Jamaica Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, met with executives from Royal Caribbean Group yesterday, June 12, 2023.

Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica Tourism Minister (seen third from the left within the picture), shared lens time with (from left to proper) Philip Rose, Deputy Director of Tourism, Americas – with duty for the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America; Mario Egues, Supervisor, Vacation spot Improvement – Americas & Caribbean, Royal Caribbean Group; Christopher Allen, Vice President of World Deployment and Itinerary Planning, Royal Caribbean Worldwide; Bryan Attree, Senior Supervisor, Worldwide Port Operations, Royal Caribbean Group; and Delano Seiveright, Senior Strategist, Ministry of Tourism.

Minister Bartlett and members of the Ministry workforce met with these and different members of the senior government management workforce of Royal Caribbean Group yesterday, June 12, 2023, together with Royal Caribbean Worldwide President and CEO, Michael Bayley, at their Headquarters in Miami, Florida, as a part of a significant blitz in the US to interact and shore up key tourism gamers.

Royal Caribbean is anticipating over 340,000 cruise guests on their strains into Jamaica this yr.

Royal Caribbean Group is the second largest cruise operator on the planet. As of January 2021, Royal Caribbean Group totally owns three cruise strains: Royal Caribbean Worldwide, Superstar Cruises, and Silversea Cruises. Additionally they maintain a 50% stake in TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises.

The Jamaica Ministry of Tourism and its businesses are on a mission to boost and rework Jamaica’s tourism product, whereas making certain that the advantages which circulate from the tourism sector are elevated for all Jamaicans. To this finish it has applied insurance policies and methods that may present additional momentum for tourism because the engine of progress for the Jamaican economic system. The Ministry stays dedicated to making sure that the tourism sector makes the fullest contribution potential to Jamaica’s financial improvement given its large incomes potential.