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Some 300 delegates from across the world converged on Montego Bay for the 2nd Global Conference on Jobs and Inclusive Growth: Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs), hosted by the Government of Jamaica and the United Nations World Tourism Organization on January 29.

Cutting the ribbon declaring Montego Bay’s S Hotel officially open are (l-r) Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett; Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon. Andrew Holness; General Manager of S Hotel, Lisa Gardner; Governor General, Sir Patrick Allen; owner of S Hotel, Christopher Issa and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis.

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Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Juliet Holness; Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett; and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw enjoy a cup of coffee at the press launch for the Second Annual Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. This year’s festival will take place March 1-3 at Newcastle in St. Andrew.

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) receives the 2019 TRAVVY Awards inaugural Chairman's Award for Global Tourism Innovation for the development of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) during the Centre’s launch on January 30 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. John Kirk, President and Editor-in-Chief of TravelPulse Canada, presented the award.

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett walked the trade floor of the recent Caribbean Travel Marketplace and interacted with some of the 140 buyers attending the event. The Caribbean’s largest tourism marketing event, took place recently at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

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