The Caribbean Tourism Organisation confirmed plans to close its offices in London and New York at the end of last year prompting concerns among partners in the industry. Here chairman Dominic Fedee tells Breaking Travel News how the organisation must evolve in order to meet the needs of its diverse membership.

Royal Caribbean is predicting that its Caribbean cruise tourism business will grow by 50 per cent by 2030, with the overall economic benefit of the sector reaching $6 billion.

The Caribbean Tourism Organisation has announced it will close its offices in New York and London as it seeks to rebalance its finances. There will also be a comprehensive audit of the Barbados office, the organisation announced.

Spurred on by a 24 per cent rise in arrivals from the United States, the Caribbean recorded a healthy 12 per cent increase in tourist arrivals during the first quarter of 2019, according to statistics compiled by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation.

The Caribbean Tourism Organisation, the authority on regional tourism statistics and performance, is forecasting six to seven per cent growth this year, continuing an upward trend which began last September.

The catastrophic hurricanes that devastated some Caribbean destinations last September slowed down tourism’s progress but did not stop it, according to figures released by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation.