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One of the Caribbean’s greatest racing events is back for its 35th edition this year with Martinique’s one-of-a-kind Tour de Yoles sailing festival.
The week-long event is a nautical competition unique to Martinique — and one of the French Caribbean department’s cultural emblems.
The racing series is unique in using the rectangular-sailed “Yole Ronde,” a boat created by a carpenter from Le Francois, Martinique in the 1940s.
Set across eight stages around Martinique, it’s as much about the on-land festivities as it is the intense racing, with beach parties, fetes and, of course, Martinique’s world-famous rhum.
The festivities begin in Le Francois on July 27, followed by racing in La Trinite, Saint Pierre, Fort-de-France, Les Anses d’Arlet, Diamant, Sainte Anne and Vauclin.
The eighth and final stage takes place on Sunday Aug. 4 from Vauclin to the town of Robert.
For more, visit the Tour des Yoles.
— CJ
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JetBlue Airways has officially launched sales for its newest Caribbean service: thrice-weekly flights to the French Caribbean department of Guadeloupe.
The new service is slated to launch Feb. 1, 2020, with nonstop flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Pointe-a-Pitre International Airport.
“A long-time favorite getaway spot for French and other Western Europeans travelers, we can’t wait to introduce our JetBlue customers to this unique corner of the Caribbean,” said Andrea Lusso, director route planning, JetBlue. “And as the only airline to serve Guadeloupe from the northeastern United States, JetBlue adds yet another, unique destination to our growing route map.”
The flights will operate on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays.
“JetBlue’s new air service to Guadeloupe was highly anticipated by New Yorkers and Guadeloupeans,” said Ary Chalus, President of the Guadeloupe Tourist Board. “We will be celebrating the new route in New York with brand ambassador Willy Monfret and JetBlue during Pinknic – the annual rosé Pinknic and music festival July 19-20 – and again when the winter inaugural flight takes off during the heat of our legendary three-month Carnival season.”
— CJ
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As Jamaica plans to expand its tourism footprint beyond traditional poles like Montego Bay and Ocho Rios, it’s looking to cultivate new destinations — and that includes what could be one of Jamaica’s next niche destinations: St Mary.
Home to a robust history from Jamaica’s indigenous Taino people to the legends of the Maroons, St Mary could be a new travel hotspot, according to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.
“As part of our commitment to reimagine destination Jamaica, we are committed to building out new experiences east of Oracabessa towards Port Antonio,” Barthlett said.
The new vision is part of what Bartlett called a “reimagining exercise” for Jamaica’s tourism product — with the added priority of developing tourism with low density and a low carbon footprint.
“[St Mary] has huge geophysical assets in terms of its beaches, waterfalls and rivers that can definitely be converted into tremendous experiences for tourism and the time is now for us to capitalize on this potential,” Bartlett said.
It’s part of a wider push to develop what Bartlett is calling “mini-destinations” across Jamaica.
— CJ
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