Residents of Cooper’s Pen in Trelawny are the beneficiaries of a major beautification exercise that was undertaken by WPM Waste Management Limited on Tuesday (February 13). The engagement, dubbed ‘For the Love of the Environment Cleanup and Beautification Initiative’ and which doubled as a Valentine’s Day project, was aimed at enhancing the community’s appeal, particularly for tourism, and promoting an...

Jamaica will host the second Global Tourism Resilience Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James from February 16 to 17. The Ministry of Tourism and the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) are collaborating to stage the two-day event. It will feature panel discussions, networking opportunities, presentations, and lively debates on matters relating to building...

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, says the Bob Marley ‘One Love’ movie is providing a massive international boost for the country’s tourism and film industries. He said that the film, which premiered in Jamaica on January 23 and later in several major international cities, and will be released worldwide on February 14, will provide the lift that the country...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica must leverage its rich cultural heritage through the performing arts to enhance and diversify the tourism product. He noted that while the island’s natural attractions have been drawing visitors for decades “it is time to recognise the untapped potential lying within the realms of the performing arts”. “The country has witnessed a global...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that while Jamaica’s natural attractions have been drawing visitors to the island, it is time to recognise the untapped potential of other value-added entities. The Minister, who was speaking to reporters in Montego Bay, St. James, on February 9, said even though the traditional subsectors have undoubtedly been the backbone of the tourism...

The Government is mobilising efforts to carry out cleanup activities and repairs in Negril, Westmoreland, following the impact of flooding associated with heavy tides last week. During a tour of affected areas on Saturday (February 10), Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, shared that while it is considered an emergency, there is a process to be followed. He commended...

As Jamaica continues to register a significant decrease in serious and violent crimes, focus must be placed on closing the gap between the perception and experience of crime in the country, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. The Prime Minister, who was addressing Tuesday’s (February 7) national security seminar at the AC Marriott Hotel in New Kingston, noted...

The inaugural InterCaribbean Airways flight from Bridgetown, Barbados, touched down at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Tuesday night (February 6). Bridgetown, the Southern Caribbean hub for InterCaribbean, will operate non-stop flights to Kingston on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with return flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

Government Senator, Abka Fitz-Henley, says there has been major inclusion of the ordinary man and woman in the tourism value chain. Closing the State of the Nation debate in the Senate recently, he said the Government has fine-tuned credit facilities at the EXIM bank for small tourism enterprises across Jamaica. “This facilitation has seen tourism loan disbursements via the bank...