Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left) with Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili, United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary General (centre) and Mr. Fuad Naghiyev, Chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Tourism Agency, at a welcome reception for delegates to the 110th UNWTO Executive Council Meeting, which took place June 16 – 18 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

An exuberant Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre) and Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd L) cut the ribbon at the official opening of New Kingston’s 48-room R Hotel. Looking on are (l-r) R Hotel Directors Joe Bogdanovich and Evan Williams, and Opposition Spokesman for Tourism Dr. Wykeham McNeill.

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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) admired photos of the late Blanche Blackwell with music icon and hotelier, Hon. Christopher Blackwell (centre) and Terra Nova Hotel owner, Ruth Hussey. The occasion was the official opening of the Blanche Blackwell Suite at the hotel recently. Blanche Blackwell, mother of Mr. Blackwell, was a Costa Rican-born Jamaican heiress and muse to James Bond creator Ian Fleming.

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (lefts) leads the development team for the US$5.7 million Hampden Wharf Development Project during a recent tour of the site in Falmouth, Trelawny. The development will include Jamaica's first artisan village.