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From left: Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett and President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association ( JHTA), Clifton Reader President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association ( JHTA), Clifton Reader, has described as unfortunate, the decision by Canada’s four main airlines to suspend service to the Caribbean and Mexico over concerns about the spread of COVID-19, in particular the fast-spreading variant strains. The service which has been suspended until April 2021 has dealt a major blow to Jamaica’s already struggling tourism industry. “It is an unfortunate development that wil...

Ed Bartlett Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett has revealed that Jamaica has bolstered its COVID-19 testing infrastructure to meet the growing demand for such tests, driven by new travel requirements in major tourism source markets. “Jamaica is now very ready. We have developed the infrastructure to secure the quantities of testing agents and/or to enable the viral testing methods that are approved by the relevant authorities. So, all visitors who come to Jamaica will be able to access approved testing arrangements to enable them to fulfil the requirements of their respective countries for r...

All visitors who come to Jamaica will be able to access approved testing arrangements to enable them to fulfil the requirements of their respective countries for re-entry | eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online | Jamaica travel news

iStock image President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Clifton Reader says several local hotels are prepared to cover the costs of COVID-19 vaccines for their staff.  “We have a growing list of members committed to partnering with the government in the drive to get as many persons vaccinated as possible. We are of course, particularly focussed on the thousands of team members in the hospitality and tourism industry, many of whom are breadwinners for their families and pillars of their communities,” Reader said.  Reader, however, stressed that it would not be manda...

KINGSTON, JAMAICA — In light of new testing requirements by both the Canadian and U.S. governments, Jamaica has announced a special task force to ramp up the island’s COVID-19 testing capacity.