Jamaica’s hotel investment pipeline hit $4.2 billion, but 10 percent is delayed, including a Marriott resort first announced in 2019 for 2022 completion that still isn’t built, years before Melissa gave the sector a new excuse.

Jamaicas hotel pipeline hit US$4.2 billion, even as Hurricane Melissa knocked 6,200 rooms out of circulation and several flagship projects slipped years behind schedule.

Jamaicas hotel pipeline hit US$4.2 billion, even as Hurricane Melissa knocked 6,200 rooms out of circulation and several flagship projects slipped years behind schedule.

Jamaicas hotel pipeline hit US$4.2 billion, even as Hurricane Melissa knocked 6,200 rooms out of circulation and several flagship projects slipped years behind schedule.

A Melissa-damaged Montego Bay resort is reopening in 2028 under Marriott’s flagship brand instead of simply being repaired, part of a much larger regional all-inclusive expansion push.

Crime Stoppers helped secure significantly more arrests in 2025, with total arrests rising by 38.2 per cent to 76, according to the…

A hotel operator’s public complaint about his insurer’s slow Melissa response became a case study in systemic failure. Real FSC data shows insurance expenses surged 223 percent, while NHT processed claims faster than most private insurers.

A barbed wire fence on Negril’s Seven Mile Beach went viral and was removed within hours. The incident briefly spotlighted a harder fact: only 0.6 percent of Jamaica’s entire coastline is freely accessible to locals.

Jamaica will tax Airbnb-style rentals under GCT from 2027, after a licensing bill stalled the year before. Hoteliers are pleased; some short-term rental operators call the process an ambush.

Jamaica will tax Airbnb-style rentals under GCT from 2027, after a licensing bill stalled the year before. Hoteliers are pleased; some short-term rental operators call the process an ambush.