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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (2nd left), shares a moment with employees of the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo), during a tour of the agency’s offices at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Friday (March 12). Pictured (from left) are: Training and Development Officers, Erica Whittingham and Lorna Newsome; Office Attendant, Rohan Reid; and Regional Manager, Kenya Kedoo Laing.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (2nd left), shares a moment with employees of the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo), during a tour of the agency’s offices at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Friday (March 12). Pictured (from left) are: Training and Development Officers, Erica Whittingham and Lorna Newsome; Office Attendant, Rohan Reid; and Regional Manager, Kenya Kedoo Laing.

Tourism Minister Calls for All Hands on Deck

By: Marlon Tingling, March 15, 2016
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the tourism sector needs “hands on deck” to ensure its continued growth and development. He was addressing employees of the Tourism Product Development Company...
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), addresses sector representatives during a stakeholders meeting at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Friday, March 11. Also participating were, from left: Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) Dennis Hickey; and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith.

Tourism Minister Encouraged by the Outcome of Stakeholder Meetings in Montego Bay

By: Marlon Tingling, March 13, 2016
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), addresses executive members of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) and Ministry officials at his New Kingston offices on March 10. At right is President, JHTA, Nicola Madden Greig.

Tourism Minister Calls for Strengthening of Linkages

By: Chris Patterson , March 11, 2016

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