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Manager, Tourism and Services Unit at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Carol Straw.
Manager, Tourism and Services Unit at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Carol Straw.

Unit at JAMPRO Promotes Tourism Products

By: Kadian Brown, July 5, 2019
The Tourism and Services Unit at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is facilitating some major initiatives geared towards development and promotion of leisure and medical tourism, health and wellness, and attractions....
(FILE) Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre) presents members of the Airbnb executive leadership team with Usain Bolt-branded t-shirts following a strategic meeting at Airbnb Headquarters in San Francisco, California in August 2017. Sharing in the moment are (from left) Ministry of Tourism’s Senior Advisor/ Strategist, Delano Seiveright; Airbnb’s Global Head of Strategic Safety Initiatives, Clark Stevens; Airbnb’s Head of Global Policy and Communications, Chris Lehane; Jamaica’s Honorary Consul to Los Angeles, Lorna Mae Johnson; Airbnb’s then Regional Director of Public Policy for Central America and the Caribbean, Shawn Sullivan; and Airbnb’s Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Carlos Muñoz.

No Tax on Airbnb Operators – Minister Bartlett

By: Garwin Davis, July 5, 2019
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), at the 58th Annual General Meeting of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on Saturday (June 29). Also taking part (from left) are President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Omar Robinson; President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Patricia Affonso-Dass; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith; and Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Godfrey Dyer.

Minister Says Tourism Workers’ Pension Plan on Track for January 1, 2020

By: Nickieta Sterling, July 3, 2019

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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), addresses persons gathered at a ceremony to mark the 243rd Anniversary of the Independence of the United States, hosted by the United States Embassy in Kingston at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Wednesday (June 26). At left is Chargé d’Affaires, United States Embassy in Kingston, Eric Khant.
Tourism

More Tourists Coming from the US

Statistics obtained by the Ministry of Tourism show that arrivals from the United States grew by 20.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2019, when compared to last year,...
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By: Ainsworth Morris, June 27, 2019
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses recent function in Montego Bay, St. James.
Tourism

Minister says Global Tourism Has Changed

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says global tourism has taken on an extraordinary new lease on life, where almost everything is now done outside of what was once considered...
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By: Garwin Davis, June 13, 2019