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Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr. Andrew Spencer.

TPDCo Begins Sensitisation For COVID-19 Health And Safety Protocols

Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr. Andrew Spencer, says sensitisation sessions for the COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols that will be implemented for the reopening of the tourism sector have begun. The sessions started yesterday (June...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chukka Caribbean Adventures, Marc Melville (fourth left), shares a photo opportunity with team members after receiving the Tour Operator of the Year Award from Carnival Cruise Lines, at a function in Cozumel, Mexico, in 2019.

Chukka Caribbean Prepares To Welcome Visitors

Jamaicans Encouraged to Take Advantage of Discount Packages

Head of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald-Riley.

Tourism Linkages Hub Reaping Success

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addressing Wednesday’s (February 12) Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. (FILE)

JTB to Revise Overseas Advertising Campaign

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (left), conversing with a group of Belgian tourists, while touring Culture Yard, in Trench Town, St. Andrew, on February 6. The visit by the Minister along with other Government officials, was part of activities to mark the 69th birthday of reggae icon, Bob Marley.

12 years ago Tourism

Tourist Arrivals Up

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says the winter tourist season, now in its second month, is performing well, with growth in arrivals over last year. Dr. McNeill, who spoke with reporters on February 6, while touring several sites in Trench Town, St. Andrew, as part of activities to mark the 69th birthday of reggae icon, Bob...

State Minister for Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford, speaking at the launch of activities in observance of Reggae Month 2014,at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre, Hope Road, St. Andrew, on January 28. Thus year’s activities are being celebrated under the theme: ‘The Journey Continues…’

12 years ago Tourism

Tourism Ministry Pushing Entertainment to Attract Visitors

State Minister for Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford, says the Ministry is seeking to use entertainment, especially Reggae music, as another drawing card to attract visitors to Jamaica. Speaking at the launch of Reggae Month 2014, at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre, Hope Road, St. Andrew, on January 28, Mr. Crawford said the Ministry decided to focus on entertainment,...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (right), is accompanied by President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Evelyn Smith, during his tour of booths at Caribbean Travel Marketplace 2014, which concluded on January 14 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.

12 years ago Tourism

Tourism Minister says Caribbean Travel Marketplace a Resounding Success

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, has hailed the just concluded Caribbean Travel Marketplace 2014 as a “resounding success” for Jamaica. He said that the regional tourism trade show event held from January 12 to 14 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, enjoyed “very good attendance and support from across the Caribbean...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (left); makes a point during discussion with Chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Dennis Morrison (centre); and Director of Tourism, John Lynch; at the JTB media luncheon held on Monday (January 13), at the Half Moon A Rock Resort in Montego Bay.

12 years ago Tourism

2014 To Be A Banner Year For Tourism – Tourism Director

Director of Tourism, John Lynch, says that 2014 will be a banner year for destination Jamaica. Having just completed a historic year in terms of the number of stopover visitors in any one calendar year, the country is poised for an exceptional year ahead, said Mr. Lynch, at a Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) media luncheon on Monday, January 13, at the...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (right), performs the symbolic groundbreaking exercise signaling the commencement of construction of the Courtyard Marriott Hotel during a ceremony at the project site in New Kingston in July. Observing (from left) are: Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Holness; Chairman, Pan Jamaican Investment Trust (Pan-Jam) and Director, Caribe Hospitality Jamaica, Stephen Facey; Opposition Spokesman on Tourism and Travel Service Development, Edmund Bartlett; and Rector, St. Andrew Parish Church, Rev. Canon Major Sirrano Kitson.

12 years ago Year in Review 2013

2013 A Successful Year for Tourism Sector

Jamaica’s tourism industry recorded several landmark achievements during 2013, in terms of earnings, visitor arrivals, new markets tapped, and linkages and partnerships forged with new cruise and airlines, making the year one of the most successful in recent times. VISITOR ARRIVALS The island reached an historic milestone when it welcomed its 2 millionth stopover visitor in December, surpassing the 1.986...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister of Tourism, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (second right), welcomes the two millionth stopover visitors to the island, Alexis Grenier (3rd left) and husband, Craig Greiner (3rd right), from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, after they disembarked the American Airlines flight on which they and other passengers arrived at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay from Miami, Florida, on Sunday (December 29). Also sharing the occasion are: Tourism Director, John Lynch (left); State Minister for Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford (2nd left); and Montego Bay

12 years ago Tourism

Jamaica Welcomes Two Millionth Stopover Visitor

Jamaica recorded a landmark achievement on Sunday, December 29, when the island welcomed two million stopover visitors for the first time in the tourism industry’s history. American couple, Alexis and Craig Greiner of Boston, Massachusetts, had the distinction of being the visitors enabling Jamaica to achieve this milestone in 2013, after they and other passengers disembarked American Airlines flight 380...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, outlines the scope of work to be undertaken as part of the Ocho Rios Enhancement project, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on December 19.

12 years ago Tourism

$400M Project to Transform Ocho Rios

The resort town of Ocho Rios is set for major transformation with the phased implementation of an enhancement project, valued at $400 million. This project, which will see work being undertaken on the Turtle River Road and Ocho Rios Cruise Terminal, is expected to last until October 2014. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on December 19, Minister of Tourism...