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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right) looks as Executive Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart, highlights plans for the new Sandals Dunn’s River in St. Ann, for which ground was broken on Wednesday, May 26.

PM Hails Sandals Multibillion-Dollar Resort Investment

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has hailed Sandals’ multibillion-dollar resort investment as a signal of confidence in the local tourism sector. He said that the extensive construction and renovation undertaking is an indication that Jamaica’s tourism sector “is...

Jamaica Will Continue To Welcome Major Cruise Lines

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the official opening of the Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James recently.

Gov’t Committed To Protecting MoBay Coastline – PM

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre) and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (right), with three of the most powerful women in the global tourism industry (from left): CEO of Iberostar Hotels & Resorts, Sabina Fluxà; Executive Vice President and CEO of Grupo Piñero, Encarna Piñero, and owner and CEO of the RIU Hotels & Resorts chain, Carmen Riu Güell. The group discussed possible investment opportunities during their meeting at the FITUR tourism tradeshow, in Madrid, Spain, recently.

Tourism Minister Says Direct Foreign Investments In Sector Have Not Waned

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett

Flights Resume From Germany

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday (May 21). Sharing the moment (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell; Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams; Minister of National Security and Member of Parliament for North West St. James, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; Chairman of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Senator Ransford Braham (partially hidden); Attorney General and Member of Parliament for St. James West Central, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte and Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Hon. Godfrey Dyer.

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$1.3 Billion Harmony Beach Park Opens In Montego Bay

The Harmony Beach Park, in Montego Bay, St. James, developed at a cost of $1.3 billion, was officially opened by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (May 21). Among the amenities on the 16-acre park are 132 parking spaces, restroom facilities, an activity centre, a jogging trail, a promenade along the beach, and a multipurpose court. There...

A section of the Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, which will officially open on Friday (May 21).

5 years ago Tourism

Harmony Beach Park To Boost Tourism Entrepreneurship

The Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James, is expected to give rise to tourism entrepreneurship in the resort capital when opened. “We are hoping that it can be a catalyst to spawn tourism entrepreneurship now that all the residential communities around the area or even the business communities around will have an attraction that will pull a lot...

An aerial view of the Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, which will officially open on Friday, May 21.

5 years ago Tourism

PM To Open Harmony Beach Park Friday

The public will soon have access to the Harmony Beach Park, formerly the Closed Harbour Beach Park, in Montego Bay. A virtual opening ceremony will be held on Friday, May 21, beginning at 2:00 p.m., with Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, to deliver the keynote address. The event will be streamed live on the Urban Development Corporation (UDC)...

5 years ago Tourism

Tourism Recovery Being Driven by Unity – Tourism Partners

Stakeholders in the tourism sector have expressed that the recovery of the industry is being driven by the unity among tourism partners, which has been further concretized following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many emphasise that the sector has never been more united. “I believe that the way that we have been pivoting is due to the fact that...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (standing, second right), observes as (seated, from left), President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bioprist Group, Dr. Guna Muppuri; and Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Professor Dale Webber, affix their signatures to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see them undertaking an initiative to expand Jamaica’s health tourism and medical education offerings. Also observing (standing, from left) are Deputy Dean for International Student Affairs in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, Mona Campus, Dr. Winston De La Haye; High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui; and President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards. The signing took place during a virtual ceremony on Tuesday (May 18).

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Health Training Institute To Be Established In Mobay

A US$17-million health training institute, which will expand Jamaica’s offerings in health tourism and medical education, is to be established in Montego Bay, St. James. Expected to open its doors by the latest June next year, the institute, which will be hosted by the University of the West Indies (UWI), will serve as a satellite campus for the Bioprist Institute...

5 years ago Tourism

Bartlett Congratulates Jamaican Recipients Of 2021 TripAdvisor Accolades

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has expressed heartfelt congratulations to the management and staff of several Jamaican hotels that have received major accolades in the prestigious TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice 2021 Best of the Best Awards. Six Jamaican properties each secured a coveted spot on TripAdvisor’s Top 25 Hotels in the Caribbean list, including, Kingston’s Spanish Court Hotel; Negril’s Cliff Hotel...

Tourism officials listen keenly to Museum Designer, Sara Shabaka (right), as she explains plans to provide an improved visitor experience at the Alpha Music Museum, which forms part of the Alpha campus redevelopment project, at their South Camp Road campus. Also pictured are (from L to R), Acting Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Stephen Edwards; Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson. The officials toured the facility yesterday (May 13) to examine the progress being made on the project, which is near completion. A total of $100 million has been contributed by the TEF to the redevelopment project.

5 years ago Tourism

PHOTOS: Tourism Officials Tour Alpha Campus Redevelopment Project

Tourism officials listen keenly to Museum Designer, Sara Shabaka (right), as she explains plans to provide an improved visitor experience at the Alpha Music Museum, which forms part of the Alpha campus redevelopment project, at their South Camp Road campus. Also pictured are (from L to R), Acting Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Stephen Edwards; Executive Director, Tourism...