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The Brief

Advisory

Level 2

Exercise increased caution · State Dept ↗

Weather

72°F / 22°C

Overcast · H 87° L 73°

Currency

JMD

157 per $1

Entry

Requirements

U.S. State Dept ↗

Standing intel: weather, currency & advisory · updated May 28, 2026

What’s moving in Jamaica

22 stories · last 90 days

The Latest

Family & Multi-gen

Margaritaville Jamaica Plans Public Offering as Recovery Lags

Margaritaville Jamaica plans a public equity offering within 90 days. The move signals confidence in the 2026/27 winter season. The recovery from Hurricane…

Oct 22

Family & Multi-gen

Jamaica's recovery is partial, even as Margaritaville Jamaica plans an IPO

About 3,500 Jamaican hotel rooms are expected to stay out of service next winter after Hurricane Melissa. Sangster airport traffic was down 17% in September.…

Oct 21

Romance

Sandals chairman honored as Jamaica nears Hurricane Melissa anniversary

Adam Stewart, executive chairman of Sandals and Beaches parent Sandals Resorts International, received the American Friends of Jamaica's 2026 International…

Oct 20

The Index

This week

Princess Senses The Mangrove takes Caribbean and Jamaica wedding-resort titlesOct 16

This month

Beaches hosts KIDZ BOP Fall Fam Jam, continuing at Negril Oct. 8–12Oct 8

Sandals uses free Jamaica weddings to take on the courthouse optionOct 3

Sandals markets free Jamaica weddings against the courthouseOct 1

Sandals pitches free weddings as the answer to a courthouse ceremonySep 30

Sandals frames free Jamaica weddings against courthouse ceremoniesSep 29

Royal Caribbean in Talks for Half of Sandals in $3B DealSep 24

Royalton Returns to Full Strength in Jamaica — Five Resorts, Renewed Wedding InventorySep 22