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Spring Garden Primary Wins ‘Fi Wi Falmouth’ Tourism Quiz

Spring Garden Primary and Infant School is the winner of the Tourism Product Development Company’s (TPDCo) ‘Fi Wi Falmouth’ Tourism Quiz. The school defeated Immanuel Success Preparatory and Kindergarten 34-28 in the very competitive final held on March 23 at...

Members of the Spot Valley High School Marching Band from St. James leading a procession around the town of Falmouth in Trelawny, during the Tourism Ministry’s ‘Falmouth Invasion’ sensitization exposition and concert in February.

TPDCo Promoting ‘Fi Wi Falmouth’

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

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.

More Emphasis on Human Resource Development – Tourism Minister

9 years ago Tourism

$1B Renovation for Appleton Estate Rum Tour

Having created the design for the popular Appleton Estate Rum Tour some 28 years ago, famed local architect Clifton Yap has again been commissioned to transform the facility into Jamaica’s number-one attraction. Mr. Yap, whose Appleton design won the Jamaican Institute of Architects Governor-General Award in 1989 for Best Commercial Project, has been brought back by owners, J. Wray &...

Seville Great House and Heritage Park in St Ann

9 years ago Tourism

Opportunities for Heritage Tourism in Jamaica

The managers of two historical sites are trying to cash in on the benefits that can accrue from heritage tourism initiatives. Improvements are taking place at the Seville Great House and Heritage Park in St Ann and the Good Hope Great House in Trelawny, to benefit from the increased visitor numbers. The Seville Great House is getting a facelift with...

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.

9 years ago Tourism

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...

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.

9 years ago Tourism

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...

9 years ago Tourism

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...

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.

9 years ago Tourism

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...

9 years ago Tourism

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...