Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says a new tourism product to be launched will rely heavily on sport and entertainment, as the two areas have large followings. The Minister made the comments on Friday (January 28) during a virtual joint press conference between the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and the Jamaica Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, where he announced the...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith, says the staging of the International Conference & Exhibition (AICE) 2022 in Jamacia will shine the spotlight on the island as the Caribbean’s leading destination for leisure and business. She was speaking at the media launch of the event on Thursday (January 27) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose...

The Ministry of Tourism along with hoteliers in Jamaica have partnered to launch the ‘Rediscover Jamaica' campaign as an initiative to encourage domestic tourism. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, told members of the diaspora on Thursday (January 27), that this is among the innovative strategies that tourism stakeholders are implementing and which will keep the occupancy levels buoyant. This initiative...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, will join Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks, for her monthly series ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks’ on Thursday (January 27) at 7:00 p.m. The virtual town hall will highlight the island’s development at 60 years of Independence, with a focus on tourism, which is a key economic driver. It is expected that...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the competitiveness of a tourism destination requires an effective human capital management plan, where the workforce becomes the primary focus. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Bartlett, who is currently on official business overseas, said it is against this background that the Tourism Ministry has established the Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation...

Tourism stakeholders and other business interests are appealing to Jamaicans to get vaccinated, noting that it is the only proven strategy to counter the onslaught of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. The stakeholders, which include hoteliers, attraction owners, craft traders, duty-free merchants and transport operators, said that it has become clear that nothing less than a concerted effort and “collective responsibility”...

Chairman of the Resilient Corridors Committee (RCC), John Byles, says the spirit of unity and collaboration among tourism stakeholders to combat the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the industry, should be harnessed for the continued development of the sector and the wider economy. “I have never seen this kind of collaborative effort, with everyone coming together for one...