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by My-Island-Jamaica.com
(Jamaica)
Tourism Minister, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett has described Jamaica's dominance of Wednesday's World Travel Awards Caribbean & Americas Gala Ceremony as "pay-back for the hard work that the country has been doing in promoting the destination and its tourism product overseas."
This after Jamaica won several prestigious awards at the global event which is dubbed the ‘Oscars of the travel industry.'
Speaking after Jamaica copped several top awards at the ceremony, which was held at the Sandals Royal Caribbean Hotel & Private Island in Montego Bay on October 19, 2011, Minister Bartlett said “as the leaders of the sector, we are humbled to be rewarded by the global tourism community for the energy and hard work which the team has done over the past year."
He added that “ the fact that the energy and the vision has resulted in Jamaica leading the Caribbean in terms of not only implementing an economic recession survival strategy, but to be earning multiple world awards, brings a sense of satisfaction."
Tourism Minister the Hon. Edmund Bartlett and Director of Tourism and Chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board, Mr. John Lynch, accept one of the destination’s 23 awards from Mr. Graham E. Cooke, President & Founder, World Travel Awards during the 2011 World Travel Awards Caribbean & The Americas Gala on October 19, 2011.
Jamaica won the Caribbean's Leading Destination award for the sixth consecutive year, while the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) won the Caribbean’s Leading Tourist Board award for the fifth consecutive year.
The destination was also named the Caribbean's Leading Cruise Destination and was recognized for having the Caribbean's Leading Cruise Port (Ocho Rios), the Caribbean's Leading Beach Destination (Negril), the Caribbean’s Leading Airport (Sangster International Airport), and the Caribbean's Leading Meetings & Conference Centre (Montego Bay Convention Centre, Jamaica).
Jamaica also received the Caribbean Achievement Award and was also named the Caribbean's Leading Sports Tourism Destination, while the new Port of Falmouth was named the Caribbean's Leading Tourism Development Project.
Minister Bartlett expressed pleasure that local hotel mogul and Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Mr. Gordon “Butch” Stewart walked away with the Tourism
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