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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...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Ministry is seeking to establish partnerships with major airlines operating out of South America, to tap into potential tourist markets in that region. Speaking at media briefing at his Ministry, New Kingston, on Tuesday November 30, Mr. Bartlett noted the success and benefits accruing to Jamaica from similar partnerships with North American airlines...

Jamaica's tourist sector was a big winner at the 2010 World Travel Awards in London Monday night, winning some 14 awards, including Leading Caribbean Destination, Leading Cruise Destination and Leading Cruise Port. Jamaica picked up awards for Leading Airport - Sangster International; Leading Tourist Bard - the Jamaica Tourist Board; and Leading Meeting and Conference facility; the Jamaica Conference Centre...

The St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation has received a $7 million grant from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) for the development of a website, which will showcase tourism offerings in the parish. The signing for the funding took place on Thursday (October 28) at Riverside Dock in Black River where the Foundation's 2010 Homecoming Celebration was also launched. Chairman of...

Jamaica came out a big winner in the 2010 World Travel Awards, copping some 18 major awards in the travel and tourism categories. At the gala ceremony held at the swanky Sandals Whitehouse European Village and Spa in Westmoreland on Friday (October 22), Jamaica took home honours for being Caribbean Leading Destination; Caribbean Leading Cruise Destination Excursion; Caribbean Leading Airport...