Toronto declares Saturday ‘Titans of Reggae Day’

By David RiderCity Hall Bureau Chief

Fri., March 1, 2019

Often-sedate Toronto city hall echoed Friday morning with the sounds of reggae music as the city officially declared Saturday “Titans of Reggae Day.”

Leroy Sibbles, Stranger Cole and other leading lights of Toronto’s legendary reggae scene received the proclamation from Mayor John Tory and then moved to a room for singing and dancing.

Jamaica Invites Agents to Fall Product Updates

Posted on September 12, 2016 — 1 Comment

The Jamaica Tourist Board has launched a series of fall product updates for Canadian travel agents.

Each session will run from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and include a trade show reception followed by dinner and presentations by the Jamaica Tourist Board team.

Agents can register by visitinghttp://www.visitjamaica.com/canada and clicking on the “Seminars’ tab.

Jamaica Taking Tourism To New Heights

Minister Bartlett Plans To Reverse Canadian Decline

Posted on August 31, 2016 — 1 Comment

Jamaica’s most senior tourism officials are visiting Canada with the goal of reversing a 6% decline in visitations from this country to the island nation in 2016, reports Press Today’s Michael Baginski.

The government and its tourism ministry has launched an ambitious plan to boost total arrivals 5% in each of the next five years with a target of reaching a total of five million visitors spending $5 billion dollars during that time.

Canada, as Jamaica’s second largest source market after the United States, is an integral part of that plan, says Jamaica tourism minister Edmund Bartlett.

CARIBBEANTALES ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF VIDEO ON DEMAND CHANNEL

CARIBBEANTALES ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF VIDEO ON DEMAND CHANNEL

Frances-Anne Solomon, CEO of the CaribbeanTales Group of Media
Companies announced this week the official launch of its new video-ondemand brand CaribbeanTales-TV, an online project specialising in Caribbean film and television content. CT-TV is part-funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation and aims to target youth and educational institutions in the GTA, as well as regional and global audiences for Caribbean film. The online platform has developed from a year-long collaboration between Solomon and German filmmaker and entrepreneur Cay Wesnigk, CEO of Onlinefilm.org.

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CARIBBEANTALES ANNOUNCES RED CARPET GALA AND SCREENING + FESTIVAL SCHEDULE  AT HARBOURFRONT CENTRE
September 4 – 14, 2013

The World Premiere screening of No Bois Man No Fraid, a feature documentary directed by Trinidad and Tobago filmmaker, Christopher Laird, will kick off the Red Carpet Gala at the 8th annual CaribbeanTales Toronto Film Showcase. The event opens the festival’s main film showcase, which is co-produced with the Harbourfront Centre and that will take place September 4 – 14. The gala begins at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 4 where guests will enjoy a Caribbean reception, entertainment and the screening at 9 p.m. Co-hosted by the Consulate General of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in Toronto and Harbourfront Centre, the gala will be held along Toronto’s waterfront at the Harbourfront Centre Lakeside Terrace.

Caribbean Tales August 17, 18 and 30, 2013

CARIBBEAN TALES ANNOUNCES SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH “ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN” AND SCHEDULE FOR GEMS OF THE CARIBBEAN
August 17, 18 and 30, 2013

The CaribbeanTales Toronto Film Showcase, in a unique partnership with the Islands of the Caribbean (IOTC), will be bringing the best of the islands to Toronto during the Gems of the Caribbean screening series* on August 17, 18, and 30 at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE).

“We are delighted to be partnering with the tourism boards as there is a natural fit - they are promoting the Caribbean while we are marketing the brand by telling authentic stories of who we are,” adds Frances Anne Solomon, founder and CEO of CaribbeanTales.

UNWTO welcomes travel facilitation measures by Jamaica

UNWTO welcomes travel facilitation measures by Jamaica

UNWTO welcomes Jamaica’s decision to waive visa requirements for Eastern European nationals and to extend indefinitely the current visa waiver system for some Latin American nationals. These important policy steps are in line with UNWTO’s call for countries worldwide to revise their visa regulations and procedures underscoring the close links between visa facilitation and economic growth through tourism.