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Published:Friday | June 27, 2014 | 12:00 AM
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From left: Carole Fox, senior executive, Inter-Caribbean Airlines; Donovan Wignall, president of the Micro Small and Medium Enterprise Alliance; Ron McKay, vice-president, AMCHAM (Jamaica) and CEO of ADS Global; Becky Stockhausen, executive director AMCHAM; and Derrick Nembhard, president of AMCHAM, pose for the camera. - Contributed
From left: Trevor Sadler, CEO of Inter-Caribbean Airlines, and Ron McKay, vice-president of AMCHAM and CEO of ADS Global, share the stage at the launch of AMCHAM's rewards programme at CRU on Lady Musgrave Road in Kingston on Wednesday, June 18.
Alexis Penna (left), general manager, Morton's Steakhouse, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, and Jamaica Public Service CEO Kelly Tomblin take a moment for a picture at the launch of AMCHAM's rewards programme. - Contributed photos
Richard Kildare (left), deputy CEO, Environmental Health Foundation Group of Companies, greets Matthew Samuda (right), deputy general manager, Facey Commodity and Delano Seiveright, project consultant.
From left: Trevor Sadler, CEO of Inter-Caribbean Airlines; Michael Stern, businessman and Allison Peart, country managing partner at Ernst & Young, are caught in conversation at the launch of AMCHAM's rewards programme at CRU, Lady Musgrave Road, St Andrew, on Wednesday, June 18.
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The American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AMCHAM Jamaica), has passed the 200-member mark for the first time in its 28-year history.

The historic achievement occurred last Wednesday as the organisation, in conjunction with ADS Global, formally launched their international AMCHAM Rewards programme, detailed their planned visit to Colombia this week, and announced their new push to bring on board more micro-, small- and medium-size enterprises in Jamaica as members.

The launch took place at the CRU Bar and Lounge on Lady Musgrave Road, with scores of new and existing AMCHAM members, corporate leaders, and diplomats in attendance.

Guests were given details about Amchamrewards.com, which is a benefits, lifestyle and savings platform that is tailor-made for the American Chambers of Commerce throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. The programme will offer members a network of services and products with significant savings developed for business people throughout the region.

Ron McKay, vice-president of AMCHAM Jamaica and chief executive officer of ADS Global, noted, "Because of the hard times, people are looking for more value from their membership in professional organisations and trade associations. So, when our team created AMCHAM Rewards, I urged them to focus on producing everyday savings for businesses that would also offer additional benefits for members in Jamaica and the world."

With reference to the AMCHAM Rewards programme, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Alliance president, Donovan Wignall, noted that the programme is another valuable item being added to the list of offerings to improve the sustainable growth of MSMEs. We look forward to a future partnership with AMCHAM."

AMCHAM Jamaica visited its Colombian counterparts to bring their membership base on board the rewards platform. McKay said the Jamaican team will visit AMCHAM Colombia teams in several of their major cities, including Bogotá, Medellín, Cartagena, and Cali. "We will then travel to Panama in July to participate in the Business Future of the Americas conference being put on by the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America, which comprises 23 AMCHAMs boasting 20,000 companies and more than 80 per cent of US investment in the region."