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Tourism Ministry Working to Ease Corona Impact on Workers

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett provided some reassurance to tourism sector workers that the ministry continues to work with the Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Nigel Clarke, to work out a financial package for the affected tourism workers. “All our stakeholders are also working together to develop and coordinate strategies for […]

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Multisectoral coordination for protecting Caribbean travel and tourism for novel Coronavirus

The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) is working with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to promote a multisectoral coordinated response with academia, private and public health and tourism agencies for protecting Caribbean travel and tourism during the current coronavirus global crisis. The Caribbean boasts of the highest number of travellers per

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Bartlett to Conclude Discussions for the Establishment of the First Satellite Centre in Kenya

Tourism Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett is currently in Kenya to conclude discussions for the establishment of the first Satellite Centre for the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), at the Kenyatta University. Speaking at a meeting earlier today with Kenyan officials, at the offices of Minister of Tourism and Wildlife of Kenya, Hon

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IAC Endorses Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, June 7, 2018: With more than 70-members strong, the Insurance Association of the Caribbean (IAC) has endorsed the Global Centre for Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management, which will be housed at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. The IAC is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and growth of

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Capacity to Recover Swiftly Crucial to Tourism Resilience in the Caribbean, says Bartlett

NEW YORK, New York; June 06, 2018: Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says the Caribbean needs to look at resilience in the advent of global disruptions such as natural disasters in a new way to ensure recovery and sustainability of the tourism sector. Speaking at the second annual City Nation Place Americas conference yesterday, Minister

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Former UN Secretary General to Assist Jamaica in Developing Global Resilience Centre

KINGSTON, Jamaica; May 19, 2018: Tourism Minister, Hon Bartlett discusses the role of the Global Centre for Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management in monitoring pandemic and epidemics globally with His Excellency, Ban Ki-Moon, Former Secretary General of the United Nations, ahead of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), in Lakai Sandpine, Gangneung, South Korea. They

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Tourism Minister to Garner Support for Global Disaster Resilience Centre in South American

KINGSTON, Jamaica; April 11, 2018: Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett leaves the island today to attend a series of meetings in South America. While there, he is expected to make a presentation on the Global Disaster Resilience Centre that is to be established in Jamaica, as well as garner more support for Small and

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Bartlett to Participate in Resilience Summit in Jordan

KINGSTON, Jamaica; June 24, 2018: Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett departed the island on Saturday to participate in the first ‘Resilience Through Tourism Summit’ in Amman, Jordan and to garner more international support for the Global Centre for Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, which will be hosted at the University of the West Indies,

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