The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) has elected Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund ‘Ed’ Bartlett, to chair its new supply-side committee.
Read more: Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett elected to chair new CTO committee
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism) has named Jamaica as the Tourism Resilience Hub of the world, a global endorsement of the country’s leadership in tourism crisis readiness and recovery.
Read more: UN Tourism names Jamaica as Tourism Resilience Hub of the world
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has won the Best Tourist Board at the just-concluded Globe Travel Awards 2026, held at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House, London.
Read more: Jamaica cops Best Tourist Board at Globe Travel Awards 2026
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has commended the three local properties that have been ranked among the top-10 hotels in the Caribbean and Central America in the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards 2025.
Read more: Tourism Minister Welcomes International Recognition for Local Hotels
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has announced that the government will launch Jamaica’s first Gastronomy Academy next week, signalling a major step in the development of the country’s culinary tourism.
Read more: Government to launch first Gastronomy Academy as tourism sector expands