Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, fresh from receiving his accolade as the Caribbean’s Tourism Minister of the Year for 2017, has been named Tourism Minister of the Year Worldwide. Mr. Bartlett received the award on March 8 at the ITB Berlin 2018, the world’s leading travel trade show, in Germany. The award was voted on by the Pacific Area Travel...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has underscored the importance of building a culture of service excellence within the tourism sector to further position Jamaica as a globally competitive destination. “Our goal is to create a differentiation in service that establishes a competitive advantage for Jamaica, so we remain top of mind for visitors when they are planning their next vacation,”...

Jamaica will host a tourism resilience and crisis management centre to deal with climate-related issues, says Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. The Minister notes that the centre, to be located at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, will serve the Caribbean, providing information, expertise, technical advice and guidance. “It will also observe actions and activities of these...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett is reporting that Jamaica recorded increased visitor arrivals to the island, for the first two months of the year. “We ended January at 12 per cent over last year, and February is still going ahead of last year,” the Minister said, while speaking at a cocktail reception held at the Terra Nova Hotel on...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says organisations that value and invest in their employees will reap the rewards of a truly engaged workforce. The Minister, who was speaking at the annual Melia Braco Village Staff Awards on February 19 at Melia Braco, Trelawny, said the flipside, however, is that entities that treat their workers as just another commodity will...

The Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts will on June 1, become the newest member of the country’s growing fleet of luxury brands with the opening of its US$110 million hotel in Oyster Bay, Trelawny. Ground was broken for the 315-room property last March. With the opening, Excellence Group will join Royalton Resorts, owners of Royalton White Sands and Blue...

New services have been added at this year’s ‘Tourism Linkages Speed Networking Event’, slated for March 15 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. These are insurance, security, tour operation and architectural services. Head of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald-Riley, told JIS News that the aim is to diversify the businesses participating, by having more service-oriented organisations present. She...