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Caribbean Travel Marketplace a whirlwind of activities

Published:Wednesday | May 29, 2024 | 12:06 AM
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Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (second left) making a point during the ‘Travel Forum’ on the opening day of the 2024 Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Caribbean Travel Marketplace, while (from left), Adam Stewart of Sandals International; Kenne
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Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (second left) making a point during the ‘Travel Forum’ on the opening day of the 2024 Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Caribbean Travel Marketplace, while (from left), Adam Stewart of Sandals International; Kenneth V. Bryan, Cayman Islands minister of tourism and transport; and John Collier, Caribbean leader of the World Bank’s Sustainable Development Programme, listen.
Reggae legend Maxi Priest feeling out the crowd during his well-received performance during the closing celebration at Sandals in Montego Bay.
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Reggae legend Maxi Priest feeling out the crowd during his well-received performance during the closing celebration at Sandals in Montego Bay.
A section of the massive crowd that turned out for the closing celebration party at Sandals in Montego Bay.
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A section of the massive crowd that turned out for the closing celebration party at Sandals in Montego Bay.
Miss Global Jamaica Rich-Ann Vernon representing ‘The Rock’ in style.
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Miss Global Jamaica Rich-Ann Vernon representing ‘The Rock’ in style.
Pascal Lamothe, general manager, Bequia Plantation Hotel in Bequia, is greeted by Shauna Fung Yee of Down 2 Earth Agency, Jamaica.
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Pascal Lamothe, general manager, Bequia Plantation Hotel in Bequia, is greeted by Shauna Fung Yee of Down 2 Earth Agency, Jamaica.
From left: Dellano Paisley, Sakaie Hope, Dedra-May Nugent, Narika Donalds, Kimora Wallace and Javier Guthrie of the Western Hospitality Institute in St James are happy to be at the event.
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From left: Dellano Paisley, Sakaie Hope, Dedra-May Nugent, Narika Donalds, Kimora Wallace and Javier Guthrie of the Western Hospitality Institute in St James are happy to be at the event.
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IT WAS three days of presentations, meetings, pitching, displays, buying and selling; and on the fourth day, Responsible Tourism Day, some media practitioners and staff of the Jamaica Tourist Board made the trip to Floyd’s Pelican Bar off the coast of St Elizabeth, but not before sprucing up the SOS Children’s Village at Barrett Town in St James, and cleaning up the beach at Old Hospital Beach Park in Montego Bay.

Two massive parties, one at Rose Hall Great House, anchored by Tessanne Chin, and the other, headlined by reggae great Maxi Priest, at Sandals’ flagship property in Montego Bay, were the icing on the multilayered cake that the 2024 Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Caribbean Travel Marketplace was.