by LTC Writer | Dec 19, 2024 | Play
The US$400-million Princess Resorts will add another dimension to Jamaica’s tourism industry at the end of this year. It is far advanced with plans to develop the country’s first casino since licensing legislation was approved in June 2010, following the enactment of...
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...
