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KINGSTON, Jamaica; Tuesday, May 20, 2025: The Tourism Workers Pension Scheme (TWPS), a landmark initiative of the Ministry of Tourism, last Friday (May 16) marked another critical milestone with the official signing of a contract with Victoria Mutual Pensions Management, which has become one of its newest investment fund managers. The signing ceremony was held at the Ministry of Tourism and represents a strategic move to strengthen the Scheme’s long-term sustainability through prudent risk management and portfolio diversification.

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JCTI Makes Successful Start

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica; Monday, March 21, 2018: Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says, the Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) has made a promising start with 12 hotels and over 150 individuals participating in its pilot of two important certification programmes.

Ground Broken for TEF Funded Hampden Wharf Development Project

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica; March 17, 2018: Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says the Hampden Wharf Development Project, will further his Ministry’s efforts to reposition the town of Falmouth as one of the Caribbean's premier cruise destinations and leading resort towns.

Greater Investment in Tourism Supplies Needed

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica; Friday, March 16, 2018: With thousands of new hotel rooms coming on stream in the next two years, Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett is making a case for major investments to meet a greater demand for supplies in growing the tourism sector.

Bartlett Garners International Support For Disaster Resilience Centre

KINGSTON, Jamaica; March 13, 2018: Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says that a number of key global personalities and professionals are expressing interest to participate, at a very high level, in structuring the region’s first Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre.

Port Royal Cruise Option Pushed in Europe

Berlin, GERMANY; March 11, 2018: Tourism Minister, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett, on Friday met with the leadership of German based AIDA Cruises to position the historic Port Royal community as a viable cruise option in the near future. AIDA Cruises is now one of eleven brands operated by the Carnival Group, which caters to the German-speaking market and regularly calls in Montego Bay.

US$500 Roundtrip Germany Airfare - New Nonstop Flights Start July 18

Berlin, Germany – March 8, 2018: As Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett’s aggressive European Tourism growth strategy continues to take root, he today confirmed with Eurowings officials that once weekly scheduled nonstop flights between the German city of Munich and Montego Bay, Jamaica will commence on July 18 of this year.