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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaks at the 2016 Tourism Service Excellence Programme, (TSEP) awards presentation ceremony on March 4, at the Hyatt Ziva Resort in St. James. He announced that a pension plan for tourism workers will come on stream in September this year.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaks at the 2016 Tourism Service Excellence Programme, (TSEP) awards presentation ceremony on March 4, at the Hyatt Ziva Resort in St. James. He announced that a pension plan for tourism workers will come on stream in September this year.

Pension Plan for Tourism Workers in September

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says a pension plan for tourism workers will come on stream in September of this year. Addressing the 2016 Tourism Service Excellence Programme (TSEP) awards presentation ceremony on March 4 at the Hyatt Ziva Resort...
Programme (TSEP) awards during the presentation ceremony at the Hyatt Ziva Resort in St. James on March 4. Spa Therapist at Sandals Royal Plantation, Simone Folkes (fifth left) won the national individual award, while Couples San Souci, represented by General Manager, Pierre Battaglia (fifth right), took the national organization award.
Programme (TSEP) awards during the presentation ceremony at the Hyatt Ziva Resort in St. James on March 4. Spa Therapist at Sandals Royal Plantation, Simone Folkes (fifth left) won the national individual award, while Couples San Souci, represented by General Manager, Pierre Battaglia (fifth right), took the national organization award.

SPA Therapist and Couples San Souci Win TSEP Awards
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses the 2016 Tourism Service Excellence Programme (TSEP) awards presentation ceremony on March 4, at the Hyatt Ziva Resort in St. James.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses the 2016 Tourism Service Excellence Programme (TSEP) awards presentation ceremony on March 4, at the Hyatt Ziva Resort in St. James.

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Jamaican architect, Clifton Yap.

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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left); Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship Homer Davis (2nd left); and Special Advisor to Minister of Culture, Gender Affairs, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, Ali McNab were among the large audience at the IRIE FM Lifetime Achievement Ceremony honouring Jimmy Cliff, held in Somerton, St. James, on February 12.
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Harder They Come a Jamaican Classic

When Jamaican film director, Perry Henzell, hired Jimmy Cliff in 1972 to play the lead role in the movie ‘The Harder They Come’, few people would have wagered on it becoming the classic it is today. For a start, there had never been a featured Jamaican full-length film before, and nobody knew what to expect from the combination of a...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), admires the life-size sculpture of reggae icon Bob Marley, which is mounted on the grounds of the Trench Town Culture Yard Museum. Occasion was a tour of the Trench Town community in Kingston on February 23. At right is sculptor and Head of 360 Recycle Manufacturing, Scheed Cole.
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Tourism Minister to Advance MOU with Online Accommodation Company

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says he will meet with representatives from Airbnb in April to advance a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the entity and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) in December last year. The Minister made the disclosure during a tour of the community of Trench Town in Kingston on February 23. The MOU seeks to establish...
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Jamaica Achieves Milestone in UNWTO

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica is the only country in the world that has the distinction of chairing both executive bodies of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Mr. Bartlett told JIS News that he is currently the Chairman of the Board of Affiliates in the UNWTO and that former Tourism Minister, Dr. Wykeham McNeill, chaired...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), in discussion with Acting Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company, Joy Roberts (right), during the presentation of the 2016 Tourism Service Excellence Programme (TSEP) semi-finalists at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, yesterday (February 21). At left is Junior Advisor to the Minister, Giselle Jones.
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Work Advanced to Establish Jamaica Centre for Tourism and Innovation

Work is advanced to establish the Jamaica Centre for Tourism and Innovation, which will target training and certification for the hospitality industry’s labour force. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, during the presentation of the 2016 Tourism Service Excellence Programme (TSEP) semi-finalists at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, yesterday (February 21). The centre aims to...
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Jamaica Could Benefit Substantially from UNWTO Conference

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica stands to benefit from billions of dollars worth of free advertising by hosting 157 countries and scores of overseas participants at the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Conference  in November. According to the Minister, Jamaica would be in no position to pay for the kind of international reach the conference has been...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses a ceremony for the official opening of the Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach Resort in Montego Bay, St. James on Saturday (February 18).
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Millions to be Spent on Redevelopment of Mobay Hip Strip

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says a major redevelopment project is being planned for the popular Montego Bay Hip Strip located along Gloucester and Kent Avenues. Speaking during a ceremony to officially open the Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach Resort in Montego Bay, St. James on Saturday (February 18), Mr. Bartlett said the reconfiguration of the Hip Strip will begin with...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (fourth left, head table) and representatives of several government ministries and agencies, as well as key private-sector groups and companies, discuss plans for the upcoming United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Conference, to be held from November 27 to 29, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James. The meeting was held on February 17 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.
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Jamaica to Host Biggest Conference in Region Come November

Minister of  Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the United Nations World Tourism Conference (UNWTO), to be held in Jamaica in November, will be the biggest the country and the region have ever seen. He said heads of the two largest cruise companies – Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and Carnival Cruise Line – have now expressed an interest in participating, giving...
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