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Marketing Communications Manager at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Essie Gardner, outlining activities for this year's observance of Tourism Awareness Week, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on September 13.

Several Activities Planned For Tourism Awareness Week

Several activities will be held to mark this year’s Tourism Awareness Week (TAW), from September 22 to 28. The Week will also incorporate the observance of World Tourism Day on September 27. The theme will be: ‘Tourism and Jobs: a...

Head of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Deputy Superintendent Carl Berry (right), conducts an Anti-Trafficking workshop with the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDco) ‘Team Jamaica’ trainers, at TPDCo’s Head Office, Knutsford Boulevard, New Kingston, on September 13.

PHOTOS: Anti-Trafficking Workshop With TPDco

Senior Advisor and Strategist, Ministry of Tourism, Delano Seiveright (left), is pctured with Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Godfrey Dyer (centre); and Sandals Resort Senior Director, Wayne Cummings, at a cocktail reception for tourism stakeholders at the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) trade show, Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on September 9.

Increase in Arrivals From Russia

President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Omar Robinson (right), with Sales and Reservation Manager at The Courtleigh Hotel, Maurice Bryan, at the opening of the 2019 Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) trade show at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on September 9.

JHTA to Donate US$20,000 to The Bahamas

Director of Tourism, Donovan White, speaks at the 2019 Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) Media Breakfast, at the Half Moon Hotel, Rose Hall, Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday, September 10.

Tourism Industry Continues to Record Unprecedented Growth

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addressing journalists during Tuesday’s (September 3) press conference at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston.

7 years ago IndustryTourism

Hospitality Sector Well Positioned to Achieve Revenue Target –Bartlett

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica’s hospitality industry is well positioned to generate the US$5-billion being targeted by 2021 under the 5x5x5 growth agenda. This, he said, is based on activities associated with the five Tourism Linkages Networks – Gastronomy (food); Shopping; Entertainment and Sports; Health and Wellness; and Knowledge. He was speaking during a press conference at the...

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (right), makes a point during discussion with (from left) Project Manager for the Sandals Foundation, Karen Zacca; Tourism Director, Donovan White; and Deputy Chairman of Sandals Resorts International and Chairman of the Tourism Linkages Council, Adam Stewart, following a press briefing at the office of Ministry of Tourism in New Kingston on Tuesday (September 3).

7 years ago Foreign AffairsTourism

Jamaica to Moblise Resources Through Tourism Resilience Centre to Assist Bahamas

The Ministry of Tourism, through the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), is moving to mobilise resources locally and internationally to assist The Bahamas in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian. Along with the resources that are expected to be provided by local tourism stakeholders to assist the hurricane-wrecked island, the Tourism Ministry will be...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett

7 years ago TourismTransport

Tourism Minister Announces New Flights from South America and Russia

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has announced new flights out of South America and Russia to Jamaica. Speaking at a press conference to provide updates on industry developments, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday (September 3), Mr. Bartlett said those and further expansion in the island’s hotel room stock by more than 1,000 over the next three months,...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently. He shared features of the Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme, which will come into effect in 2020. With the Minister (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Jennifer Griffith, and Chair of the Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme Oversight Committee, Hon. Daisy Coke.

7 years ago Social SecurityTourism

Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme Will Allow For Flexible Contributions

The Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme will allow for flexible contributions through its use of individual retirement savings accounts, says Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. Speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, Mr. Bartlett explained that each tourism enterprise worker who joins the scheme will have his or her own retirement savings account with their contributions, their employers’ contributions and interest...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith, highlighting aspects of the Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.

7 years ago JIS Think TankSocial SecurityTourism

Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme Development Advanced

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith, says plans are advanced for the establishment of the Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme by early 2020. She advised that details pertaining to the accompanying Tourism Workers’ Pension Act regulations, and recruitment of personnel to manage the scheme’s investments and operations, are being finalised. “We are well advanced with the actual work...

The Symphony of the Seas, the largest cruise ship, will visit Jamaica in 2020.

7 years ago Tourism

‘Symphony of The Seas’ to Make Port Calls to Jamaica in 2020

There is heightening stakeholder anticipation over the impending arrival of the world’s largest cruise ship, the Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas, in 2020. The vessel, which will dock at the Falmouth Pier in Trelawny, is slated to make eight port calls to Jamaica between May and October, bringing nearly 72,000 passengers. Each visit is expected to see some 6,680...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, and Permanent Secretary at the Ministry, Jennifer Griffith, discuss aspects of the Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

7 years ago Social SecurityTourism

Positive Responses to Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, is reporting positive responses and buy-in from sector workers and stakeholders who are to benefit from the soon-to-be-established Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme. The scheme, which is expected to come into effect early 2020, is a defined contributory plan supported by legislation, and will require mandatory contribution by workers and employers. It will cover all workers...