Tourism buyers and local manufacturers and suppliers in the sector, came together to explore business opportunities at the Tourism Linkages Network’s Speed Networking event on Thursday (March 16). The Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall was the venue for the annual business activity, which aims to connect buyers directly with providers of tourism goods and services. Speed Networking, which...

The annual Speed Networking, hosted by the Tourism Linkages Network, will be held on Thursday (March 16) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The event will feature a series of 15-minute pre-scheduled meetings among managing directors, general managers and chief executive officers of local supplier companies of products/services and owners/managers of properties, restaurants,...

The growth of tourism over the years has meant that more highly qualified professionals are being drawn to the sector, says Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. “They see the job opportunities and understand that many of these careers command high salaries,” the Minister told JIS News in an interview. Mr. Bartlett argued that the notion that tourism is an...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has hailed the late veteran hotelier and tourism stalwart, Louis Grant, as a true ambassador and patriot of the highest order. Mr. Bartlett told JIS News that Mr. Grant, who died on March 6, was a trailblazer and a man who embodied everything that is good about the tourism industry. “I have known Louis...

Coffee farmers in Portland, St. Andrew and St. Thomas are being invited to attend a ‘Farmers’ Trade Day’, slated for Tuesday, March 14, at the Alfred Sangster Auditorium, University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The event is being organised by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), with support from...

The Ministry of Tourism is reporting that close to 10,000 hospitality workers are paying into the Tourism Workers Pension Scheme, with approximately $400 million in contributions to date. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the disclosure during the sitting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, on March 1. “The Government, as you know, has put forward...

Standards should be developed for environmental compliance throughout the tourism value chain, says Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. Addressing the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) inaugural Port Royal Lecture series, on Tuesday (February 28), at the institution’s campus, Palisadoes Park in Kingston, the Minister said this is critical to preserving the marine environment. “The transition to sustainable ocean economies will ultimately...