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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking during Tuesday’s (March 1) meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives.

Divestment of Milk River Hotel and Spa on Track

Plans by the Government to divest the State-run Milk River Hotel and Spa in Clarendon remain on track. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said that work to amend the Milk River Act, which will facilitate the undertaking, is advanced. He...

Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace, addresses the virtual launch of the Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics (CHIA) programme on February 25.

New Certification In Hotel Industry Analytics Launched

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

$31 Million Set Aside In Tourism Budget For Creative And Cultural Industries

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaks during Tuesday’s (March 1) meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, whose members are deliberating the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure.

No Visible Impact Of Conflict On Tourism – Bartlett

St. Ann 4H Club Assistant Secretary Sonia Tucker (right) and Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) volunteer Natsumi Nagarmura (second from right), gives Secretary at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Ann branch, Marie Richards and her daughter Julisan Richards, an over view of products at their booth. Occasion was the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ St. Ann Agri-Tourism Business Symposium which was held at the Seville Heritage Park in the parish on Friday (February 25).

Strengthening Tourism And Agriculture Links In St. Ann

St. James’ Parish Health, Promotion and Education Officer, Julian Grandison Mullings (right), and Human Resource Clerk at Holiday Inn Resort, Shantae Miller, demonstrate an elbow bump as an alternative to a handshake in keeping with COVID-19 safety protocols. This was during Tourism Product Development Company’s first in a series of sensitisation sessions to promote COVID-19 protocols and vaccination, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall on Friday (February 25).

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Vaccines Promoted At TPDCo Event

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCO) on Friday (February 25) kicked off a series of COVID-19 protocols and vaccination sensitisation sessions in Montego Bay, St. James. The event, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall and streamed as well, targeted local tourism stakeholders such as hotel staff, tour bus operators and craft traders. Participants were resensitised on...

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Minister Bartlett Hails Late Businessman as True Friend of Tourism

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has hailed late St. Ann businessman Gobind Chatani as “a true friend of tourism”. Mr. Chatani, who spent over 50 years in tourism and was considered a pioneer in the duty-free sector, died on February 16 at a private health facility in Montego Bay, St. James. “Gobind has been a friend of the tourism...

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Register For TPDCo Tour Guide Training

Persons interested in working as tour guides in the tourism industry are being encouraged to take advantage of the training programme being offered by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo). The training is comprehensive, covering the role of the tour guide, the communication skills required, how to conduct a tour group – whether it is a walking or bus tour...

Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, will call at Falmouth, Trelawny, on November 27, 2022.

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World’s Largest Cruise Ship Arrives In November

Jamaica will be hosting Royal Caribbean’s flagship Oasis class vessel and the world’s largest cruise ship, Wonder of the Seas, in November. According to Royal Caribbean’s western Caribbean itinerary for 2022, Wonder of the Seas, which is due to begin its maiden voyage from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to the eastern Caribbean on March 4, will arrive in Falmouth, Trelawny, on...

Training Manager for the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Western Region, Megan Mollison.

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TPDCO Staging COVID-19 Resensitisation Workshops

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDco) has embarked on a series of workshops to resensitise players in the tourism sector about the coronavirus (COVID-19) health and safety protocols and to encourage greater take up of the vaccines. The sessions, being conducted in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Wellness, commenced on February 17 in Montego Bay, St. James, and...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), emphasises a point during a Global Tourism Resilience Forum panel discussion at EXPO2020 Dubai on Thursday (February 17). Listening (from left) are Kenya’s Minister of Tourism and Chair of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre – East Africa (GTRCMC – EA) – Minister Najib Balala, and GTRCMC Executive Director, Professor Lloyd Waller.

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Collective Approach Needed To Overcome COVID-19 – Minister Bartlett

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is calling for a more collective and inclusive approach among countries globally to overcome the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, particularly in relation to vaccine access. Speaking during a Global Tourism Resilience Forum at EXPO2020 Dubai on Thursday (February 17), Mr. Bartlett said countries have generally “not learned to respond together to global actions” citing the pandemic...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (at podium), addressing the launch of Global Tourism Resilience Day at EXPO2020 Dubai on Thursday (February 17).

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Jamaica Launches Global Tourism Resilience Day At EXPO2020 Dubai

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, on Thursday (February 17) launched Global Tourism Resilience Day during EXPO2020 Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Day, which is the brainchild of Mr. Bartlett, will be observed annually on February 17. The observance forms part of the thrust to heighten global tourism stakeholder awareness and actions towards strengthening the industry’s capacity to...