1. Access Jamaica Newsroom
accessjamaica.com /blog
Access Jamaica Newsroom is the primer portal for everything Jamaica. Access Negril, Access Hanover, Access
Mobay, Access Falmouth, Access Runaway Bay, Access Ocho Rios, Access Port Antonio, Access Kingston, Access
Mandeville, Access Black River and Access Savanna La Mar.
Click To Access Jamaica
Theo Chambers
Friday, 28 October 2016
AccessJamaica.com is Jamaica’s premier distribution and repository channel for Jamaican products and service.
The portal helps consumers find easily accessible information under one umbrella (www.AccessJamaica.com).
The portal’s chief solutions coach, Theo Chambers, launched the portal on Saturday, October 22, 2016, which is
now accessible to the global marketplace. He said “AccessJamaica is a new source channel in the marketplace for
Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumer (B2C) networking in Jamaica.”
The founder envisions a Jamaica that is computer literate and in harmony with the national vision to develop
Jamaica as a place of choice to live, work, raise families and do business.
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2. Star-Studded Weekend Set for Secrets Resorts & Spas in Jamaica
Montego Bay has in recent times become the epicenter of celebrity sightings in Jamaica, and that’s due in large
measure to OCEAN Style. The Caribbean luxury lifestyle brand having already produced three celebrity events in
Jamaica this year - Taye Diggs’ Book Signing Tour, Vivica Fox’s Birthday Celebration and High Vibes Roots &
Reggae Festival featuring Rick Ross, Beenie Man and Ky-Mani Marley. Now the tourism capital of Jamaica is
gearing up to host the 9th annual OCEAN Style FashionShowcase Weekend and Celebrity Golf Tournament.
Global entertainment giant MTV will be in Jamaica as one of the many recognized entities when the weekend kicks
off November 24-27, 2016. Billed as a weekend of parties, fun, fashion and celebration, the annual event is well-
known for pulling international names in fashion, having presented brands: Etro, Reem Accra, Ralph Lauren, Calvin
Klein, Agent Provocateur, Victoria’s Secret and the Caribbean’s own Meiling, Anya Ayoung-Chee and Heather
Jones, just to name a few. In terms of celebrity attendance, OCEAN Style has hosted over 50 celebrities including
the likes of Anthony Anderson, Angela Simmonds, Vivica Fox, Lennox Lewis, Taye Diggs, Don Benjamin, Rockmond
Dunbar, Nicole Murphy and Mekhi Phifer and in the process successfully established itself as the quintessential
celebrity and socialite playground of the Caribbean.
Secrets Resorts & Spas will play host to the guests and a number of the events as the presenting partner for the
second consecutive year. Emilio Huhn, General Manager said: "For a luxury resort like Secrets it's a very good fit.
We are happy to be associated with world class events and that is what OCEAN Style delivers."
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3. Minister Bartlett to Participate in International Timeshare Conference.
Efforts to foster investment in island’s timeshare vacations subsector, will be further boosted as Minister of Tourism
Hon. Edmund Bartlett departs the island today (October 25, 2016), to attend the International Shared Ownership
Investment Conference on ‘Timeshare’s Economic Impact on Destination Markets’ in Miami.
“I am very excited to attend this important conference on timeshare vacations. I strongly believe that it is important
for us to continuously diversify Jamaica’s tourism product and the introduction of timeshare vacations to our product
mix is a key way for us to achieve this. It is a unique form of tourism which has the potential to create new economic
opportunities for Jamaicans while fuelling investment and enhancing Jamaica’s international appeal,” shared
Minister Bartlett.
The conference, which is scheduled to run from October 24-26, 2016, is a major event which provides a forum to
educate potential entrants, developers and destination representatives who want to learn more about the
opportunities and future trends in the vacation ownership industry. While there, Minister Bartlett will participate in a
high level panel discussion. He will outline details including the objectives of introducing the timeshare legislation act
in Jamaica, the potential economic impact and the importance of investing in the island.
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4. the 2016 Tourism Outlook Seminar Press Launch
What: Invites coverage of the 2016 Tourism Outlook Seminar Press Launch.
When: Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 10:00 am
Where: The Devonshire, Devon House, 26 Hope Road, Kingston 10
The Ministry of Tourism will be hosting the 2016 staging of the Tourism Outlook Seminar from December 6-8 at the
Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James. The event is being organized in association with the United Nations
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
The Tourism Outlook Seminar will bring together an impressive cadre of local, regional and international tourism
stakeholders to share ideas, examine best practices and discuss strategies for advancing Caribbean tourism.
The highly anticipated seminar will feature contributions from several international experts on areas such as
managing communication in the face of issues such as pandemics, terrorism and natural disasters; establishing
multi-destination tourism and travel facilitation to name a few. Minister Bartlett will address journalists and tourism
partners at the Press Launch.
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5. Ministry of Tourism Celebrates Tourism Awareness Week from September 25 – October 1, 2016
KINGSTON, Jamaica; September 15, 2016: The Ministry of Tourism, its agencies and industry partners will seek
to further raise awareness about the role Jamaica is playing in promoting responsible, sustainable and universally
accessible tourism, during its annual celebration of Tourism Awareness Week (TAW). This is in-keeping with the
Ministry’s drive to ensure that the benefits of tourism are felt by every Jamaican across the length and breadth of the
island and to continuously improve the tourism product to meet the unique needs of our visitors.
The week-long celebration will be observed from September 25 - October 1, 2016, under the United Nations World
Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) theme for World Tourism Day, September 27th - ‘Tourism for All: Promoting
Universal Accessibility’. It promises to be an engaging week, with a series of activities highlighting the work the
Ministry and its agencies are doing to foster universal accessibility within the tourism sector.
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