Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says development of the proposed Global Centre for Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management in Jamaica is imperative in light of the sector’s vulnerability to man-made and natural disasters and exogenous shocks. These, he said, include climate change, epidemics, pandemics, cybercrime, political instability and terrorism. “The ultimate goal of the resilience and crisis management...

Jamaica will pay tribute to its tourism trailblazers at a special function at King’s House on December 15. Speaking with JIS News at Club Caribbean’s 50th anniversary dinner in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, recently, Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, informed that persons will be recognised for contributions of 50 years and more to the industry. “We will be calling...

All is set for Jamaica to host the inaugural Tourism Resilience Summit of the Americas at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, Mona, St. Andrew, on Thursday (September 13). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is slated to deliver the keynote address at the opening ceremony. The theme of the Summit is ‘Tourism Resilience through Global...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has lauded organisers of the 57th Montego Bay Yacht Club’s International Marlin Tournament for selecting the Cornwall Regional Hospital as a beneficiary. The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB)-sponsored event will be held from October 2 to 6, and is expected to attract over 700 participants, including overseas visitors. Proceeds from a beach party slated for...

Provisional figures from the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) show that between January and August 2018, a total of 2.95 million tourists visited Jamaica. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says this represents a 4.7 per cent increase when compared to the corresponding period last year. Providing an official update on the performance of the sector at the Ministry’s New Kingston...

The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) is in the process of creating a formal merger review framework through which various issues are to addressed before a merger takes place. Senior FTC Legal Counsel, Dr. Delroy Beckford, told JIS News that the process will entail legislative amendments; sensitising key sector stakeholders; and conducting ongoing consultations with the existing regulators. “So the FTC...

Five of 650 participants in the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) 2018 summer internship programme have been offered permanent jobs, following the programme’s conclusion. They are Pauline Nelson, who has been employed to Suretime Emergency Medical Services; Shamari Drysdale, at Stand Up for Jamaica (SUFJ); Mickelle Hall at Money Masters Limited; Trudi-Ann Cunningham, at the Jamaica Observer, and Bianca Cummings, at...