Edmund Bartlett News

Caribbeans urge Britain to scrap APD to save tourism
A high-level Caribbean delegation has begun a three-day lobby in the UK today against what it sees as unfair increases in airport passenger duty to the region that could have a crippling impact on its tourism industry.

Edmund Bartlett , Minister of Tourism, Jamaica at PART 1 of 2 @ ITB 2010
Edmund Bartlett - Minister of Tourism, Jamaica interviewed at ITB 2010 - PART 1 of 2

Edmund Bartlett - Minister of Tourism, Jamaica at PART 2 of 2 @ ITB 2010
Edmund Bartlett - Minister of Tourism, Jamaica interviewed at ITB 2010 - PART 2 of 2

Jamaica powers through downturn
The Caribbean’s tourist leaders have a golden opportunity to become creators of a new tourism architecture that will drive tourism in the region. That was a key message to emerge from the third Annual Tourism Outlook Seminar, held at the Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica.

UNWTO and Jamaica to assist in rebuilding Haiti’s hospitality industry
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation will be working with the Jamaica Tourist Board and other regional tourism partners to rebuild the industry in Haiti following the devastation caused by the earthquake.

CHA 2010 spotlight: Ed Bartlett
In the first of a series of interviews ahead of Caribbean Marketplace 2010, BTN talks to the Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica’s Minister for Tourism on his plans for 2010.

Jamaica’s Ed Bartlett named man of the year
Edmund Barlett, Jamaica’s Minister for Tourism, has beat the likes of sprinting superstar Usain Bolt to be voted “Man of Year 2009” by the Jamaica Observer, capping a year which has seen his island’s tourism economy power through the global downturn through savvy initiatives.

Jamaican Minister of Tourism meets German Vice Chancellor
The German Athletics Association hosted a reception last night at the Deutsches Sport Haus in Berlin where the German Vice Chancellor and Jamaica’s Minister for Tourism Edmund Bartlett met.

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett @ ITB 2009
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett talks to Breaking Travel News at ITB Berlin 2009.

Hon Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica Tourism Centre @ WTM 2008
Hon Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica Tourism Centre speaks to Breaking Travel News at World Travel Market 2008

Jamaica at WTTC 2008 @ WTTC 2008
Breaking Travel News interviews Edmund Bartlett, Government of Jamaica at WTTC 2008, Dubai.

Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica @ ITB Berlin 2008
Bartlett heads strong Jamaica delegation Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica heads a strong delegation at ITB on the back of a positive year of business, despite the problems related to the US passport changes. Interviewed at ITB 2008 for BTN.