Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the tourism sector should achieve full compliance with the ban on single-use plastics by the end of this fiscal year (March 31). Mr. Bartlett was speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, held at the agency’s headquarters in Kingston. He described the move by the Government to ban some single-use plastics as seminal,...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says several key targets have been shortlisted for delivery by the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre over the next six months. These, he said, are: publication of an academic journal on resilience and global disruptions; drafting of a blueprint for resilience; creation of a resilience barometer; and establishment of an Academic Chair for...

Hundreds of local and regional tourism stakeholders will converge at the Montego Bay Convention Centre from January 29 to 31 for 37th Caribbean Travel Marketplace expo. Stakeholders expected to attend the three-day event include: hotel and destination representatives; wholesalers and tour operators; online travel agencies; Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) planners; and members of the media. The expo aims...

The Organization of American States (OAS) has committed a total of US$500,000 to build the resilience of Caribbean small and medium tourism enterprises (SMTEs) to disasters. The project, which is being executed over two years, is funded by the United States Department of State and managed by the OAS Secretariat for Integral Development. Its overarching aim is to reduce the...

The Organization of American States (OAS) has committed a total of US$500,000 to build the resilience of Caribbean small and medium tourism enterprises (SMTEs) to disasters. The project, which is being executed over two years, is funded by the United States Department of State and managed by the OAS Secretariat for Integral Development. Its overarching aim is to reduce the...

The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre is be opened soon at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus. It is aimed at assessing, forecasting, mitigating and managing risks related to tourism resilience, caused by various disruptive factors. These disruptions may include climate change and natural disasters, cybercrime, cybersecurity, pandemics, terrorism, war, population and the changing funding models....

The Government and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) will be hosting the Global Conference on ‘Jobs and Inclusive Growth: Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs)’ at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James, on Tuesday, January 29. The conference seeks to develop the capacity of the SMTEs to deliver on the demand of the sector and generate...