US, May 16 -- Jamaica will host the second annual Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Air Connectivity Summit in Kingston on Feb. 23, 2027, building on the success of this year's inaugural event in Bermuda and aiming to advance regional air travel amid ongoing global challenges.

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett made the announcement while speaking at the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association's (CHTA) Caribbean Travel Marketplace in Antigua on Thursday.

"The summit will provide strategic insight for regional planning," Minister Bartlett said. "Jamaica will use that as a means not only of bringing airline partners together, but also to engage in some cerebration ... some thinking around the future of air connectivity in our region, wh...