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Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, officially opened three new honeymoon villas on Thursday (Jan. 29) at Jake's Hotel in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth. Addressing the audience, Minister Assamba noted that Jamaica's tourist industry was moving in the right direction. "The opening of a new cottage here at Jake's is another positive sign of the development of Jamaica's hospitality...

Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, is predicting growth of between 3.5 and 7 per cent for South Coast tourism in the next 10 years. One of the main areas of focus in the government's Ten-Year Master Plan is the sustainable development on the island's south coast. "Based on the performance of other nature-based destinations in the Caribbean that...

Mayor of Atlanta, Shirley Franklin, has announced a three-day Atlanta-Jamaica Business Exchange, which would be held at the Hilton Hotel Downtown, from Wednesday, October 15 to Friday, October 17. The Mission, which was conceived during Mayor Franklin's visit to Jamaica in June of this year, will focus on strengthening the Atlanta-Jamaica relationship by partnering Atlanta companies with Jamaican businesses and...

Dr. Paul Robertson, Minister of Development, has said that the Tourism Master Plan provided ample investment opportunities through the production of agricultural and manufactured goods, transportation and other services, including restaurants, and attractions. "To the extent that local producers move aggressively to grasp these opportunities, we will succeed in boosting the exports of goods and services. The challenge is for...

Jamaica is seeking to forge tourism links with the African country of Ghana, through the development of the annual Quao Festival into a major tourism event. "We want to build the Quao Festival into a major heritage tourism attraction. There is clear indication that there is great interest from our African brothers to come to Jamaica to see more and...