Jamaican micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are being encouraged to tap into the Latin American (LATAM) market as they seek to expand their businesses. Delivering the keynote address at the Keys to LATAM Conference held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (September 7), Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, said...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica experienced its strongest summer ever in its history. “We closed the summer with just a little over 800,000 stopover visitors, and when cruise was added… 230,000… [we had] just a little over a million visitors in the period and we earned US$1.5 billion for Jamaica in this summer, the highest and best...

The tourism industry is set to benefit from this year’s highly anticipated renewal of the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) exposition, slated for September 11 to 13 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. JAPEX, the premier trade event of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), is the single most important business generator for the island’s tourism industry. In three days...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that to encourage consistency and reliability, greater emphasis must be placed on Jamaica's farmers receiving more benefits from the country's thriving tourism sector. Citing their pivotal role as a reliable source market for hotels, Minister Bartlett said the aim going forward is to create new avenues of collaboration, ensuring that farmers can capitalise...

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) has announced new rates for rafting on the Rio Grande, one of Jamaica’s iconic attractions. The new rates come into effect on Friday, September 1, and will see the cost for a long trip moving from $7,300 to $12,000 and a short trip from $6,000 to $10,000. TPDCo Director for Product Development and Community...

The Government is moving quickly to respond to the housing needs of the large number of workers who are flocking to the resort areas in search of the growing tourism-related opportunities, says Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. Mr. Bartlett, who was speaking at a Town Hall meeting at the Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James, on August...

With the recent installation of community Wi-Fi in Mavis Bank, St. Andrew, residents are being urged to utilise the technology to tap into certain lucrative opportunities such as the online home-rental platform, Airbnb. Speaking during the recent launch of the service, Deputy Speaker for the House of Representatives and St. Andrew East Rural Member of Parliament, the Most Hon. Juliet...