More local talent for Jamaica

More local talent for Jamaica

Entertainment managers and local hotel talent scouts will soon have access to a wider pool of Western Jamaica-based talent in the performing arts. Fifty-two individuals recently completed a month-long series of training sessions through the Level Up Performing Arts...
TEF bats for SMEs in tourism sector

TEF bats for SMEs in tourism sector

THE Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), through its Tourism Linkages Network division, will host its first Business Development Information Session for small and medium-sized tourism enterprises (SMTEs) on June 8 at Jamaica Pegasus hotel. “The actual drivers of tourism...
TEF grants $21m to craft traders

TEF grants $21m to craft traders

IN a bid to ensure that they were prepared to make the most of the winter tourist season which ends on April 30, the Tourism Linkages Network (TLN) recently distributed more than 600 grants valued at approximately $21 million to craft traders in 14 craft markets...
Big tourism budget for creativity & culture

Big tourism budget for creativity & culture

Jamaica’s creative and cultural industries are set to receive a boost, with $31 million in support earmarked in the 2022/2023 tourism budget. Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, in making the disclosure, noted that the creative and cultural industries have...
NEW: Hotel Industry Analytics course

NEW: Hotel Industry Analytics course

In a nod to the increasing importance of data analytics to the tourism industry, the Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) has launched a new certification programme for professionals in the sector. Thirty free places will be offered to industry managers and...