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Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr Wykeham McNeill (at podium), delivering the keynote address at the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association’s (JHTA) 54th Annual General Meeting and Convention, at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel and Spa, in Montego Bay, on Saturday, June 6. Seated is JHTA Executive Director, Camille Needham.
Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr Wykeham McNeill (at podium), delivering the keynote address at the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association’s (JHTA) 54th Annual General Meeting and Convention, at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel and Spa, in Montego Bay, on Saturday, June 6. Seated is JHTA Executive Director, Camille Needham.

Jamaica Records Five Per Cent Increase in 2014/15 Winter Tourist Arrivals

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says Jamaica recorded a five per cent increase in overall visitor arrivals for the 2014/15 Winter Tourist Season, over the corresponding period, last year. Speaking at the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association’s...
Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Clyde Harrison, highlights major programmes being undertaken by the entity, during a JIS Think Tank on June 2. Looking on is Director of Projects at TEF, Christopher Miller.
Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Clyde Harrison, highlights major programmes being undertaken by the entity, during a JIS Think Tank on June 2. Looking on is Director of Projects at TEF, Christopher Miller.

TEF Enhancing Tourism Through National Rest Stop Programme
Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Clyde Harrison, highlights major programmes being undertaken by the entity, during a JIS Think Tank on June 2. Looking on is Director of Projects at TEF, Christopher Miller.
Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Clyde Harrison, highlights major programmes being undertaken by the entity, during a JIS Think Tank on June 2. Looking on is Director of Projects at TEF, Christopher Miller.

TEF Upgrading 14 Beaches At A Cost Of $250 Million
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), shares a light moment with Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left) and Chairman of the Sandals Group, Hon. Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, at the official opening of the rebranded Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in St. Ann, on Monday, June 1. The hotel was refurbished at a cost of US$60 million.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), shares a light moment with Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left) and Chairman of the Sandals Group, Hon. Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, at the official opening of the rebranded Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in St. Ann, on Monday, June 1. The hotel was refurbished at a cost of US$60 million.

Sandals Resorts Praised For Promoting Brand Jamaica
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lloyd B. Smith, addresses the opening ceremony for the 35th annual conference of the Insurance Association of the Caribbean, held on May 31, at the Hyatt Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James.
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lloyd B. Smith, addresses the opening ceremony for the 35th annual conference of the Insurance Association of the Caribbean, held on May 31, at the Hyatt Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James.

Caribbean Insurers Urged to Develop Products for Agriculture, Tourism

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TEF to Develop Heritage Trail at Lovers Leap

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) is looking to develop a heritage trail around Lovers Leap in St. Elizabeth. Executive Director of the TEF, Clyde Harrison, said this will form part of the plans for development along the South Coast and the Fund is committed to funding the project. “We found recently that the trail is an historic trail, leading from...
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Chairman of the Entertainment Advisory Board, Kingsley Cooper, provides update on the ‘Jamrock Summer-90 Days, 90 Ways’ initiative at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.
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Positive Response to Jamrock Summer

Chairman of the Entertainment Advisory Board in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Kingsley Cooper, says event organizers and promoters have been responding favourably to the ‘Jamrock Summer – 90 Days 90 Ways’ initiative by including their activities on the entertainment calendar. Jamrock Summer – 90 Days 90 Ways is a series of islandwide events that begin in May of...
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State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon Julian Robinson (centre), scans a document while in discussion with (from left), Co-Director, World Development Report (WDR) 2016, Development Economist and Chief Economist, the World Bank, Dr. Uwe Deichmann; and Director, Mona Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy Centre, Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Hopeton Dunn. Occasion was a Symposium on the Impact of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) on Growth, Opportunity and Service Delivery in the Caribbean, at the UWI Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew today (May 12). The symposium was hosted by the Mona ICT Policy Centre, CARIMAC, UWI in partnership with the World Bank and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) out of Canada.
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Jamaica to Host Regional Hackathon

Jamaica is slated to host a regional “Hackathon,” which aims to employ the use of technology in finding solutions to real-life problems and to enhance growth in critical sectors. A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest or codefest) is an event where computer programmers and others involved in software and hardware development, collaborate intensively on software projects. Making...
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National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (second left), shares a joke with Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (left), while Justice Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding (second right), converses with resident of Orange Hill, Westmoreland, Monica Jackson, during a community meeting on May 8, to discuss new legislation governing the use of ganja.
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Revised Ganja Law Deemed ‘Fundamental’ and ‘Far-Reaching’

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, says amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act, resulting in decriminalization of specified quantities of ganja, are “most fundamental and far-reaching.” He underscored this point while addressing a community meeting in Orange Hill, Western Westmoreland, on May 8, to discuss the provisions of the new ganja legislation. Mr. Bunting noted that for “decades”, the possession...
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The recent opening of the historical Rastafari Exhibition at National Museum West inside the Montego Bay Cultural Centre was enhanced by pulsating Nyahbingi drumming by Rasta Village Live, featuring Prince Tebah and vocals by Ras Iziniga Ion (right). The year-long staging of the historical exhibition has been made possible through collaboration among the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), the Rastafari Millennium Council, CHASE, National Museum Jamaica and the Montego Bay Cultural Centre.
Tourism

Rastafari Exhibition Opens in the West

Residents in western Jamaica have been given the opportunity to be better informed about the history and nature of the Rastafari movement, through a historical exhibition mounted at National Museum West, located in the Montego Bay Cultural Centre. In keeping with its efforts to foster the development of various aspects of the country’s tourism product, the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF)...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism & Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford, highlights major achievements from the staging of Arts in the Park, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on May 5. The event, which will be held on Sunday, May 17 at the Hope Botanical Gardens, will feature some of the country’s top dancers and international choreographers and representatives of overseas dance companies.
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Arts in the Park Vital for Showcasing Country’s Entertainment Brand – State Minister Crawford

State Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford, has described the annual event, Arts in the Park (AITP), as a vital medium for showcasing Jamaica’s diverse entertainment brand and creative industries on the world stage. The event, which focuses on a different aspect of the industry each staging, creates a platform for booking agents and talent scouts to discover...
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Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (3rd left), makes a point while on a tour of beaches in St. Mary and St. Ann on April 30. Others (from left) are: Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dennis Hickey; Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Clyde Harrison; Councillor for the Islington Division, Lincoln Dixon, and Councillor for the Highgate Division, Paul Fyffe.
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Beach Upgrading Project Progressing Well

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says the $250 million beach upgrading project is on in earnest, as Jamaicans need to have full access to quality recreational facilities, and the tourism offerings need to be enhanced. Dr. McNeill, who along with Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan; officers in...
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