Jamaica

It seems like just yesterday that I named Air Jamaica the saddest airline ever. It looks like that title will be short-lived. April 12 is the day that the government is expected to hand the reins over to Caribbean Airlines, an airline with its own checkered past. Will 1+1 = 3
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The country is pushing to get travelers to experience the island beyond its beaches. From the Wall Street Journal : From the tourism minister on down, Jamaican officialdom has embraced a plan to market the nation’s Jewish history as a way of wooing a new segment of travelers. Tourism officials admit that Jamaica’s...
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Jamaica plans to open a music museum next year that officials say will feature rare pieces from the island's music history.
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Mired in debt, Jamaica is handing over its national carrier, Air Jamaica, to Caribbean Airlines on April 12 to offset the former’s $500 million deficit. Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Airlines will lease and operate the current Air Jamaica fleet for up to a year on the latter’s “most profitable routes” (aka those to/from North...
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• 'Redemption of Paradise' impresses Jamaica Film Festival TropicalFete.com The film details the struggles in crime ridden communities throughout the Caribbean. Filmed last year January in Antigua with its world premiere in Jamaica ...
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Jamaica Observer Cases of 'bullying' US politics Jamaica Observer Among the countries that had both signed and ratified the Rome Treaty were Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, and St Vincent and the Grenadines. ...
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Here is PART 2 of my review of the 2010 New York Times Travel Show at the Javits Center in New York City. Here's PART 1 if you missed it. The Frommers had another session later on in the afternoon called "What's Right and What's Wrong in Travel" 5 things Arthur Frommer liked Airline...
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Tourists told to avoid The Bahamas The Freeport News The others are Jamaica, Antigua , Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago and the Dominican Republican. "...There are some things you should know about travelling in this ...
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Nassau Guardian Tourists told: avoid Bahamas Nassau Guardian The others are Jamaica, Antigua , Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago and the Dominican Republican. "...There are some things you should know about traveling in this ...
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Dr. Howell appointed Antigua Film Ambassador South Florida Caribbean News The film details the struggles in crime ridden communities throughout the Caribbean. Filmed last year January in Antigua with its world premiere in Jamaica ..
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