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TPDCo’s Visitor Safety & Experience Director to spearhead creation of Jamaica’s first Manual of Tourism Ethics

July 30, 2019

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre) inspects the preliminary tourism security audit report with (from left) Dr. Andrew Spencer, Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company, Dr. Peter Tarlow, International Security Expert and newly appointed Director of Visitor Safety and Experience at TPDCo Major Dave Walker. The occasion was the press briefing for the tourism security audit report.

As the agency tasked with destination assurance, the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) has completed the highly anticipated tourism …

1000 interns benefit from the Spruce Up Jamaica Tourism Summer Internship Programme

July 25, 2019

By Renee Johnson

1000 high school and tertiary students are set to benefit from this year’s Spruce Up Jamaica Tourism Summer Internship Programme …

VIP sendoff for 2017 TSEA winner

July 1, 2019

By Renee Johnson

2017 Tourism Service Excellence Awards Individual National Champion (3rd left) Mikhailla Robinson of the Jamaica Pegasus is joined by (left …

Mona Prep wins TPDCo Tourism Quiz

June 12, 2019

By Renee Johnson

Dr. Andrew Spencer - Executive director of TPDCo with the winning team

Mona Preparatory emerged as the champion of the second season of the TPDCo Tourism Quiz. The St. Andrew based …

TPDCo Kickstarts Second Year Of Quiz Competition

May 27, 2019

By Renee Johnson

The TPDCo Tourism Quiz, a quiz competition created by the Tourism Product Development Company Limited, will officially commence airing on …

Montego Bay Urged To “Treat Our Visitors Right”

May 14, 2019

By Renee Johnson

(From left) Sheldon Headley, Acting Visitor, Safety and Experience Director at the Tourism Product Development Company Ltd, Councillor Homer Davis, Mayor of Montego Bay, Kenya Keddo-Laing, Destination Manager for Montego Bay and Michael Baugh, TPDCo Board Director in conversation at the Montego Bay leg of the Treat Our Visitors Right Roadshow. The campaign is geared at increasing awareness of the impact that harassment has on the tourism sector.

Residents of Jamaica’s tourist capital, Montego Bay, benefitted from an informational and entertaining roadshow on Friday May 10 2019 …

Half Moon Hotel Tops the 2018 Tourism Service Excellence Awards

April 2, 2019

By Renee Johnson

From a total of nineteen (19) contenders, Conroy Thompson from the Half Moon Hotel in …

19 finalists to vie for the Tourism Service Excellence Awards

March 14, 2019

By Renee Johnson

Minister of Tourism, Honourable Edmund Bartlett (centre) along with (left to right) Dr. Carrole Guntley, Chairperson of the Tourism Service Excellence Awards, Joy Roberts, Executive Director of Jamaica Vacations, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith, Dr. Carey Wallace, Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund, and Dr. Andrew Spencer, Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), are joined by the 2018 finalists of the TSEA. The occasion was the announcement of the finalists of the awards programme.

Nineteen finalists are set to contend for the award of national champions in the Tourism Service Excellence Awards (TSEA) come …

Hanover and Westmoreland students benefit from Tourism Youth Expo

March 4, 2019

By Renee Johnson

Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr. Andrew Spencer engage students In conversation at the TPDCo Tourism Youth Expo and Career Fair. The students who came from high schools in the Hanover and Westmoreland regions were sensitized on tourism and its many career possibilities.

Over 100 secondary students from various high schools across the parishes of Hanover and Westmoreland were sensitized on the …

Tourism Minister hosts congratulatory reception for 2018 Junior Schools Challenge Quiz finalists

February 12, 2019

By Renee Johnson

Karen Anderson Mckenzie, Principal of the winning school, Mount Airy All Age is presented with a projector by Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett. The occasion was a congratulatory reception for the finalists of the 2018 TVJ Junior Schools Challenge Quiz.

The finalists of the 2018 Junior Schools Challenge Quiz, champions Mount Airy All Age and runners up Broughton Primary were …

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