Jamaican minister of tourism Edmund Bartlett has welcomed delegates to the Montego Bay Convention Centre for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation Global Conference on Jobs & Inclusive Growth: Partnerships for Sustainable Tourism. With more than 1,300 delegates registered to attend over three days, the event will be the largest of its kind ever to take place in the Caribbean.

With the UNWTO set to arrive in Jamaica later this month, minister of tourism Edmund Bartlett here tells Breaking Travel News how signification the event will be for Caribbean hospitality. He also tells us about the growth in visitor numbers to the island and a host of new products that are set to come on to the market in 2018.

With much of the Caribbean hit by a series of hurricanes earlier this year, Dimitris Kosvogiannis, general manager at Melia Braco Village, tells Breaking Travel News that Jamaica escaped largely unscathed. Looking to the future, he enthuses about the coming UNWTO event in the Caribbean hotspot and what it means for the development of the tourism sector.

Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has sought to leverage his position as chairman of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s board of affiliate members to appeal for aid for Caribbean islands recently devastated by Hurricane Irma.

With the IAAF World Championships reaching a successful conclusion in London, Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, talks to Breaking Travel News about how the destination sought to leverage the event to boost visitor numbers to the country.

David Hall, chairman of VIP Attractions, has confirmed the new, wholly Jamaican, leadership of the company. As of July, Shelly-Ann Fung has moved from her role as commercial director to take the role of chief executive with the organisation.