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Published:Tuesday | November 16, 2021 | 12:07 AM
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From left: Pheobe Robinson, Barrington Mignott and Nyason Higgins (Happy Smilers) at a Jamaica Tourist Board brief site visit and beach experience at Jamaica Inn on last Tuesday.
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From left: Pheobe Robinson, Barrington Mignott and Nyason Higgins (Happy Smilers) at a Jamaica Tourist Board brief site visit and beach experience at Jamaica Inn on last Tuesday.
Director of Tourism, Donovan White shares lens with Sedrecia Francis, media relations officer, Jamaica Tourist Board, and Ian Smyth, Openjaw, Toronto, Canada.
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Director of Tourism, Donovan White shares lens with Sedrecia Francis, media relations officer, Jamaica Tourist Board, and Ian Smyth, Openjaw, Toronto, Canada.
Shane Nelson, Travelage West, LA; Ann Ruppenstein, Canadian Travel Press; and Christopher Burke, Media Relations Officer, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) at a JTB product update media breakfast at the Moon Palace Jamaica in Ocho Rios last Wednesday.
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Shane Nelson, Travelage West, LA; Ann Ruppenstein, Canadian Travel Press; and Christopher Burke, Media Relations Officer, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) at a JTB product update media breakfast at the Moon Palace Jamaica in Ocho Rios last Wednesday.
President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association, Clifton Reader, is flanked by Public Relations & Communications Manager, Jamaica Tourist Board, Fiona Fennell (left) and Odette Soberam-Dyer, regional director, Jamaica Tourist Board, at a Jamaica To
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President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association, Clifton Reader, is flanked by Public Relations & Communications Manager, Jamaica Tourist Board, Fiona Fennell (left) and Odette Soberam-Dyer, regional director, Jamaica Tourist Board, at a Jamaica Tourist Board Product Update media breakfast at the Moon Palace Jamaica in Ocho Rios on Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
From left: Laura Di Nardo, account director Fever Pitch Communications, JTB PR rep, Canada; Marlon Madden, Barbados Today; and Ming Tappin, PAX Global Media, at a JTB beach experience at Jamaica Inn.
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From left: Laura Di Nardo, account director Fever Pitch Communications, JTB PR rep, Canada; Marlon Madden, Barbados Today; and Ming Tappin, PAX Global Media, at a JTB beach experience at Jamaica Inn.
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Between the gastronomic delights at Stush in the Bush and the hundreds of feet of white sandy beach at Jamaica Inn, Ocho Rios, the Jamaica Tourist Board’s Destination Update media trip last week was an eye-opener. It provided food for thought for the Canadian and Caribbean press and a wake-up call for local media, some experiencing the best of the best of the Jamaican tourism product. Anchored by Christopher Burke, Sedrecia Francis and new Public Relations and Marketing Manager Fiona Fennel, the five-night, six-day, half-island event, saw Ocean Eden Bay, Half Moon, host hotel Moon Palace, and Chukka laying out the red carpet, proving why Jamaica is really the ‘heartbeat of the world’.