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Cabinet, at its sitting this week, approved a sum of $53,346,278 for the extension of a contract with the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) for the cleaning up and beautification of resort areas across the island. The work will be carried out under the 'Spruce Up Jamaica' project, which is being funded by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo)....

Jamaica's Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is leading a team of tourism officials participating in the special Caribbean Week activities in New York, June 6 to 12. During the weeklong programme of events, Mr. Bartlett and Director of Tourism, John Lynch, will update New Yorkers on Jamaica's latest tourism developments. Jamaica kicked off the celebrations with the arrival of...

Sandals Foundation has embarked on an Educational Campaign to heighten citizens' awareness of marine preservation. The programme, which is being held in collaboration with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), commenced Tuesday (June 8) with the World Oceans Day celebrations and exhibition at the Island Village Complex, Ocho Rios. Approximately 400 students from various schools within the parishes of...

South Coast Area Chairman and Vice President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Judy Schoenbein, has stressed the importance of Jamaicans cherishing and protecting the tourism industry. Delivering the keynote address at the Manchester Chamber of Commerce's monthly meeting at the Golf View Hotel, Mandeville, Thursday (June 3), Miss Schoenbein argued that tourism is a renewable export which,...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is optimistic that Jamaica's winter tourist season will be strong, despite the negative publicity which the country suffered as a result of last week's events in West Kingston. This by virtue of a US$10 million promotional and advertising campaign, being spearheaded by the Ministry of Tourism and Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), which gets underway on...

The Ministry of Tourism and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) will spearhead a promotional blitz in key North American and European tourist markets, in a bid to prevent a projected US$350 million loss in revenue, as a result of the recent activities in West Kingston. The campaign, details of which were finalised over the past weekend during meetings and consultations...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says efforts are being made to resuscitate Kingston's tourism product which, he said, was severely damaged by last week's violence in West Kingston. Speaking with JIS News, Mr. Bartlett lamented that Kingston had lost business "badly". He pointed out that occupancies in a number of hotels were "very weak", declining as much as 50 per...

The first annual symposium on 'Sustainable Tourism, Attractions, Heritage and Heritage Restoration', was held at the Runaway HEART Hotel, in St. Ann, on May 27. The forum, which was organised by the HEART Trust/NTA, was held under the theme: 'Securing our Future by Preserving our Past'. Director in the Institutional Based Department (IBD) at the HEART Trust, Samuel Brown. told...

Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has assured residents and visitors that business and tourist activities in the resort areas of Jamaica have not been affected by the unrest in sections of Western Kingston. "This is a situation that is taking place in certain parts...

Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus operator, Annette Howard, who assisted over 100 passengers on an American Airline plane, which overran the runway at the Norman Manley International Airport in December, left the island today (May 20) for three-day dream vacation to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The trip to Disney World is in fulfilment of a wish she expressed...

The Ministry of Tourism is moving to improve the long term socio-economic environment within the tourism industry, through introduction of a retirement plan and pension scheme for workers within the industry. The first of three planned public education fora, aimed at increasing awareness among tourism industry employers and employees, about pensions and retirement planning, was staged by the Tourism Ministry...

A group of 16 faith-based meeting planners from the United States of America (USA) are in the island to participate in a "destination update" organised by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB). The group, which arrived in Jamaica yesterday (May 13), will spend five days on the island, where they will go on site visits to Ocho Rios and Montego Bay,...