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Jamaica’s Montego Bay To Be Home To A Bustling Tourism ‘Township,’ And The Caribbean’s New Tallest Hotel
Travel Noire
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July 8, 2025
Jamaica is aiming to elevate the Caribbean’s travel, tourism, and hospitality industries by constructing the region’s soon-to-be tallest hotel and its first “Tourism Innovation Township.” According to The Gleaner, a local news outlet, the country...
JUTC to launch Rural Express Service to towns across Jamaica
The Gleaner
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July 16, 2025
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company is to launch a JUTC Rural Express Service offering premium travel on long-haul direct routes from the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre in St Andrew to Negril, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Port Antonio and Mandeville....
Where to watch ‘Jersey Shore: Family Vacation’ season 8, episode 8 free
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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July 17, 2025
Get your fist pump face and tissue ready, “Jersey Shore” family. The legend continues with season 8, episode 8 “Jamaica Bound” tonight, Thursday, July 17, at 8 p.m. Eastern on MTV. Don’t have cable? You can stream episode 8 for free on Philo,...
Minister Alexa Lightbourne Visits Jamaica
Bernnews
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July 17, 2025
Minister of Home Affairs Alexa Lightbourne recently concluded a successful visit to Jamaica, reinforcing Bermuda’s regional leadership at the 49th CARICOM Heads of Government meeting. A Government spokesperson said, “The Minister of Home Affairs,...
Almost 2,500 Jamaicans secure US jobs under agricultural and non-agricultural programmes
Jamaica Observer
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July 18, 2025
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), sends off workers departing the island to take up employment opportunities in North America. The departure ceremony was held on Tuesday (July 15) at the Ministry’s Overseas...
Google rewriting travel search. Expedia’s island hot list. New payment model for hotels. WanziCloud x TA Network boost connectivity
WIT
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July 17, 2025
Google rewriting travel search. Expedia’s island hot list. New payment model for hotels. WanziCloud x TA Network boost connectivity TerraPay & XanderPay unveil first-ever payment model built for hoteliers TerraPay and XanderPay have announced a...
How to watch ‘Jersey Shore: Family Vacation’ Season 8, Episode 8 for free without cable
Syracuse.com - New York
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July 17, 2025
“Jersey Shore: Family Vacation‘s” 15-year celebration continues with Season 8, Episode 8, “Jamaica Bound,” on Thursday (Jerzday!), July 17 (7/17/2025) at 8 p.m. ET on MTV. Cord-cutters can sign up for Philo (7-day free trial), Fubo (5-day free...
How to watch ‘Jersey Shore: Family Vacation’ season 8 episode 8, ‘Jamaica Bound’
MLive - Michigan
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July 17, 2025
Tonight on “Jersey Shore: Family Vacation” season 8, the cast readies themselves for their first international trip in ages. Watch new episodes every Thursday night at 8/7c on MTV. Stream the series with Philo, Fubo, DirecTV, Sling, and Paramount+...
Jamaica-born retired nurse among QNIS members celebrated by Queen Camilla
The Gleaner
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July 9, 2025
Eighty-four-year-old Barbara Dyer-Panton, a Jamaica-born retired nurse, was among just four guests chosen to sit with Queen Camilla during a royal reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh in the United Kingdom recently. The event,...
Nearly 8,000 Jamaicans Secure Jobs Through Overseas Employment Programme Since January
Jamaica Information Service
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July 16, 2025
Nearly 8,000 Jamaicans have, so far, travelled for jobs under the Overseas Employment Programme since the start of 2025. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., made the disclosure while addressing the latest group...
Oceanpointe homeowners come good for needy Lucea students
The Gleaner
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August 2, 2025
WESTERN BUREAU: In a show of generosity, the residents of Oceanpointe, one of the newer residential communities in Hanover, have donated approximately 1,000 backpacks with school supplies and offered five scholarships valued at J$20,000 to needy...
Back to the Beach: Hyatt sells Playa Portfolio to Tortuga Resorts for $2B
Law Street Media
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July 17, 2025
Hyatt Hotels announced plans to sell its Playas real estate portfolio, just acquired from Playa as recently as June 17, 2025, for $2 billion to Tortuga Resorts, a joint venture between an affiliate of KSL Capital Partners, LLC and Rodina. Hyatt...
This budget airline is ending all flights from the Los Angeles area — what travelers should know
AOL
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Joe Scarnici/Getty Images/Courtesy of Avelo Air An Avelo Airlines airplane takes off Hollywood Burbank Airport. Key Takeaway Avelo Airlines is ceasing operations at the Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) in the Los Angeles area. Burbank is popular...
In Rockaway, a vacation day close to home
Queens Chronicle - New York
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Skip the suitcase and the plane tickets — your summer escape is closer than you think. And you don’t even have to leave the borough for it. A short train ride, car trip (with a reimbursed toll for Queens residents with an E-ZPass!) or even bike...
Jamaica's Airbnb arrivals increasing
Radio Jamaica
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July 8, 2025
The Ministry of tourism is reporting a major increase in the number of Airbnb visitors to Jamaica, from 59,500 in 2017 to 800,000 in 2024, generating earnings of US$32 million. This accounted for only 19 per cent of the 4.3 million visitors to the...
'I'm a world record traveller but there are two islands left on my bucket list'
The Mirror
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July 17, 2025
Lexie, who has 1.5 million followers on Instagram, sat down with the Mirror to share the two islands she is desperate to visit, on the same day Expedia released the 2025 Island Hot List This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a...
Al Gharafa sign Jamaican Holgate from Everton
The Peninsula
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July 17, 2025
Al Gharafa's new signing Mason Holgate (right) arrives at the Club's headquarters. Doha: Al Gharafa Sports Club yesterday announced the signing of Jamaican international defender Mason Holgate from English club Everton on a two-year deal. The...
New buses, new routes JUTC set to launch service across rural Jamaica, including direct express rides from Kingston
Jamaica Observer
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July 17, 2025
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (left) greats Member of Parliament Ann Marie Vaz as Commissioner of Police Dr Kevin Blake (second left), Transport Minister Daryl Vaz, and managing director at JUTC Owen Ellington (right) look on. (Photo: Naphtali...
World's largest reggae festival kicks off in Jamaica, spotlighting summer travel hotspot
KOKH - Oklahoma
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This segment is sponsored by Tavelzoo. The world's largest reggae festival is taking place this week in Jamaica. The global event is shedding spotlight on the Caribbean Island as a summer destination of choice. In fact, it got Travelzoo senior...
US said it had no choice but to deport them to a third country. Then it sent them home
The Daily Herald
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WASHINGTON--The Trump administration says that some serious criminals need to be deported to third countries because even their home countries won't accept them. But a review of recent cases shows that at least five men threatened with such a fate...