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Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, has welcomed news of the maiden port call to Jamaica by Disney Cruise Lines in 2013. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency's Half-Way-Tree Road head office on Wednesday (December 12), Dr. McNeill, who informed that the announcement was made recently by the Port Authority of Jamaica,...

United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Pamela Bridgewater, has underscored the economic benefits which Jamaica stands to gain from a sustainable tourism sector. Addressing the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment’s 2011 Tourism Service Excellence Awards ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton Golf and Spa Resort, in Rose Hall, Montego Bay, on Saturday (December 8), Ambassador Bridgewater, in highlighting several of the...

General Manager of Couples San Souci Hotel, in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Pierre Battaglia, and the Mystic Mountain Rain Forrest attraction, also situated in the parish, copped top honours at the 2011 Tourism Service Excellence Awards ceremony, held at the Ritz-Carlton Golf and Spa Resort in Rose Hall, Montego Bay, on Saturday (December 8). Mr. Battaglia captured the overall individual...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says Jamaica has, to date, recorded some US$1.7 billion in earnings from tourism for 2012. Addressing a thanksgiving service at the St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Falmouth, Trelawny, on Sunday (December 9) to mark the commencement of Tourism Awareness Week 2012,being observed between, December 9 and 15, Dr. McNeill, said the earnings,...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says the tourism industry fared well throughout the year, recording increases in stopover arrivals, despite the many challenges encountered. "Our sector is doing well…our stopover arrivals remain positive, and the figures have been holding.  Between January and November of this year, we have recorded a 2.4 per cent increase over the...

Stakeholders in the tourism sector have been urged to manage the product in a sustainable manner,  with special focus on the environment, by Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill. The Minister, who was addressing a forum to launch an environmental protection initiative being spearheaded by the National Environmental and Planning Agency (NEPA), to focus on climate change...

A total of 12 individuals and 13 organisations were announced as finalists in the 2011 Tourism Service Excellence Programme (TSEP) awards during a ceremony on November 20 at the Wyndham Kingston hotel. The list included two individuals and three businesses from Kingston; three individuals and one business from Ocho Rios; three individuals and three businesses from Negril; three individuals and...

The Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment has decided to adjust the country's advertising schedule for the US market, after discussions with its team in the United States (US). “We will start advertising on November 26 to shore up our bookings in the US, and will have a three-week advertising blitz that will take us into the period before Christmas,” says...

Come January 1, 2013, Russian airline, Transaero, will begin nonstop service from Moscow to Montego Bay, using a Boeing 777 with 300 seats. This was announced by Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, at a press briefing held at the Ministry’s Knutsford Boulevard offices on Thursday (November 15). He noted that the flights are being organised by...

Jamaica, represented by Tourism and Entertainment Minister the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, has been elected first Vice-Chairman of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Executive Council (EC) for 2013. This is a historic first for the country which has previously served as second Vice-Chair. Jamaica was elevated following a successful bid during the elections at the 94th meeting of...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill has underscored that the resort town of Ocho Rios has been spared any major impact from the passage of Hurricane Sandy and is open for business. This after Minister McNeill toured sections of the town earlier this week with State Minister for Tourism and Entertainment, the Hon. Damion Crawford, members...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says the Ministry is currently in the final stages of drafting a community based tourism policy for presentation to Cabinet. The Minister was speaking at the official press launch of the St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation's 20th annual Homecoming Week celebrations, at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston, on October 30. Dr. McNeill...