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Auditions for entry into the Tourism Entertainment Academy will be held at Grand-A-View Restaurant and Event Place in Montego Bay, from June 17-19, beginning 9:00 a.m.
Auditions for entry into the Tourism Entertainment Academy will be held at Grand-A-View Restaurant and Event Place in Montego Bay, from June 17-19, beginning 9:00 a.m.

Tourism Entertainment Academy Opens Doors to Jamaica’s Top Talents in Reggae, Jazz and Comedy

By: SHANNA K. SALMON, June 11, 2025
Talented Jamaicans in Reggae, jazz and comedy are being invited to audition for entry into the Tourism Entertainment Academy (TEA). The TEA is an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism,...
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third left, second row), and Minister of Finance and the Public Service and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Eastern, Hon. Fayval Williams (fourth left, back row), share a photo opportunity with participants in Tuesday’s (June 10) unveiling ceremony for the Jam-Iconic Experience at Hope Gardens in St. Andrew. From left (second row) are Executive Director, Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Leslie Harrow; Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Wade Mars; TPDCo Board Member, Christopher Whyms-Stone; Executive Director, Nature Preservation Foundation, Carla Myrie; and Executive Director, Jamaica Vacations Limited, Joy Roberts. In the front row are (from left) TPDCo Board Member, Christopher Jarrett; Nature Preservation Foundation Board Member, Professor Carol Archer; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith; Chairman, Nature Preservation Foundation, Alfred Thomas; Nature Preservation Foundation Board Member, Michael McAnuff-Jones; TPDCo Board Member, Marilyn Burrowes; and Custos Rotulorum for Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller.

Jam-Iconic Experience Unveiled at Hope Gardens

By: Judana Murphy, June 11, 2025
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism, Hon. Delano Seiveright

Positive Attention from Revised US Travel Advisory

By: Garwin Davis, June 5, 2025

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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), is assisted by Member of Parliament for St. Andrew South Eastern, Julian Robinson (second left), to cut the ribbon to officially open the Nannyville Futsal Court in St. Andrew, on May 7. Sharing the moment are (from left) General Manager of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), Alan Beckford; Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo), Wade Mars; and Mayor of Kingston and Councillor for the Vineyard Town Division, Andrew Swaby.
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New Futsal Court Opens in Nannyville

A new futsal court was officially opened in the community of Nannyville in St. Andrew South Eastern, on May 7. It was established under the Tourism Product Development Company Limited’s...
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By: Rochelle Williams, May 8, 2025