By Denise Mattia “Irie?” Ms. Nicola Madden-Greig, President of the Jamaica Hotel & Tourist Association (JHTA) asked the audience at the official welcome reception for JAPEX 2015. A robust “Irie!” filled the room. Irie [continue]
Jan 192016
Denise Mattia
Jan 192016
By Denise Mattia Few would pass up an invitation to attend the inaugural direct flight on JetBlue Airways from New York to Grenada in the Caribbean. Coffee, tea, an island of cupcakes topped with USA [continue]
Jan 042016
By Denise Mattia The maître d’ at Bustan on Amsterdam bet 83 and 84 on Saturday night rushed my associate and me to our seats, informing us there was a party coming in at 8:30. Still, the [continue]
Oct 132015
A review of Olio e Piu in Greenwich Village, New York
Aug 112015
By Denise Mattia
A review of Jasmine Bar on 35th Street in Manhattan.
Jul 312015
Compiled by Denise Mattia In answer to vacationers returning home to “face the kitchen,” companies have developed new ways to prepare meals like a pro without spending all day in the kitchen. Here’s what [continue]
Jul 072015
By Denise Mattia The Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE 2015) opened at the end of April with a high-energy evening gala at the Barceló Hotel and Resort in Punta Cana. In the large banquet [continue]
Jun 052015
By Denise Mattia It’s impossible not to gaze again and again in wonderment at the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx at Giza, the tombs of Nefetari and Ramesses I, the colossal statues of the Pharaohs, [continue]
May 262015
The Dominican Republic has a wide variety of water sports, including scuba diving on reefs, diving in caves, waterfalls, rapids and whale watching.
Feb 022015
By Denise Mattia To keep up with the travel industry, Tripwich covered the Association of Travel Marketing Executives conference held at the New York Times building on January 21, 2015, followed by the [continue]