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Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) Business Development Manager for the Mid-Atlantic Region, Victoria Harper-Rogers (right), presents an information kit to Anjie Kahot of Ashburn, Virginia, who visited the JTB booth at the Washington DC 10th annual travel and adventure show held recently at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) Business Development Manager for the Mid-Atlantic Region, Victoria Harper-Rogers (right), presents an information kit to Anjie Kahot of Ashburn, Virginia, who visited the JTB booth at the Washington DC 10th annual travel and adventure show held recently at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Jamaica Choice Destination at Washington Travel Show

By: Derrick Scott, Information Attache (Jamaican Embassy, USA), February 25, 2014
Jamaica was a much sought after destination at the 10th annual Washington DC Travel and Adventure Show held from February 22 to 23 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center....
From left: Senior Director Workforce Development and Employment at HEART, Denworth Finnikin; Regional Director in the Ministry of Education Region 3, Maxine Headlam; Custos of St. Ann, Hon. Norma Walters; and Executive Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley, look at the plaque and new logo of the HEART College of Hospitality Services. Occasion was the official renaming ceremony of the Runaway Bay HEART Hotel and Training Institute, held on Thursday, February 20, at the facility in St. Ann.

Runaway Bay HEART Hotel Renamed

By: Bryan Miller, February 24, 2014
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (left), accompanied by Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (centre), on a tour of places of interest and attractions slated for development in the parishes of St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland on February 19.

Minister says Tourism Product Must Be Improved

By: Glenis A. Rose, February 24, 2014

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The view from the Lover's Leap attraction in South East St. Elizabeth, which is to undergo further upgrading. This was announced by Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill on January 22, during a tour of the facility.
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