by Charmaine Clarke | Oct 26, 2023 | Pulse
OVER the next few months, if all goes well with the procurement process, Jamaicans will have a chance to say exactly how they feel about the country’s tourism industry. The Ministry of Tourism (MOT) recently invited bids for a consultant(s) or firm to do a...
by Charmaine Clarke | Jun 30, 2022 | People
On this last day of June, the month when fathers around the globe are recognised for the role they play in shaping their children’s lives, we catch up with fathers who work directly and indirectly within the tourism industry. • Edmund Bartlett speaks of the impact his...
by Charmaine Clarke | Jun 30, 2022 | People
HAVING raised two adult children, David Dobson knows how important it is to be there for them. In fact, his advice to new dads is to take time off from work when the baby arrives. Dobson is chief technical director in the Ministry of Tourism, second in line after the...
by LTC Writer | Mar 31, 2022 | People, Pulse
ON the last day of March, the month when women are celebrated around the globe, LetsTravelCaribbean.com brings you the stories of phenomenal women who are blazing a trail in the tourism industry. Among them: Jennifer Griffith Jennifer Griffith — permanent secretary in...
by Charmaine Clarke | Mar 31, 2022 | People
AS she looks towards retiring “very soon”, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith, is satisfied that she will leave the industry a lot better than she found it 25 years ago. In fact, when she took the role of tourism planner in 1997 the...