by LTC Writer | Jan 24, 2023 | Pulse
Spanish hoteliers operating in Jamaica have committed to constructing at least 2,000 new residential units for local hotel workers and their immediate families. The commitment was given during a recent breakfast meeting with Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett and...
by LTC Writer | Nov 28, 2022 | Pulse
With Jamaica’s local tourism interests upbeat and expecting a “very good winter tourist season”, the minister with responsibility for the sector Edmund Bartlett is even more bullish about the long-term prospects. Bartlett says thousands of resort rooms are...
by LTC Writer | Apr 5, 2022 | Pulse
A 2,000-room Princess Resort in Hanover, which will become the country’s largest resort, is among 8,500 new rooms that will be built in Jamaica within the next five years. Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, made the disclosure as he opened the 2022/23 Sectoral...
by LTC Writer | Jan 25, 2022 | Pulse
Jamaica will this year see its biggest hotel and resort development boom in any one year, with 8,000 additional hotel rooms in various stages of development and planning, the majority being led by European investors. At least 36,000 jobs will be created in the...
by LTC Writer | Jan 17, 2022 | Pulse
Grupo Piñero’s Bahia resorts in Jamaica and the Dominican Republic will benefit from a US$200-million investment, the result of a strategic alliance between the international tourism giant; Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group private sector arm, IDB...
