JAPEX creating buzz among int''l partners, says tourism director
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Director of Tourism Donovan White is reporting an overwhelming interest among international partners in the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX), which is set for September and will be staged at Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James as well as carried virtually. As a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic, JAPEX - Jamaica''s leading tourism trade show - went virtual last year. "We''re looking forward to things like JAPEX coming up in September to be our first [physical] JAPEX since COVID. Last year, as you know, we went virtual; this year we''re doing a combination of virtual and in-person. So far, the appetite for that has been phenomenal in terms of our partners wanting to come to Jamaica and feel the destination again, and to really embrace our local destination partners so that contracting and doing business can get back to normal," White declared. "So we''re very excited and as [the] minister [of tourism] rightly says, you know, we''re not resting on our laurels and we take nothing for granted," he added.
JAPEX creating buzz among int''l partners, says tourism director
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Director of Tourism Donovan White is reporting an overwhelming interest among international partners in the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX), which is set for September and will be staged at Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James as well as carried virtually. As a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic, JAPEX - Jamaica''s leading tourism trade show - went virtual last year. "We''re looking forward to things like JAPEX coming up in September to be our first [physical] JAPEX since COVID. Last year, as you know, we went virtual; this year we''re doing a combination of virtual and in-person. So far, the appetite for that has been phenomenal in terms of our partners wanting to come to Jamaica and feel the destination again, and to really embrace our local destination partners so that contracting and doing business can get back to normal," White declared. "So we''re very excited and as [the] minister [of tourism] rightly says, you know, we''re not resting on our laurels and we take nothing for granted," he added.