Having doubled its seat capacity to the Caribbean over the last decade, بي بي جي is looking to expand its business footprint in the region, including through its travel booking arm, JetBlue Travel Products.
Mike Pezzicola, the head of commercial for JetBlue Travel Products, presented at a recent Caribbean outlook forum organised by the ڪيريبين سياحتي تنظيم (CTO) انٽيگوا ۽ بربودا ۾.
He said JetBlue operates over 1000 flights daily with a third of its route network in the Caribbean, and this is likely to increase as JetBlue continues to expand capacity in the years ahead. Since May of 2018, JetBlue has added six additional non-stop routes to Caribbean destinations.
In addition, the JetBlue official told the senior tourism policymakers and executives the company was also focused on increasing bookings of ground transportation, tours, hotels and attractions in destinations through the travel booking arm.
“One thing we see is that as folks are planning to travel, when they book their travel vacation with us, and we help them plan it, their stay is longer and they are more likely to return, if not to the destination then to another destination in the tropics,” said Pezzicola.
He added that JetBlue was also focusing on improving its cooperative marketing with destinations and large resorts, while also emphasising the uniqueness of Caribbean destinations by highlighting their culture, food and events.
“We are working very heavily now on explaining the difference and as a lot of our customers, particularly those flying down from the US, have this vision that every [destination in the Caribbean] is the same and we all know that is not true,” said Pezzicola.
ڪيريبين ٽورازم آئوٽ لوڪ فورم پهريون منظم ڪيو ويو CTO پاران هڪ پليٽ فارم جي طور تي ميمبر حڪومتن ۽ اڳواڻن جي وچ ۾ بحث لاءِ سياحت جي صنعت جي صنعت جيڪي علائقي ڏانهن ڪاروبار پيدا ڪن ٿا. اجلاس ۾ سياحت جي وزيرن ۽ ڪمشنرن، سياحت جي ڊائريڪٽرن، منزلن جي انتظامن جي تنظيمن جي چيف ايگزيڪيوٽو، مستقل سيڪريٽرين، صلاحڪارن ۽ ماهرن ۽ 12 ميمبر ملڪن جي ٽيڪنيڪل آفيسرن شرڪت ڪئي.
