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...

Southwest Airlines will be operating one weekly flight into the island from Kansas City, Missouri in the United States. The flight will arrive at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in St. James on Saturdays throughout the winter season. Some 114 passengers and six crew members arrived on the inaugural flight on October 7, which was greeted by tourism stakeholders and...

Spatial Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is poised to revolutionise training in Jamaica’s tourism industry through virtual and augmented reality platforms for enhancing the education and professional development of staff and stakeholders in the sector. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, endorsed the transformative potential of the technology while addressing the launch of the EON Reality and Sandals Corporate University (SCU) training...

Jamaica’s tourism industry is on track to realise its 5x5x5 growth strategy of five million visitors and earnings of US$5 billion by 2025. This was disclosed by Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, while delivering the keynote address during Friday’s (October 6) Destination Jamaica Events Seminar at the Courtleigh Auditorium in Kingston. “We are just rounding off four million visitors this...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the development of new highways across Jamaica will reduce travel time for tourists and increase opportunities within the sector. “What we’re going to have is a ring road around Jamaica that will be able to connect us, especially from the two airports. So, anyone who comes to Jamaica can now, in one hour or...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that service excellence is the backbone of the country’s tourism industry. “It is not a mere buzz word,” he said, noting that 60 per cent of the value of the experience of a visitor is service. “It encompasses every interaction along the tourism value chain, from the moment a visitor disembarks the plane...

American Travel Writer and Tourism Consultant, Doug Lansky, is calling for greater collaboration between Airbnb and traditional hotels. Speaking at the Tourism Awareness Week 2023 visionary symposium held at the Hyatt Ziva Hotel, Montego Bay, St. James on September 28, Mr. Lansky said while competition can be healthy from a marketing standpoint, collaboration, if applied properly, can be more potent....