December 2, 2023

Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett addressed 65th Meeting of UNWTO Commission for the Americas: Mr. Secretary-General, colleague Ministers, and delegates: Let me begin by expressing my delegation’s deepest disappointment that we were not in a position to host you last month, as scheduled. That was only one in a myriad of adjustments that we have had […]

The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) will be hosting its second Edmund Bartlett Lecture Series under the theme, ‘Managing the Hurricane Season in the Shadow of the Coronavirus Pandemic,’ on Thursday, June 25, beginning at 11:00 a.m. The event will be held virtually and is open to everyone, particularly tourism and climate

DESPITE the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the tourism sector’s investment climate remains buoyant, as evidenced by the number of projects on track for completion. Bartlett, who was speaking during the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association’s recent online annual general meeting, reiterated that 90 per cent