The New York Times Travel feature — 52 Places To Go in 2017 — There are thousands of getaways to explore this year. Here are some ideas to get you started…

… dated January 4, 2017, the feature gives a nod to a few of Thursday Life‘s fave locations, notably The Spanish Court Hotel and Chateau 7 Gourmet Jerk Centre. Indeed, there’s a fabulous photo of the original dancehall queen Patra, the establishment’s resident chef.

The article penned by Baz Dreisinger with photos by Robert Rausch for The New York Times speaks to Kingston as a cultural destination “not just a stopover to the beach. Stay at the Courtyard by Marriott, Kingston’s first new hotel in over a decade, or the SoHo-style Spanish Court Hotel which has added a second pool and will open its Montego Bay branch in the summer”. The extended paragraph also suggests that readers “eat like an Olympic legend at Usain Bolt’s Tracks & Records or get all things jerk at the latest hot spot Chateau 7 Gourmet Jerk Centre”.

There’s also a nod to our music… “Take in old-school reggae at the One World Ska and Rocksteady Music Festival, launched this November; at the newly-opened Peter Tosh Museum, honouring the former Wailer; or at one of the dub music parties debuting around the city.

And if you still want beach, hop on the freshly completed North-South Highway and arrive in Ocho Rios in under two hours”.

Kingston, Jamaica is listed at # 24