Jamaica is on a drive to attract more than half a million Canadian visitors to the island by 2025, a 20 per cent increase over the current figure of about 400,000. Regional Director for Canada for the Jamaica Tourist Board, Angella Bennett, revealed the ambitious goal while addressing the dinner & awards ceremony for the Sandals 27th Annual Baxter Canadian...

All State agencies must have service excellence systems in place to enhance the quality of service given to the public, says Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. Delivering the keynote address at the 2023 Public Sector Service Excellence Awards ceremony, held on October 25 at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, the Minister said this is critical and is...

Florence Hill in the constituency of St. Andrew West Rural is to benefit from a community park that should be finished by this Friday (October 27). So says Member of Parliament (MP), Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, who provided details on several projects in the constituency during the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (October 24)....

Visitors to Jamaica’s north coast will have an even wider variety of places to stay, with Spanish hotel chain, RIU Resorts, set to open its new 753-room RIU Palace Aquarelle in Falmouth, Trelawny, on May 4, 2024. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), RIU Hotels, Carmen Riu, broke ground...

Jamaica will highlight the special issues impacting the island and other tourism-dependent nations at the 25th session of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly, says Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. He was speaking to JIS News shortly before departing the island for the five-day meeting, which got underway on Monday, Oct.16, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Minister Bartlett...

Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace has underscored the importance of developing Jamaica's tourism industry as a means of creating wealth, providing jobs, and improving the quality of life for Jamaicans. Dr. Wallace was speaking at a devotional exercise at the Mannings School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland on Friday (September 29), ahead of a tree planting...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Montego Bay based S Hotel’s ranking as one of the best hotels in the world speaks volume as to how brand Jamaica is being viewed in the international marketplace. Speaking to JIS News following a function in St. James over the weekend (October 8), Mr. Bartlett said the fact that the ranking...