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Jamaica radiates at Caribbean Marketplace

Holiday In Wales Bevan Springer, Asterdam News

The Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon. P.J. Patterson, is to be the first recipient of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)s Distinguished Service Award, the regional tourism development agency has announced. Prime Minister Patterson will be presented with the award at the 32nd Annual Governments of the Caribbean State Ball on Friday, June 3, 2005 at New Yorks Waldorf=Astoria.

Holiday Wales This week at Half Moon Montego Bay, Jamaica, along with the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA), delivered one of the most memorable travel and tourism trade events in the region.

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Cottage Holiday In Wales Held every year in January, Caribbean Marketplace sets the tone for travel packaging in the Caribbean and is arguably the region's most important tourism marketing event of the year.

Parle, who hosted an Air Jamaica media group for a Caribbean lunch at her popular Bay Gardens Hotel, said the return of Air Jamaica to St. Lucia was a phenomenal development for the country and its tourism industry.

Caravan Holiday In Wales Attracting Caribbean tourism suppliers from 36 Caribbean destinations to meet with qualified international buyers - wholesalers, incentive buyers, meeting planners, group buyers and dive shop owners - this year's meeting brought together more than 1,500 delegates who conducted their business meetings with the same fervor they channeled into skanking and wining to the rhythms of Byron Lee and the Dragonnaires, Fab Five and the Grammy award-winning Shaggy, who made a surprise appearance on the conference's entertainment roster.

According to Expedia, sun getaway to places like the Caribbean in early 2006. "The results of Expedia's survey reinforce our strong outlook for winter 2006 which has already shown an impressive number of visitor arrivals, " said Paul Pennicook, Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board. "We are proud to see that Jamaica continues to be a favorite for American travellers, who are seeking not just sun, sand and sea, but a travel experience rich in diverse culture, cuisine, adventure and natural beauty."

Camping Holiday Wales Jamaica's Prime Minister PJ Patterson, now a senior statesman in the region, set the tone for the event, providing a refreshing regional perspective on tourism's vital importance to the Caribbean - something from which his Prime Ministerial peers could well benefit.

To answer this growing demand and help conscious travellers plan their next trip to the Caribbean, the Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST) has launched a new page on its website, www. cast.com, featuring the list of all Caribbean properties that can boast a Green Globe 21 certification or benchmark.

Accommodation Holiday Wales "Not only here in Jamaica, but in the entire Caribbean, there exists potential for far greater growth. As an unrepentant regionalist, I am positive that this growth will be best achieved by deeper and stronger ties between the tourism sectors of all the member countries and organizations that comprise the CHA," said Patterson.

Holiday Last Minute Wales As the Caribbean tries to gain greater market share in this massive industry, the Prime Minister highlighted the importance of environmental stewardship and community-based development, in addition to an understanding of new growth markets, such as China. A potentially huge source of tourism revenue for the region, China is now the world's seventh-largest nation of international tourism spenders.

Catering Holiday Self Wales The Jamaican leader called on the Caribbean to work together in building the region's preparedness for coping with future natural disasters, such as the storms which swept across Grenada, Grand Cayman, Haiti and other islands in 2004.

Holiday Wales Walking He concluded by congratulating the Jamaica Tourist Board for 50 years of service to Jamaica, the Caribbean and world's tourism industry, and announced new financing from Mexico for the construction of a long-awaited convention center in Montego Bay.

Family Holiday Wales Jamaica pulled off the meeting by teamwork and an insatiable appetite for excellence. Well done Jamaica for giving the region and its most vital industry such a positive lift in the New Year.

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