Boost for craft traders

Boost for craft traders

Jamaica’s licensed craft traders will benefit from a grant to help them prepare for the winter tourist season which gets underway on December 15. The special Winter Tourist Season Capacity Building Support Programme will be spearheaded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund...
Lessons from Jamaica

Lessons from Jamaica

The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI), a vital partner of the Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation (JCTI), has agreed to publish a special training case study focusing on the Caribbean country. The decision was made because, since the...
$1B boost for Montego Bay’s tourist corridor

$1B boost for Montego Bay’s tourist corridor

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), which falls under Jamaica’s ministry of tourism, will be spending approximately $1 billion to upgrade the Hip Strip, located along Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in the resort city of Montego Bay. “We are going to upgrade the entire Hip...
POP-UP: Falmouth Artisan Village

POP-UP: Falmouth Artisan Village

The welcome extended to crew and passengers of the Emerald Princess on November 14 was made extra special with the addition of a pop-up version of the soon-to-be-unveiled $700-million Artisan Village being planned for Falmouth. Jamaican culture on show Located...
JCTI: High standards guaranteed

JCTI: High standards guaranteed

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), through the Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation (JCTI), has so far trained and certified over 7,000 tourism workers from various categories of the industry, since its inception. “Where we are and where our industry is going,...