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Lights along Montego Bay’s Elegant Corridor were turned on to facilitate the requisite checks and adjustments by technicians and engineers on July 24. The installation of lights along the 17-kilometre thoroughfare was undertaken with funding by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF)

Lights Installed along Mo-Bay’s Elegant Corridor

Montego Bay’s Elegant Corridor is now brightly lit, following the installation of lights along the thoroughfare. This was done under a contract which the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) signed with Y.P Seaton & Associates last year. LED lamps, which have...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, addresses the official opening of the Jewel Runaway Bay Lagoon Water Park at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach and Golf Resort in St. Ann on July 22.

Tourism Poised For Investment Boom

Head of the Tourism Linkages Hub, Carolyn McDonald-Riley, highlights initiatives to fill demands within the tourism and other related sectors, at a recent JIS Think Tank.

Tourism Linkages Hub Helping to Fill Demand for Goods and Services

Members of the Scotts Hall Maroons in St. Mary perform traditional drumming.

Scott’s Hall Maroons Looking to Develop Area as Major Attraction

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, addresses Wednesday’s (July 1) Tourism Linkages Hub stakeholders meeting, held at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester.

Strengthening Agri-Tourism Link to Reduce Food Import Bill

Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo)Ltd., Dennis Hickey (at podium), addressing participants in the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) sponsored Boot Camp for community based tourism groups, at the Sunset Beach Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, on June 25. Some eight groups drawn from across the island are participating in the four-day camp. Others (from left) are: Tourism Specialist and Chairperson of the function, Beverley Stewart and General Manager, Project Management at JSIF, Loy Malcolm.

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Head of TPDCO Urges Jamaicans to Get Involved in Community Based Tourism

Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo), Dennis Hickey, has urged communities to identify niche products and offerings in their areas and get involved in community based tourism, in order to reap attractive economic gains. “Notwithstanding the challenges (faced by some if not all communities), there are many opportunities and communities must recognize the gold mine on...

Section of Ocho Rios Pier where major transformation work is being undertaken as part of the Ocho Rios Upgrading Project, financed by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF).

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TEF Continues to Strengthen Tourism Product

As the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) celebrates its 10th anniversary, it can boast of its invaluable contribution to the strengthening of the tourism sector, to the preservation of the country’s culture and heritage sites and overall support to national development. The TEF has expended billions of dollars on tourism projects since it began operations on May 1, 2005, in fulfilling...

Regional Director of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) in Montego Bay, Janice Allen, giving the agency’s endorsement for the 23rd staging of Reggae Sumfest, during the Montego Bay launch at the IberoStar Resort, in St. James, on June 23. The show takes place at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, in Montego Bay, from July 12 to 18.

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Mo-Bay Expects to Earn US$9 Million During Reggae Sumfest

Some US$9 million is expected to be injected into the economy of Montego Bay, St. James, during the staging of Reggae Sumfest 2015, at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, in the city, from July 12 to 18. Speaking to JIS News during the Montego Bay launch of the festival, at the IberoStar Resort in Rose Hall, St. James, on June...

An artistic representation of what the Ocho Rios Cruise Terminal/Pier will look like at the completion of the enhancement project.

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TEF Working to Transform Resort Areas

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) continues to work assiduously in transforming and redeveloping the country’s resort areas as a means of strengthening the tourism industry and enhancing brand Jamaica. Approximately $200 million is allotted annually towards the general beautification and upkeep of the resort towns and surrounding areas with separate amounts allocated towards major transformation projects in the main resorts...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (right), in discussion with Vice President of Playa Resorts Management, the parent company for Moon Palace Jamaica Grande Resort and Spa, Gibran Chapur, during a tour of the hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on June 18. Mr. Chapur announced that the 705-room hotel will have a soft opening on July 11.

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Moon Palace Resort in Ocho Rios to Employ 1,200 Persons

The rehabilitated Moon Palace Jamaica Grande Resort and Spa in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, could employ 1,200 persons when the facility is running at full capacity. The 705-room hotel, which is being refurbished at a cost of US$200 million, is slated for a soft opening on 11. Making the disclosure, Vice President of Playa Resorts Management, the parent company for...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (3rd left), is joined by Director of Tourism, Mr. Paul Pennicooke (2ndleft) and Chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board, Mr. Dennis Morrison (3rd right), at one of Moon Palace’s Spa Pools during a tour of the resort in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on June 18. The rehabilitated hotel is slated for a soft opening in July. Others (from left) are: Vice President, Investments and Promotions at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Claude Duncan; Vice President of Playa Resorts Management, the Parent company of Moon Palace, Gibran Chapur (centre); General Manager of the hotel, Clifton Reader and a representative of contractors.

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Soft Opening of Moon Palace Jamaica Grande Resort in July

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work to rehabilitate the 705-room Moon Palace Jamaica Grande Resort and Spa in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. He told JIS News that the property has come a far way since his visit in November of last year, and that the Management has actually set...

Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Wynter McIntosh (2nd right); and Custos of Hanover, Hon. David Stair (right), participate in the official opening of the staff clinic at the Grand Palladium Jamaica and Lady Hamilton Resort and Spa in the parish. Others (from left) are: Miss Grand Palladium 2015, Nicolette Livingstone; Human Resources Director, Sheryl Wilks; President of the Grand Palladium Staff Association, Leroy Peart; and General Manager of the resort, Jose Morgan.

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Staff Medical Clinic Opens at Grand Palladium Hotel

The 1,056-room Grand Palladium Jamaica and Lady Hamilton Resort and Spa in Lucea, Hanover, has broken new ground in the local hospitality industry, by becoming the first resort to establish an on-site medical clinic exclusively for its employees. The fully equipped facility, which was officially opened recently, will provide medical assistance to the over 1,400 employees free of cost. The...