Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the resort boards will be restructured to focus on the appointment of persons with appropriate skills to ensure the sustainable management of the destinations. Addressing the Trelawny Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Falmouth on Saturday (November 19) at the Falmouth cruise ship pier, Minister Bartlett said under the new direction, the bodies will...

With 6,400 passengers and a crew of 2,150, ‘Harmony of the Seas’, the largest cruise ship in the world, made its inaugural call to Jamaica on November 22, docking at the Falmouth port in Trelawny. The third in the line of Royal Caribbean’s Oasis-style luxury vessels, Harmony which for the past few months had been sailing the Mediterranean, became visible...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the time is ripe for investment in Jamaica’s tourism sector. He noted that with 15,000 hotel rooms scheduled to come on stream over the next four years and Royal Caribbean committing to bringing the world’s three largest cruise ships to the island, there are opportunities for investment in various areas of the industry....

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that the town of Falmouth in Trelawny is set to become the first heritage township destination in Jamaica. He said the Ministry is looking at heritage town models across the world to see what best practices can be adopted to suit the area. “We have seen what several of our neighbours have done with...

The world’s largest cruise ship, ‘Harmony of the Seas’, is scheduled to make its inaugural call at the Falmouth Cruise Shipping Port in Trelawny on Tuesday, November 22. The vessel is expected to take more than 6,000 cruise passengers into Falmouth and will continue to make bimonthly calls at that port. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, told JIS News that...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the nearly $1-billion renovation work to be carried out at the Appleton Estate Rum attraction in Siloah, St. Elizabeth, will significantly boost tourism arrivals on the south coast. He said the investment, which will include a first-class restaurant showcasing the finest in Jamaican cuisine, will enable the facility to become “the centrepiece” of...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett is encouraging Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK) to invest in the sector. Speaking at a community meeting at the Jamaican High Commission in London recently, Mr. Bartlett noted that tourism offers numerous opportunities for entrepreneurship and wealth creation. He noted that investment in tourism can propel growth in other sectors such as agriculture...