McNeill to chair meeting with JHTA members
Published:Tuesday | May 29, 2012 | 10:32 AM
Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Dr. Wykeham McNeill, will chair a meeting of representatives of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) and senior government technocrats tomorrow morning at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices.
The meeting comes in response to a request by the JHTA for further dialogue on the recently announced tax measures, which directly affect the tourism sector, according to a release from the Ministry.
Dr. McNeill said that “given the concerns raised by the JHTA, I have arranged for discussions with the technical teams from the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment and the Ministry of Finance and Planning, and representatives of the JHTA who will put forward the findings coming out of the emergency meeting of their executive, scheduled for today, May 29.”
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