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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), is joined by Executive Chairman, Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart (left), and President, EON Reality, Mats Johansson, as he interacts with Spatial AI technology at Sandals Royal Plantation in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Thursday (October 5). The occasion was the launch of the EON Reality and Sandals Corporate University (SCU) training and development partnership.

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Hundreds of young people from Tourism Action Clubs in schools across the island will participate in a youth forum being held on World Tourism Day (September 27), at the Montego...

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Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Sen. the Hon. Matthew Samuda (foreground, second left) is joined by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (foreground, third right), in planting a tree at the Excelsior High School in Kingston on Monday (September 25), as a part of Tourism Awareness Week 2023 activities. Looking on (in background, from left) are Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Wade Mars; President of the Excelsior Past Students Association, Evan Thompson; Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson; Deputy Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Peter Mullings; and upper-school students at Excelsior High.

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Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson, delivers a speech on behalf of Portfolio Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett, at the Tourism Awareness Week (TAW) thanksgiving church service held at the Montego Bay New Testament Church of God, St. James, on Sunday (September 24).

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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

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The Tourism Workers Pension Scheme has surpassed the first $1 billion in savings within a year and half of its implementation. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the disclosure...

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