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Wayne Cummings
President - Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association | |
President’s Welcome
Welcome to the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association’s
(JHTA) E-link to the world.
While the JHTA provides comprehensive representation and advocacy for
Jamaica’s hotel industry, we are also integrally involved in providing
seamless linkages between the sub-sectors of attractions, tourist ground
transportation as well as the suppliers of goods and services to our
various members. With such a wide cross section of businesses at the same
table, we provide the technical support for a harmonious relationship to
all.
Jamaica’s tourism and hospitality industry was spawned from the necessity
for travel between |
England and the island
for purposes of trade in bananas, sugar (cane) and spices in the 19th and
20th centuries, but the island really became recognized as the playground of
the world’s rich and famous in the 1950s and held this distinction until the
early 1970s. Since that time world tourism has had a natural explosion with
the advent of jet service providing travel possibilities to almost everyone
who wished to travel. Jamaica, not to be left out, has benefited
tremendously from this growth.
Today, Jamaica is home to some of the most renowned hotel brands, many of
them Jamaican in their genesis like the Sandals and Superclubs Resorts.
Hotels and resorts (large and small) ranging from 5-Star to modest budget
properties, villas and apartments are available for the ever changing and
discerning tastes of the world’s travellers.
Although in relative terms Jamaica is a small island, it is in itself one of
the most recognizable brands the world over. This is because of our
prominence in the arts (particularly music), sports and of course, tourism.
The JHTA, recognizing that we are in a dynamic marketplace, is committed to
being at the forefront of tourism innovation, providing timely support such
as information, advocacy, training and marketing to our membership.
I hope that your use of this web resource will enhance your interaction with
our important sector.
Best regards,
Wayne Cummings
President |
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Treasure Beach Needs Attention Now - JHTA
The Jamaica Hotel & Tourist Association (JHTA) is calling on the
National Works Agency (NWA) to immediately address an uncompleted canal
in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth that is threatening the health and
safety of residents and visitors to that community.
Construction of the canal which began after the last hurricane season,
August 2006, to take water from Salt Lake Pond to the sea, has to date
not been completed, but instead left a gaping hole and mounds of dirt
piled against the northern walls of the Marblue Resort.
To add insult to injury, in February, the NWA dug yet another hole, this
time in front of the Resort, leaving a 20ft pile of dirt there.
What has resulted is a danger to both locals and tourists in the
Treasure Beach area. Water has settled in the excavated areas to form
ponds, which are breeding sites for mosquitoes and with the ever-present
risk of malaria in Jamaica, this is a serious health hazard. When it
rains the problem is compounded as the roads are being constantly
flooded bringing ground transportation to a virtual halt, causing damage
to property and further endangering the lives and livelihood of the
citizenry.
It is not unreasonable to have expected that these canals would have
been completed before the 2007 hurricane season and already, last week’s
rains have caused flooding in the area leaving citizens virtually
marooned.
Community tourism is important to Treasure Beach. Residents depend on it
to provide for themselves and their families, but the deplorable state
of the roads is making the area inaccessible, unattractive, unsafe and
unhealthy. This situation is totally untenable and must be addressed
now, before a major catastrophe occurs.
Wayne Cummings
President, JHTA
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