WHY IT RATES: RIU Hotels & Resorts has six hotels and more than 3,300 rooms in Jamaica. -Codie Liermann, Associate Editor RIU Hotels & Resorts celebrates its 20th anniversary in Jamaica. In 2001, the Spanish chain opened its first hotel in the country, the ...

RIU Hotels & Resorts has launched the exclusive Elite Club service in Jamaica at the Riu Palace Jamaica hotel, located in Montego Bay. For the first time in this destination, hotel guests can access the wide range of Elite Club advantages and benefits such ...

Riu Hotels & Resorts broke ground on its fifth all-inclusive hotel in Jamaica. The 238-room, adults-only Riu Palace Jamaica plans to open its doors in December 2013, next to the Riu Montego Bay. Facilities will include two pools, five restaurants, a lobby ...

The Gleaner has awarded hotel Riu Palace Jamaica in Montego Bay with the Best All-Inclusive under 300 rooms accolade. The Gleaner has awarded hotel Riu Palace Jamaica in Montego Bay with the Best All-Inclusive under 300 rooms accolade. The award has gone ...

A group of 15 women from metro Atlanta are stranded in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa’s 185 mph winds batter Montego Bay, cutting off flights and power.

Riu Hotels & Resorts celebrated its 15th anniversary in Jamaica with the opening of the 454-room, $60 million beachfront Riu Reggae on Nov 19. The Riu Reggae is the company's sixth resort on the island, its third in Montego Bay -- it sits adjacent to the ...

A father-of-three has described the "unbearable" moment the centre of Hurricane Melissa passed over his hotel room in Jamaica where his family had barricaded themselves in. The category 5 storm hit the south west of the Caribbean island earlier bringing catastrophic wind speeds of 185 mph (295 km/h) and risks of flash flooding.

Hurricane warnings were in effect for Jamaica as the powerful Hurricane Melissa moved slowly toward the island on Monday, October 27, promising destructive winds and catastrophic flooding, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned.