SIA: multi-destination hub

SIA: multi-destination hub

Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett is heading a team of Caribbean tourism officials to Saudi Arabia to cement a major multi-destination tourism arrangement with leading airlines in the Middle East. Bartlett who left the island on the weekend, will also be a key...
Cuba, Jamaica talk tourism

Cuba, Jamaica talk tourism

The continued push to reimagine Caribbean destinations and move to cement multi-destination tourism was the topic on the agenda during a meeting joined by Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett; Cuba’s Minister of Tourism, Juan Carlos García Granda and...
Investment opportunities in Jamaica’s tourism sector

Investment opportunities in Jamaica’s tourism sector

From Westmoreland to Portland, Jamaica is ripe with investment opportunities in the tourism sector. That was the message Prime Minister Andrew Holness had for a delegation of more than 70 private sector players and government officials from Saudi Arabia who were in...
70+ potential investors eye Jamaica

70+ potential investors eye Jamaica

A delegation of more than 70 private sector players and government officials from Saudi Arabia will arrive in Jamaica on July 8, the largest ever delegation of potential investors from the Middle East that the Caribbean island has ever welcomed at any one time. The...
BLUEPRINT for sustainability

BLUEPRINT for sustainability

A landmark MOU signed between Jamaica and Saudi Arabia is seen as a vital step, at the United Nations level, in crafting a blueprint for developing sustainable tourism on a global level. The agreement, inked by the two countries’ tourism ministers, Edmund Bartlett...