Caribbean tourism news — travel industry trends, hotel investment, cruise sector developments, and destination competitiveness across the region.
The Guyana Tourism Authority published its Tourism Awareness Month calendar on 1 November 2026: 31 dated items from 31 October to 12 December. Regions One, Three, Five, Six and Eight carry nothing, two items are overseas, and no item carries a fee, a target or a deadline.
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Tourism Minister Susan Rodrigues put arrivals at 360,623 by September, ten per cent above 2025, and named a half-million target. The subtraction leaves 139,377 for a fourth quarter announced with two of its three months still to run.
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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reported third-quarter revenue of US$2.9 billion and adjusted EBITDA of US$937 million on 29 October 2026, above guidance, and raised its full-year outlook. Gross margin a Capacity Day fell 16.7 per cent against 2025.
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Brazil's central bank closing rate moved from R$5.0377 before the 25 October runoff to R$5.5007 on the Monday after, then back to R$5.3346 on the Tuesday. The Ibovespa fell in all four sessions of that week and was down again on the morning of 30 October.
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The Central Bank of Barbados reported on 28 October 2026 that real GDP grew an estimated 1.4 per cent in the first nine months, against 2.3 per cent a year earlier. Its July half-year review gave the same figure, when the traded sector was still growing.
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Mayor Ana Paty Peralta announced Renueva Cancún at the Cancún Travel Mart on 22 October 2026, under which hotels may be exempted from remodelling licence fees. The municipal tax law sets that fee at 0.77 UMA a square metre in the tourist zone, about 90.33 pesos.
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eTecK acquired all shares of Hilton International Trinidad Limited on 4 September 2026, renaming it HotelTT Asset Management Company Limited. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced a divestment on 13 October. No price has been disclosed, and Hilton manages on a six-month agreement.
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne said on 25 October 2026 that the government is considering drawing up to $60 million from the Treasury, State Insurance, Social Security and the Airport Authority for two new 150-room hotels. Cabinet takes the proposals on Wednesday 28 October.
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd reported its US$3.0 billion purchase of half of Sandals and Beaches Resorts in a Form 8-K of four sentences on 23 September 2026, under Item 8.01 Other Events. The agreements are not among the exhibits. Its earnings call is set for Tuesday 27 October 2026.
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The Caribbean Tourism Organization elected its officers at its Annual General Meeting in Georgetown in October 2026. Antigua and Barbuda took the chairmanship and the Board chair, two CARICOM vice-chairmanships went to St Kitts and Nevis and The Bahamas, and the Dutch-speaking seat was deferred.
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At the Caribbean Tourism Organisation conference in Georgetown, Jamaica's Edmund Bartlett proposed a visitor-funded resilience fund on 6 October and President Irfaan Ali called Caribbean investors "too laid-back" on 7 October. Guyana recorded 360,623 arrivals in nine months.
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The Dominican Republic received 9,241,246 visitors between January and September 2026, up 7.5 per cent, Tourism Minister David Collado said on 6 October. September alone brought 684,831, more than Cuba's 419,863 for January to July. Cruise arrivals grew 54.7 per cent.
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