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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (right), peruses a brochure with students from St. Jago High School (from left) – Dario Laing, Jahvaunie Brown, and Shevelle Flynn – at the Tourism Awareness Week Expo and Concert, held on Friday, September 27 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (right), peruses a brochure with students from St. Jago High School (from left) – Dario Laing, Jahvaunie Brown, and Shevelle Flynn – at the Tourism Awareness Week Expo and Concert, held on Friday, September 27 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

PHOTOS: Tourism Awareness Week Expo and Concert

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, responds to questions from journalists during a media briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston Corporate Office on Tuesday (September 24). He is flanked by Senior Advisor in the Ministry and Executive Director for the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, Professor Lloyd Waller; and Senior Director for Technical Services, David Dobson.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, responds to questions from journalists during a media briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston Corporate Office on Tuesday (September 24). He is flanked by Senior Advisor in the Ministry and Executive Director for the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, Professor Lloyd Waller; and Senior Director for Technical Services, David Dobson.

Jamaica Developing Satellite Network For Tourism Crisis Management Centre
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett

Tourism Ministry Mitigating Any Fallout From Collapse Of Thomas Cooke
Director of Sales and Marketing, Real Mystic Transportation and Trading, Rodcliffe Robertson (right), engages in conversation with Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) patron, Louis Robertson (centre), at the 2019 staging of the event held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James from September 9 to 11. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Bowen, listens.
Director of Sales and Marketing, Real Mystic Transportation and Trading, Rodcliffe Robertson (right), engages in conversation with Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) patron, Louis Robertson (centre), at the 2019 staging of the event held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James from September 9 to 11. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Bowen, listens.

JAPEX Creating Linkages
Senior Director of Technical Services in the Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson, highlights the sector’s contribution to economic and social development at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Senior Director of Technical Services in the Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson, highlights the sector’s contribution to economic and social development at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Senior Director In Tourism Ministry Highlights Importance Of Sector

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Marketing Communications Manager at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Essie Gardner, outlining activities for this year
Tourism

Several Activities Planned For Tourism Awareness Week

Several activities will be held to mark this year’s Tourism Awareness Week (TAW), from September 22 to 28. The Week will also incorporate the observance of World Tourism Day on September 27. The theme will be: ‘Tourism and Jobs: a better future for all’. The week will commence with a Thanksgiving Service at Church on the Rock in St. Andrew,...
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Senior Advisor and Strategist, Ministry of Tourism, Delano Seiveright (left), is pctured with Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Godfrey Dyer (centre); and Sandals Resort Senior Director, Wayne Cummings, at a cocktail reception for tourism stakeholders at the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) trade show, Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on September 9.
Foreign AffairsTourism

Increase in Arrivals From Russia

The Ministry of Tourism is reporting an increase in arrivals from Russia. Senior Advisor and Strategist, Delano Seiveright, said that just under 3,000 Russian tourists visited the island between January and the end of June compared to roughly 630 for the same period in 2018. “Much of this is attributable to new, regular nonstop flights between Moscow, Russia and Montego...
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President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Omar Robinson (right), with Sales and Reservation Manager at The Courtleigh Hotel, Maurice Bryan, at the opening of the 2019 Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) trade show at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on September 9.
Tourism

JHTA to Donate US$20,000 to The Bahamas

The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) will be donating US$20,000 to assist in relief efforts in hurricane-ravaged Bahamas. President of the JHTA, Omar Robinson, says this will be done through the University of the West Indies-based Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) in St. Andrew. “Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has been at the fore of...
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Director of Tourism, Donovan White, speaks at the 2019 Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) Media Breakfast, at the Half Moon Hotel, Rose Hall, Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday, September 10.
Tourism

Tourism Industry Continues to Record Unprecedented Growth

The tourism industry continues to record unprecedented growth, with a 9.1 per cent increase in stopover arrivals for the first eight months of 2019. Director of Tourism, Donovan White, points out that up to August 31, 2019, Jamaica recorded 1.8 million in stopover arrivals, achieving a revenue inflow of US$2.39 billion, which is a 12 per cent growth in earnings...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addressing journalists during Tuesday’s (September 3) press conference at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston.
IndustryTourism

Hospitality Sector Well Positioned to Achieve Revenue Target –Bartlett

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica’s hospitality industry is well positioned to generate the US$5-billion being targeted by 2021 under the 5x5x5 growth agenda. This, he said, is based on activities associated with the five Tourism Linkages Networks – Gastronomy (food); Shopping; Entertainment and Sports; Health and Wellness; and Knowledge. He was speaking during a press conference at the...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (right), makes a point during discussion with (from left) Project Manager for the Sandals Foundation, Karen Zacca; Tourism Director, Donovan White; and Deputy Chairman of Sandals Resorts International and Chairman of the Tourism Linkages Council, Adam Stewart, following a press briefing at the office of Ministry of Tourism in New Kingston on Tuesday (September 3).
Foreign AffairsTourism

Jamaica to Moblise Resources Through Tourism Resilience Centre to Assist Bahamas

The Ministry of Tourism, through the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), is moving to mobilise resources locally and internationally to assist The Bahamas in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian. Along with the resources that are expected to be provided by local tourism stakeholders to assist the hurricane-wrecked island, the Tourism Ministry will be...
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