandeliers at Hilton Rose Hall in Montego Bay, St James, where she was honoured by the People’s National Party (...
