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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, shares a light moment with journalists attending Thursday’s (August 25) Ministry of Tourism/Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) post-Olympic media briefing,

Tourism Minister Expects Benefits from Olympic Games

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is optimistic about the potential benefits Jamaica can derive from the just concluded Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in terms of visitor arrivals from South America. The country was the toast of the...

Tourism Minister and Member of Parliament for East Central St. James, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), with tertiary-level scholarship awardees from the constituency, at the 15th annual East Central St. James Education Trust’s tertiary scholarship presentation ceremony, held at the IberoStar Resort in Rose Hall, St. James, on August 23.

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Tourism Should Benefit from Performance of Athletes in Rio – PM

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), with Blue Mountain Renewables (BMR) President, Bruce Levy, at the opening of the company’s wind farm at Potsdam, in St. Elizabeth, on August 11.

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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), with some of the participants in the Spruce Up Jamaica Tourism Summer Internship programme at a rally held on August 11 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James.

Summer Internship Programme Empowering Youth for Tourism Industry

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Cruise Shipping Industry Being Repositioned

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica’s cruise shipping industry is being repositioned to better enable it to generate significantly higher earnings. This, he says, is aimed at ensuring that the tourism industry is able to record the US$5 billion in annual earnings being targeted to materialize by 2021. Mr. Bartlett made the announcement while speaking at the Ministry’s linkages...

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Tourism Internship Programme Prepares Young People for Jobs

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the ‘Spruce Up Jamaica’ tourism summer internship programme has been playing a major role in providing well-trained and dedicated professionals for the hospitality sector. Under the programme, which was launched in the summer of 2008, young people ages 17 to 25, are placed in tourism-related entities where they are trained in various areas of...

10 years ago Tourism

Trip Advisor Ranks Jamaica Top Caribbean Destination

Well respected tourism rating company, Trip Advisor has ranked Jamaica as the number one Caribbean tourist destination. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who made the disclosure while addressing a ‘Spruce Up Jamaica’ tourism summer internship rally in Montego Bay on Thursday (August 11), credited the ranking to improvements to the tourism product and “the high class, white glove service that...

10 years ago Tourism

Policy Being Drafted to Spur Growth in Tourism

The Ministry of Tourism is drafting a policy that will govern the five linkage networks shortlisted to spur further growth in the sector. These include gastronomy, sport and entertainment, health and wellness, shopping, and knowledge. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said the policy should be completed by the end of September to enable him to make a Cabinet submission...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), shows his support to Gabriella Spence by purchasing one of her necklaces at the Christmas in July exhibition, held recently at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. State Minister in the Finance and the Public Service Ministry, Hon. Fayval Williams, wears one of Gabriella’s designs.

10 years ago Tourism

Young Jewellery Maker Looking to Make it Big

Fourteen-year-old Gabriella Spence is no ordinary teen. The youngster, who has a passion for jewellery making has turned her hobby talent into a business. Gabriella, who was the youngest participant in the second staging of the ‘Christmas in July’ exhibition, held recently at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, says she began selling her creations to family and friends...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), shares pleasantries with Tourism Linkages Council member, Kevin Hendrickson (right), during the Ministry’s network strategy session at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday, August 10. Also sharing the moment is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Jennifer Griffith.

10 years ago Tourism

Tourism Providers to Benefit from $500-Million Loan Facility

The Tourism Ministry is partnering with the National Export-Import Bank to provide a $500-million loan facility for the sector’s small and medium-size goods and service providers. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said that negotiations are being finalised for the establishment of the facility, through which persons in select sectors will be able to access up to $25 million. He was...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), addresses participants at the annual summer football camp for wards of the State, at the SOS Children’s Village in Montego Bay, on August 5. The camp was staged by the Rose Hall Development Company. Others (from second left) are Rose Hall Development’s Directors, Michelle Rollins and Marc Rollins.

10 years ago Tourism

Rose Hall Development Company Lauded for Staging Football Camp

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has lauded the management of Rose Hall Development Company for staging the annual summer football camp for wards of the State at the SOS Children’s Village, in Barrett Town, St. James. The one-week camp ended at the Half Moon Hotel football field on August 5, with over 100 children from SOS Montego Bay and Kingston...