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| Minister Edmund Bartlett (second right), minister of tourism, with Canadian tourism partners at a dinner on June 22, in Toronto. Also pictured are (from left) Lawrence Elliott, Group vice-president, business and corporate affairs, Sunwing Vacations; Eric Rodriguez, vice-president, Product Sunwing Vacations; Elizabeth Di Persio, product supervisor, Sunwing Vacations; Sandra Scott, regional director - Canada, Jamaica Tourist Board; John Lynch, director and chairman, Jamaica Tourist Board; Jennifer Perry, director of product, Sunwing Vacations; George Ramocan, Jamaica's Consul General to Toronto and Lionel Reid, executive director, Jamaica Vacations Limited. |
'Tourism a fi wi business'
Canadian partners receive our awards of appreciation
Edmund Bartlett, minister of tourism, and Jamaica Tourist Board presented key Canadian tourism partners with awards of appreciation at a dinner last Tuesday in Toronto.
Minister Bartlett expressed gratitude to Jamaica's Canadian tourism partners for the overall success Jamaica has experienced in recent years. The season had a tremendous start to the year for visitors to Jamaica from Canada. The country experienced an overall growth of 11 per cent from the Canadian marketplace.
"Each of you is here because you have played a part in helping Jamaica open its doors to the world, for which we are incredibly grateful," said Minister Bartlett. "You are the living, breathing embodiment of Jamaica, an army of ambassadors of goodwill who have shared the beauty of Jamaican culture and all of its intricacies with the world."
recipients
Each recipient was presented with an award of appreciation by minister Bartlett; John Lynch, director of tourism and chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board; and Sandra Scott, regional director - Canada. Tour operators presented with an award of appreciation included Air Canada Vacations, Sunquest/Thomas Cook Vacations, Sunwing Vacations, Tours Mont-Royal, Total Vacations, Transat Holidays, and WestJet Vacations. Airline partners presented with an award of appreciation included Air Canada, Air Jamaica, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines and WestJet Airlines.
In thanking the partners for their support, director of Tourism and Chairman, Jamaica Tourist Board John Lynch said "Long before I took this position, the Jamaica Tourist Board considered Ontario our 'bread and butter' Canadian market. Well, we are still growing it! In fact, by a total of 14.3 per cent just this past winter! This indicates to me that Canadians have only really just begun experiencing all that Jamaica has to offer." |
