The 2025 Kingston City Run, set for Sunday (November 2), is looking to raise $5 million to directly benefit four organisations that provide services to the homeless, at-risk youth, and marginalised communities across the capital city. These are the Alpha Institute, Marie Atkins Night Shelter, Open Arms Development Centre, and Missionaries of the Poor. Under the theme ‘Pirates Run di...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has commended the three local properties that have been ranked among the top-10 hotels in the Caribbean and Central America in the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards 2025. They are Jamaica Inn in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, at number four; S Hotel Montego Bay at number five; and S Hotel Kingston at number...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that newly appointed Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Tova Hamilton, will hit the ground running as Jamaica builds on the momentum gained during the post-COVID-19 recovery. Mr. Bartlett, who was speaking with JIS News, following the recent Tourism Action Club Youth Symposium at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James,...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has outlined a holistic plan to weave tourism more deeply into Jamaica’s broader economy. Speaking at a briefing with reporters at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on September 26, Mr. Bartlett said the country must move beyond siloed thinking and create seamless connections between tourism and other key sectors to unlock new opportunities, spur...

Artisans interested in showcasing and selling their products at the Tourism Product Development Company’s (TPDCo) upcoming ‘Craft with a Difference’ event are encouraged to register by October 24. The 2025 staging takes place on November 22 at Turtle River Park, Ocho Rios, St. Ann. To register, please email craftextravaganza@tpdco.org. TPDCo Product Quality Manager in Ocho Rios, Kameel Bryan-Russell, told JIS...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has underscored the importance of industry stakeholders engaging the nation’s youth in meaningful discourse on developments within the tourism sector. His remarks come in the context of Friday’s (September 26) World Tourism Day 2025 Youth Forum at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James, where more than 300 students from across the island are...

Jamaica will join the global community to commemorate World Tourism Day, on Saturday, September 27, under the theme: ‘Tourism and Sustainable Transformation’. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, told JIS News in an interview, that this year’s theme underscores the importance of sustainability in shaping the future of tourism worldwide. “The focus this year on sustainability and its transformational effect...