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The town of Falmouth, Trelawny, welcomed its first cruise ship, Voyager of the Seas, with about 4,500 passengers and crew members, bringing to reality the cherished dream of thousands of residents of the parish and western Jamaica on Thursday (February 17). Thousands of residents, and visitors from the cruise ship, were treated to a welcoming event in the town dubbed...

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is taking its cue from the sets of Hollywood in its promotion of the island during The New York Times Travel Show. The event is slated for February 26 to 27 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Visitors to the destination’s exhibit booth (#220) can view the JTB’s first-of-its-kind tourism...

Tourism Minister, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett has revealed that a full scale Police investigation is now underway to identify the person or persons who have been swindling job seekers of money, on the basis that they will secure jobs in local and overseas hotels. Speaking at a press conference in Kingston on Thursday February 10, Minister Bartlett said the matter...

Tourism Minister, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett has urged other destinations in the Americas to pursue marketing support arrangements with airlines to ensure airlift security. Minister Bartlett, who was one of the presenters at the Routes Americas Strategy Forum held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on the weekend, noted that “the new architecture of the aviation industry demands partnerships to ensure...

Over US$1 billion in investments for tourism sector over the next two to three years Several new projects that were slated for Jamaica’s tourism industry, but were put on hold due to the global economic depression, are expected to get off the ground starting this year. This is expected to channel some US$1billion in investments into the island’s vibrant tourism...

The marketing of Jamaica’s rich Jewish history and its cultural heritage sites has won the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) a major international award for excellence. The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) gave the Golden Adrian Award to the JTB forpublic relationsexcellence, for its newspaper feature entry, “Jamaica’s New Tourism Spiel: Beaches and Reggae and Jews,” spotlighted in The...

Preliminary figures indicate that the tourism industry has grown by 9.2 per cent since the start of the winter season, with 311,210 stop-over arrivals, up from 285,005 in 2009/2010. Speaking at a press conference Thursday February 10 at the Ministry, New Kingston, Tourism Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett, pointed out that 26,205 more tourists visited Jamaica, compared to the December-February period...

Jamaicans adding a new dimension to the Boston Globe Travel Show, which will take place from February 11 to 13, 2011, at the Seaport World Trade Centre in Boston, Massachusetts. Every hour on the hour, visitors to the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) booth can view Jamaica’s new three-and-a-half minute tourism video filmed entirely in 3-D - the first destination film...

The Jamaica Tourist Board’s (JTB) United Kingdom (UK) online campaign ‘Totally Dad Dancing’ has been shortlisted for one of five awards in the Guardian news group and the Marketing Agencies Association’s Best Awards 2011. The promotional campaign has been nominated in the Best Consumer Campaign category of the awards. JTB Regional Director for the UK and Northern Europe, Elizabeth Fox,...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says it is imperative that the regional campaign continues for changes to the British Government’s Airline Passenger Duty (APD). The Tourism Minister, who spoke to JIS News while in London recently, stated that the tax regime is unfair and is negatively impacting on visitor arrivals in the region. “It is imperative that a successor...

A new 13-member board for the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) is now in place, with its appointment effective from January 1, 2011, for a period of three years. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, presented the Board on January 28, during a press conference, held at the Montego Bay Tourism Centre, in St. James.   Following the presentation he gave a...

When ‘Jamaica House Live’, the Prime Minister’s call-in radio programme opens its microphones tonight, listeners will get first hand reports on the industry’s performance from the Minister of Tourism, Ed Bartlett. Minister Bartlett will be live in studio to take calls, answers questions and give a general update on Jamaica’s performance which has been seeing growth in arrival figures both...