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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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Rebel Salute Driving Tourism Growth & Diversification

KINGSTON, Jamaica; November 6, 2017: In recognition of its 25th anniversary and pointing to its contribution to the increasing diversification of Jamaica’s tourism product, Delano Seiveright, Senior Advisor/Strategist to Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, highlighted that the Government of Jamaica through the Ministry of Tourism and its lead agency the Jamaica Tourist Board, will continue to support Rebel Salute, a major annual Rastafari-influenced live music show held in January along the North Coast.

SOUTHWEST Adds Yet Another Daily Flight To Mobay - Now Up To 7 Flights A Day

KINGSTON, Jamaica; November 6, 2017 A mere five months after inaugurating daily non-stop flight-service between Fort Lauderdale and Montego Bay, Southwest, a major US airline, recently upped its operations to include two daily flights between both cities. Thereby adding another 52,000 new seats over the in and out of Jamaica and increasing connectivity to other US cities.

Minister Bartlett to Address International Travel Crisis Management Summit In London

KINGSTON, Jamaica; November 03, 2017: In his capacity as chairman of the newly formed Caribbean Tourism Recovery Group Secretariat (CTRGS) and coordinator of the ‘UNWTO Disaster Recovery Working Group for the Affected States in the Caribbean’, Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has been invited to give an address at the International Travel Crisis Management Summit (ITCMS) in London.

Over 300 participants from 60 countries Already Registered for UNWTO Global Conference

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica; November 1, 2017: As Jamaica puts the finishing touches to a broad-based plan to host the world’s first global conference on “jobs and inclusive growth: partnerships for sustainable tourism’, Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett announced yesterday (October 31) that over 300 participants from 60 countries have already registered to attend the November event.

Tourism Linkages Network to Increase Support to Local Coffee Industry

KINGSTON, Jamaica: October 30, 2017: Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has commissioned the Ministry’s Tourism Linkages Network (TLN) to increase consumption of coffee locally by strengthening ties between stakeholders in the coffee and hospitality industries.

FCCA Chairman Adam Goldstein Endorses UNWTO Conference

KINGSTON, Jamaica; October 25, 2017: The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) has announced their endorsement of the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) global conference to be held in Jamaica in November.