Gwaan Bartlett!!!!!!!

[Don1]

Ocho Rios poised for record cruise ship arrivals
Monday, November 25, 2019

Ocho Rios is posed for a record 2019/2020 cruiseship season with some of the largest vessels in the world scheduled to call at the resort town.

Some 15 vessels have stopped in Ocho Rios since the start of November.

“Ocho Rios, alone, will be seeing over 756,000 visitors for the cruise-shipping season,” executive director of Jamaica Vacations (JAMVAC), Joy Roberts, told JIS News.

“Between November and March or say April, which is the busiest period for cruise shipping, the town should be seeing at least one and sometimes multiple ships per day,” she added.

[Assasin]

Did you Holness say 6 STEM academy coming soon across the island?

Hopefully that is true. You can walk and chew gum at the same time.

[Don1]

Did you Holness say 6 STEM academy coming soon across the island?

Hopefully that is true. You can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Wow!! 6 so-called "STEM academies"!!!!! Amazing!!!!! Wi kriss now!! Yuh hopeless

[Jangle]

Big push for science dominance - Businesses urged to contribute to building national STEM centre

Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ plan to establish six STEM centres of excellence might draw on the template of a private-sector-led initiative that is already spearheading a game-changing innovation and research academy.

The movement is expected to break the cycle of anaemic economic growth and build technical and creative capacity within Jamaica’s workforce.

A fundraising campaign is now under way to finance the first in what is expected to be a series of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, centres to be built, equipped and operated in cities and towns throughout Jamaica.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/l...ibute-building

[Assasin]

http://rjrnewsonline.com/local/stem-...gramme-holness

[Jangle]

JAMPRO seeks to boost medical, health and wellness tourism

In an effort to boost medical, and health and wellness tourism in the island, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) has held discussions with the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Health and Wellness geared towards attracting more visitors for treatment and surgical procedures in Jamaica.

According to Dr Andrew Spencer, executive director, Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo), Jamaica is capable of meeting the medical, health and wellness needs of people from other countries, and the Government, through the Ministry of Tourism and its agents, such as TPDCo, will continue to explore possibilities for growth and expansion of the subsectors that include medical, and health and wellness tourism.

Dr Spencer was speaking after his address to more than 200 youth who are interested in having careers in the tourism sector, at TPDCo’s Youth Expo and Career Fair, at the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica headqaurters in St Andrew recently.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/n...llness-tourism

[Assasin]

This is where we can make a big money if they have Health Tourism.

Just imagine if we can setup a system to take Medicare and American insurance and have some of the procedures at a fraction of the cost in the US. Train and hire good professionals. This would also include hospital and hospice care for longer term stays. This would include dental.

Now think, isn't that a true marriage for tourism and STEM?

[Jangle]

As I’ve said over and over Jamaica and Jamaicans need to change their perceptions of a tourist and tourism. Not every tourist travels for sun, sand and sea. Diversify the Jamaican tourist product.

[Assasin]

mawning sah.

[Reggaedoc]

JAMPRO seeks to boost medical, health and wellness tourism

In an effort to boost medical, and health and wellness tourism in the island, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) has held discussions with the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Health and Wellness geared towards attracting more visitors for treatment and surgical procedures in Jamaica.

According to Dr Andrew Spencer, executive director, Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo), Jamaica is capable of meeting the medical, health and wellness needs of people from other countries, and the Government, through the Ministry of Tourism and its agents, such as TPDCo, will continue to explore possibilities for growth and expansion of the subsectors that include medical, and health and wellness tourism.

Dr Spencer was speaking after his address to more than 200 youth who are interested in having careers in the tourism sector, at TPDCo’s Youth Expo and Career Fair, at the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica headqaurters in St Andrew recently.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/n...llness-tourism

Really?. I appears to me that Jamaica can hardly meet the expected basic health and wellness needs of the average Jamaican. Why dont they fix that first?

