Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has declared that Negril will officially reopen for business on December 15, 2025 following a rapid and coordinated recovery effort after the passage of ...

NEGRIL, Jamaica — With power still out nine days after Hurricane Melissa swept through western Jamaica, Kellanie Kerr stood in the dark at the stifling hot souvenir shop in Negril where she works, ...

The collapse of Jamaica’s peak tourism season after Hurricane Melissa shows how unprepared the industry remains for extreme weather. Building climate resilience is no longer optional. Hurricane ...

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett of Jamaica announced that Negril will officially reopen on December 15 after a swift, community-led recovery from Hurricane Melissa. Workers, residents, and tourism ...

Tourism accounts for nearly a third of Jamaica’s economy, so officials are rushing to reopen dozens of hotels in time to salvage the vital winter travel season. Tourism accounts for nearly a third of ...

Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates recently declared that despite worsening climate change “people will be able to live and thrive in most places on Earth for the foreseeable future." His comments came ...

Jamaica is determined to welcome winter holidaymakers this year. Hurricane Melissa tore through the west of the island in late October, upending communities and cutting off travel before the most ...

Jamaica's hospitality sector is facing an uneven recovery following Hurricane Melissa, with some resorts already welcoming back guests while others in harder-hit regions face lengthy reopening ...

Jamaican authorities are in a desperate race against time to rebuild the island's western region, devastated by the catastrophic Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, with the crucial peak tourism season just ...

Jamaica’s peak tourism season is one month away, and officials in the hurricane-ravaged nation are rushing to rebuild from the catastrophic Category 5 storm that shredded the island’s western region.

Hurricane Melissa left a trail of destruction as it moved across Jamaica, seen for the first time from space in new satellite images obtained from Vantor. The storm made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday ...

NEGRIL, Jamaica — A LeClaire, Iowa, couple rode out Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica after being unable to leave the island before the storm hit. At least four deaths were reported in Jamaica, where ...