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Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett is expressing regret at the passing of an Argentinean tourist who died in St. Ann last night in the aftermath of a suspected case of food poisoning, which also left several other visitors and Jamaicans hospitalized. The deceased was a member of a group which was vacationing at a villa in St. Mary....

Tourism Minister, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett has appointed a nine-man Tourism Advisory Council with the mandate of assisting in the shaping and implementation of policies for the tourism industry. The Council includes some of Jamaica's most successful tourism and business professionals. The members are Group Managing Director of Lascelles deMercado and Company, Mr. William McConnell, hoteliers Gordon "Butch" Stewart, Chairman...

The tourist industry will welcome increased AirTran Airways service for the winter season, from the Thurgood Marshall Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) airport, beginning February 26, 2011. The additional flight, which will operate between Baltimore/Washington and Montego Bay on Saturdays and Sundays, runs through May 1, 2011. Director of Tourism, John Lynch, welcomes the additional service. "The additional nonstop flight from AirTran,...

Jamaica reaffirmed its position as a top travel destination, being voted "Best Caribbean Destination" by readers of leading US travel industry magazine, Travel Weekly, in its eighth annual Readers Choice Awards. The award was announced on Thursday (December 16) at a gala dinner at New York City's Plaza Hotel. Jamaica edged regional counterparts Aruba, Barbados, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia and...

With a record 12,000 cruise passengers arriving at the Montego Bay and Ocho Rios Ports on day one of the 2010 Winter Tourist Season, Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett is expressing optimism that the season will be "very successful." "The 2010/11 Winter Tourist Season has started with a bang. Against the background of a seven per cent increase in...

Jamaica has been invited by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) to sit on its executive for the first time in its history, Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has disclosed. Mr. Bartlett, will take up the position in January 2011, where he will serve as representative of the Americas, comprising North Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Speaking...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has underscored the pivotal role played by stakeholders at the country's two international airports in enhancing the island's tourism product. Both facilities, the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), and the Sangster International Airport, are situated in Kingston and Montego Bay, respectively. Speaking at an appreciation function for staff and officials at the NMIA on December...

Canadian travel agents have voted Jamaica the number one honeymoon destination and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) the favourite tourist board in the 2010 Agents' Choice Awards. This is the second year in a row that Jamaica has copped the top award in the honeymoon category and the fifth consecutive year that the JTB has been voted the choice tourist...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has launched the Jamaica Travel Jamboree, an incentive programme for Canadian travel agents. The launch took place on December 8, at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Toronto, Canada, with approximately 250 travel agents present. The programme will identify the top 100 travel agents who sell Jamaica to their clients and treat them to an...

During this Winter season, Jamaica will see a record 70 flights per week coming from Canada, an increase of 30 per cent over last year. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the announcement in Toronto, Canada, on December 8, during the launch of the Jamaica Travel Jamboree, an incentive programme for Canadian travel agents. The increased flights will originate...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has launched the Jamaica Travel Jamboree, an incentive programme for Canadian travel agents. The launch took place on December 8, at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Toronto, Canada, with approximately 250 travel agents present. The programme will identify the top 100 travel agents who sell Jamaica to their clients and treat them to an...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says that health and wellness tourism has great potential for development in Jamaica. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett Speaking at a reception to celebrate the opening of the newest location of Jencare Skin Farm Spa in Miramar, Florida, on November 28, the Minister praised the owner, Jennifer Samuda, for her outstanding performance in...