[Sir X]

Kudos: Holness.

Kudos to Holness for the lip service,its a start,now the hard part,getting 1 off the ground ,up and running.

[Jangle]

H10 hotel in Trelawny to start receiving guests next month


Tourism officials are upbeat over next month's opening of the first phase of Ocean Coral Spring, the new US$250 million ($34 billion) investment from Spanish Hotel chain, H10 in Coral Spring, Trelawny.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness officially broke ground for the hotel in Coral Spring on Wednesday, February 6 for the all-inclusive hotel which will begin accepting guests in December.

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett expressed satisfaction with the pace of the development.

“We have created an encouraging climate for investment, which has led to a keen interest by leading global and local brands. H10 is just one of them and we are very encouraged by the speed of development,” Bartlett said.

“We continue to focus on growing our earnings per visitor and striving to retain more of those earnings in Jamaica; we are creating business opportunities and generating improvements in the competitiveness of our tourism product; and we are building out the supporting infrastructure, which is vital to a sustainable tourism sector.”

Senior advisor and strategist for Tourism, Delano Seiveright, is encouraging stakeholders to seize the numerous opportunities that will spin off from the opening of Ocean Coral Spring and other hotels on stream for the parish of Trelawny.

“This resort development by H10 is just another representation of a rapidly growing sector. Trelawny in particular is at the epicentre of a very significant growth spurt in tourism development.

“We want to encourage local stakeholders to not only note these developments, but act on them as quite a number of opportunities will spin off from all these developments. One just have to look at the thousands of jobs being created, the tens of thousands of new tourists and the consequent need for a range of support services ranging from new attractions, ground transportation and new housing,”Seivright argued.”

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/busin...8?profile=1056

[Jangle]

Dominican Republic and Jamaica leads in regional hotel construction
US hotel performance growth forecast to fall below 1%

The Dominican Republic and Jamaica came out as the top performers in the growth in hotel construction in the Caribbean region, according to a newly-released report from hotel analytics firm, STR.


The Dominican Republic is the top performer with 5,738 rooms in construction, a 7.9 per cent increase compared to 2018. This is followed by Jamaica, which reported 1,925 rooms in construction.
This represents a 7.7 per cent increase for Jamaica followed by Cuba, which had 1,128 rooms in construction, a 1.7 per cent increase.


The report from STR, which provides premium data benchmarking, analytics and marketplace insights for global hospitality sectors, shows that hotel construction continues to grow in the wider Caribbean-Mexico region.


In that region there were a total of 151 hotel projects comprising 30,809 rooms as of October this year, which represents a 16.8 per cent jump compared to the same period in 2018.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/artic...191129894/1056

[Jangle]

Tech Beach ready for its Google-sponsored event

In its bid to attract global influence to Caribbean shores Tech Beach Retreat has successfully landed a headline sponsorship with global tech giant Google for the upcoming staging in Montego Bay at Iberostar, December 5-7 2019.


Google, one of the world's largest tech companies and the world's foremost search engine is seeking to expand the reach of its products and invite Caribbean nationals and more diverse audiences to build on the company's infrastructure, yielding new products and enterprises.


The company will be represented by a large contingent of executives during Tech Beach Retreat.
One of the key representatives who will speak on behalf of the tech company is Annie Jean-Baptiste, Google's head of product inclusion, research and activation. Jean-Baptiste leads product inclusion strategy across the company, including consultation, communications, scale and research. With a passion for diversity and equity, Jean-Baptiste then transitioned to the global diversity & inclusion team and works to make Google a place where everyone is championed for their differences.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/artic...191129895/1056

[Assasin]

jamaica have very good private hospitals. Yes the public healthcare need a lot of fixing but Health tourism could be a part of the solution. It would keep some of our professionals who go overseas and would call for more training of healthcare professionals and caregivers. It would mean we have some of the best technology on the island, just to name a few.