HM Moravian Synod It was all smiles as Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre) engaged leaders of the Moravian Church in dialogue about faith-based tourism following at a reception at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort & Spa, Montego Bay last Friday night (August 12) preceding the World-wide Synod of the Moravian Church in Jamaica this week. From left are: Graham R. Kerslake, President of the Moravian Church Foundation; Rev. Dr. Errol Connor - President of Synod; Rev. Robert Hopcroft, President of the Unity Board and Rev. Dr. Paul Gardner, President of the Moravian Church in Jamaica.
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Policy Being Formulated to Develop Faith-Based Tourism
Written by Erik Grimaldi, August 16, 2016
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica; August 16, 2016: As part of the Ministry of Tourism’s strategy to significantly increase visitor arrivals and develop the tourism sector, a policy is being formulated to deliberately target the faith-based tourism market. According to Travel-Market Report, a noted publication for travel professionals, faith-based tourism contributes between US$50 billion and US$100 billion…
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Mrs. Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, Minister of Tourism and Sports of Thailand
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Minister of Tourism and Sports of Thailand receives letter from African “brother and colleague”
Written by Erik Grimaldi, August 15, 2016
Travel to Thailand, the land of smiles. This was the statement today by the Hon. Walter Mzembi, the world traveling tourism minister from Africa. Mzembi may very well be the next Secretary General of UNWTO. He is more and more showing face everywhere. Not only tourism insiders consider him now an important global player for…
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Juergen Steinmetz (center) at the recent UNWTO General Assembly in Colombia
Christian del Rosario
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Obama ties to ISIS: An appeal to the American Travel Industry by the ICTP Chairman
Written by George Taylor, August 12, 2016
Today an American tourism leader, the chairman of the International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP), asked the American travel and tourism industry to unite. ICTP Chairman Juergen T. Steinmetz, who is also the publisher of eTurboNews (eTN), a global news publication for the travel and tourism industry, spoke out after US presidential candidate Donald Trump leaked the…
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UNWTO welcomes Indonesia’s cutting edge tourism visa policy
Written by Erik Grimaldi, August 9, 2016
UNWTO has expressed its full support to the decision of the Government of Indonesia to grant free visa to citizens from 169 countries. The measure looks for attracting international tourism to the country by simplifying travel procedures and follows research by UNWTO and WTTC that shows that visa facilitation in the ASEAN economies could create…
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Opinion
USA joining UNWTO: One State at a time?
Written by Erik Grimaldi, August 7, 2016
“On World Tourism I am full to the brim with ideas,” Dr. Walter Mzembi tells eTN. Perhaps this is the solution for the largest world tourism superpower, the United States to officially join the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The solution may be 50 new members to the UNWTO, one State at a time?…
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