Jamaica Brings Home Eight Awards At 25th Annual World Travel Awards
Dec 06, 2018
JAMAICA BRINGS HOME EIGHT AWARDS AT 25TH ANNUAL WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS GRAND FINAL GALA CEREMONY
Photo above left to right: John Lynch, Chairman, Jamaica Tourist Board; Graham Cooke, Founder, World Travel Awards; Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism. Jamaica accepts the award for World’s Leading Beach Destination.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA – December 5, 2018 – Jamaica took home eight awards at the World Travel Awards’ Grand Final Gala Ceremony held in Lisbon, Portugal on December 1, 2018. Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett as well as Chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board were in attendance to accept the awards for the Leading Beach Destination and Leading Cruise Destination.
“We are honored to once again be recognized as the World’s Leading Beach Destination as well as the World’s Leading Cruise Destination,” said Donovan White, Jamaica’s Director of Tourism. “These awards, along with the various tourism partners honored in Lisbon at the Grand Final Gala are a testament to the constant renovation, tireless efforts and cross-sector collaboration that have placed our tourism product in an enviable position”
Jamaica was awarded Leading Cruise Destination for the twelfth year in a row. Earlier in the year, the Jamaica Tourist Board was honored as the Caribbean’s Leading Tourist Board at the Caribbean & North America Gala Ceremony for the World Travel Awards.
A complete list of awards, including those won by tourism partners is as follows:
- World’s Leading Beach Destination (Jamaica)
- World’s Leading Cruise Destination (Jamaica)
- World’s Leading Luxury Hotel Villa (Fleming Villa at GoldenEye)
- World’s Leading Villa Resort (Round Hill Hotel & Villas)
- World’s Leading All-Inclusive Company (Sandals Resorts International)
- World’s Leading Family Resort Brand (Beaches Resorts)
- World’s Leading Caribbean Attraction Company (Islands Routes Caribbean)
- World’s Leading Adventure Tour Operator (Chukka Caribbean Adventures)
World Travel Awards™ was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel, tourism and hospitality industries. To learn more about the World Travel Awards, go to www.worldtravelawards.com.
For more information about Jamaica, please visit www.visitjamaica.com.
About Jamaica Tourist Board 
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), founded in 1955, is Jamaica’s national tourism agency based in the capital city of Kingston. JTB offices are also located in Montego Bay, Miami, Toronto and London. Representative offices are located in Berlin, Barcelona, Rome, Amsterdam and Mumbai.  
TripAdvisor® ranked Jamaica as the #1 Caribbean Destination and #14 Best Destination in the World in 2018. Also this year, the International Council of the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) named Jamaica the Best Destination for Adventure Tourism and TravAlliance Media named the JTB the Best Tourism Board Overall. Additionally, the JTB has been declared the Caribbean’s Leading Tourist Board by the World Travel Awards (WTA) for twelve consecutive years between 2006 and 2018. Jamaica also earned the WTA’s award for the Caribbean’s Leading Destination, Leading Cruise Destination and Leading Meetings & Conference Centre 2018 for the Montego Bay Convention Centre. Jamaica is home to some of the world’s best accommodations, attractions and service providers that have won several awards throughout the years.
For details on upcoming special events, attractions and accommodations in Jamaica go to the JTB’s Web site at www.visitjamaica.com or call the Jamaica Tourist Board at 1-800-JAMAICA (1-800-526-2422).  Follow the JTB on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube. View the JTB blog at www.islandbuzzjamaica.com.
About World Travel AwardsWorld Travel Awards celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and is acknowledged across the globe as the ultimate travel accolade.
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The brand aims to celebrate those organizations who push the boundaries of industry excellence.
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