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MONTEGO BAY — Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, has charged tourism stakeholders to "get busy" in developing and marketing the country's attractions in order to enhance the visitor experience. He said that there are some "fabulous attractions" in the country, some natural and some that enterprising Jamaicans have created, and "we just have to get busy and we just have...

KINGSTON — Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is projecting that the tourism sector will grow by 6.5 per cent this year, on the heels of last year's five per cent increase. Addressing Heads of Missions at a meeting at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston on Wednesday June 29, Mr. Bartlett said that the Ministry has adopted a number...

MONTEGO BAY — Chairman of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Robert Russell, says the development of the Old Hospital Park, located on Gloucester Avenue in Montego Bay, will enhance the city’s tourism product and open-up the possibility of attracting more nature loving visitors to the island. “The Old Hospital Park has history; it is centrally located and I am...

WASHINGTON — The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) was selected as the ‘Official International Tourist Board Providing the Best Travel Agent Support’, at TravelAge West’s 2011 WAVE Awards, held on June 2, at The Four Seasons Hotel, Los Angeles, in California. Jamaica was identified as the winner among 64 nominated Government tourism organisations. TravelAge West, the leading travel industry trade publication...

KINGSTON — Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the sector has the capacity to transform small towns and villages into bustling economic centres, through investment. In his presentation at the Caribbean Canadian Emerging Leaders Dialogue (CCELD) on June 6, at the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) Arcadia training centre in St. Andrew, Minister. Bartlett cited the towns of Falmouth, Trelawny...

KINGSTON — Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has underscored the need for greater collaboration among tourism-dependent nations in the Caribbean, to develop regional capabilities to safeguard earnings which the industry generates for their economies. Speaking at the opening of a two-week Caribbean Canadian Emerging Leaders’ Dialogue, at the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) training centre, in St. Andrew, on June...

MONTEGO BAY — Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is lauding workers and other players in the tourism industry, who continue to demonstrate excellence in service delivery. He said that it is the top-quality service that keeps bringing visitors back to the destination and distinguishes and separates Jamaica from the rest of the competition. “Almost everyone I meet as I...

MONTEGO BAY — Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, says that Jamaica has made a breakthrough in the Faith-based tourism market, with the historic visit of over 4,000 crew and passengers on the Carnival Destiny cruise ship’s inaugural “Cruise with a Cause” stop in Montego Bay. The passengers, including religious leaders and music ministers, have participated in several community outreach...

KINGSTON — Newly elected President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Evelyn Smith is optimistic of Jamaica’s prospects for growth in the tourism sector, and is planning to forge stronger linkages with various industries, including agriculture and education, in the hope of taking advantage of these opportunities. Speaking with JIS News recently, Mrs. Smith says she believes Jamaica...

MONTEGO BAY — After two years of intense planning and praying, "Cruise with a Cause" became a reality yesterday, when the cruise ship, Carnival Destiny, docked at the Montego Bay Cruise Ship Pier, Freeport, St. James with some 5,000 Christian passengers on board. The passengers were immediately transported to some 230 educational institutions across western Jamaica, as well as prisons...

KINGSTON — As part of its 30th anniversary activities, Sandals Resorts International, yesterday donated a VW Amarok pick-up truck to the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), at Up Park Camp, in Kingston. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Dianne McIntosh said she was pleased with the donation, as the Ministry places immense value in equipping the security forces. She...

President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Sancia Templer, says that Jamaica is in an excellent position to take advantage of the global trend in wellness tourism, because of its natural resources and first-rate health care professionals. Speaking at a Health and Wellness Tourism Stakeholder Workshop at the Terra Nova Hotel, Kingston on Wednesday, Mrs. Templer noted that there were many...