Jamaica Hosts Travel Agents On Board Spirit of Baltimore

Over 100 travel professionals set sail recently aboard the Spirit of Baltimore Cruise as part of the Jamaica Tourist Board’s (JTB) Join Me In Jamaica Travel Agent Tradeshow and Winter 2019 Product Launch.  The series was one of 18 events taking place across the Northeast to promote Jamaica and provide updates on what’s new in the destination. Jamaica’s Director of Tourism Donovan White, thanked the travel agents for their unwavering support over the years.

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Above: Pictured (L-R) Victoria Harper, Jamaica Tourist Board’s Northeast Business Development Manager based in Baltimore; Garfield Collins, Regional Sales Manager of Couples Resort; Cindy Amin, Owner of Colesville Travel in Silver Spring, MD and Donovan White, Jamaica’s Director of Tourism. During the Spirit of Baltimore cruise, Cindy Amin was the lucky winner of a 4-day/3-night stay at any of the Couples Resorts in Jamaica.

The Join Me in Jamaica campaign connects travelers to Jamaica through various programs, including a digital video series, a summer sweepstakes offering a trip to the destination and events similar to the dinner cruise aboard the Spirit of Baltimore.

Jamaica continues to experience strong growth in stopovers, with arrivals. The US market saw a 7.5 percent growth, with the key Northeast region experiencing a six percent growth.

The Jamaica Tourist Board is hosting other trade shows throughout November in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Arkansas.

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Above: Jamaica’s Director of Tourism Donovan White addressing travel agents aboard the Spirit of Baltimore cruise
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Above: Travel Agents pictured (L-R): Sarah Klein, Time For Travel; Yvette Shaqir, Travel Tom Agency; Doris Graham, Time for Travel and Top 50 Jamaica Travel Specialist 2016 and Julie Cary, Suite Dreams Travel – the caption needs more thatn just the names
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Above: Over 100 travel professionals in Baltimore awaited registration and eagerly awaited to board the Spirit of Baltimore cruise of the Inner Harbor for an update on Destination Jamaica.

Contact:
Cristina Ibarra
Finn Partners
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Cristina.Ibarra@finnpartners.com