Edmund Bartlett

Co-Director of Cornwall Funding Services Limited, Junior Gordon (left), addresses guests during the entity’s 5th Anniversary Awards Ceremony at Sunscape Resort & Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on Saturday October 19. Listening is business partner, Joe Hylton.

JAMAICA | Bartlett Welcomes Increasing Levels of Foreign Direct Investments in Tourism

MONTEGO BAY, October 21, 2019 - Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, says there is no cause for concern by Jamaicans over the increasing levels of foreign direct investments (FDI) in the country’s tourism industry.

October 22, 2019
Published in Tourism

JAMAICA | Tourism Ministry to streamline licences to hotels and attractions

KINGSTON, July 30, 2019 - In light of a number of breaches uncovered by an audit of security arrangements at some hotels and tourist attractions, the Tourism Ministry is moving to streamline the issuing of licences to hotel and attraction operators.

July 30, 2019
Published in Tourism

JAMAICA | Bartlett Urges Regional Response to Curtail Sargassum Threats

KINGSTON, Jamaica July 27, 2019 -Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, says a strong collective regional effort is needed to curtail the rapidly growing threats posed by the influx of sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean.

July 29, 2019
Published in Environment

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, greeting students Ryan Hines (seated, left) and Tyreese Chambers of Holland High School in Trelawny, during an event at Royalton Resorts in Trelawny on May 8. Both students are enrolled in the Hospitality and Tourism Management Programme (HTMP) at the secondary institution.

JAMAICA |Tourism Industry to Benefit from Management Programme in Schools

FALMOUTH, Trelawny. May 16, 2019 - Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, says the Hospitality and Tourism Management Programme (HTMP), which is established in secondary schools across the island, is purposed to take the industry to new heights of professionalism and world-class service.

May 19, 2019
Published in Tourism

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addressing the ceremony to break ground for the 800-room Amaterra Resort in Trelawny, on April 12.

JAMAICA | Tourism Ministry to Stengthen Linkages with Other Sectors

MONTEGO BAY, April 16, 2019 - Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, says the Ministry will continue on the pathway of strengthening the linkages with other sectors of the economy, particularly the agricultural and manufacturing sectors.

April 16, 2019
Published in Tourism

JAMAICA | Regional Collaboration Encouraged To Boost Tourism

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, Jan. 30, 2019 - Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, is encouraging Caribbean leaders to collaborate on ways to collectively strengthen tourism across the region.

January 30, 2019
Published in Tourism

JAMAICA | Diversification Key to Further Boosting Tourism

KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 29, 2019 - Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, says product diversification by industry stakeholders is pivotal to further boosting Jamaica’s global competitiveness, and successfully tapping into new markets.

January 30, 2019
Published in Tourism

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), addresses a press briefing held at the New Kingston offices of the Tourism Ministry on Tuesday (January 8). Also pictured is International tourism security expert, Dr. Peter Tarlow.

Jamaica Welcomed 4.31 Million Visitors in 2018

KINGSTON, January 11, 2019 - Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, is reporting that Jamaica welcomed a record 4.31 million visitors in 2018; the second year in a row that Jamaica has had more than 4.3 million visitors in a single year.

January 11, 2019
Published in Tourism

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