Jamaica Wins Big At The 2019 Travvy Awards and HSMAI Adrian Awards
Jan 29, 2019
JAMAICA WINS BIG AT THE 2019 TRAVVY AWARDS AND HSMAI ADRIAN AWARDS IN NEW YORK CITY
Above: Jamaica Tourist Board accepts one of four gold awards at the 2019 Travvy Awards in New York City.From left to right: John Kirk, President and Editor-In-Chief, TravelPulse Canada; the Jamaica Tourist Board’sDonnie Dawson, Deputy Director of Tourism, The Americas; Marcia Sinclair, District Sales Manager, Northeast USA; Victoria Harper, Business Development Officer, Northeast USA; Karlene Shakes, National Sales Manager; Kenton Senior, Business Development Officer, Northeast USA; and Philip Rose, Regional Director of Tourism, Northeast USA.
NEW YORK, NY – January 25, 2019 – Jamaica captured the spotlight at the 2019 Travvy Awards receiving four gold awards: Best Tourism Board, Caribbean/Bahamas; Best Culinary Destination, Caribbean/Bahamas; Best Wedding Destination, Caribbean/Bahamas; and Best Honeymoon Destination, Caribbean/Bahamas.
Hosted by travAlliancemedia, the fifth annual Travvy Awards took place in the presence of hundreds of travel industry leaders on January 23 at Gotham Hall in New York City. This year, over 130,000 votes were cast to determine the winners in 139 categories that include destinations, hotels and resorts, cruise lines and tour operators.
Above: John Kirk, President and Editor-In-Chief, TravelPulse (right) presents the Chairman”s Award for Global Tourism Innovation to Delano Seiveright (left), Senior Advisor/Strategist. Mr. Seiveright received the award on behalf of Jamaica’s Minister Bartlett for developing the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre.
In addition, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett was recognized with the inaugural Chairman”s Award for Global Tourism Innovation for the development of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCM). The award was collected by Delano Seiveright, Senior Advisor/Strategist, on behalf of Minister Bartlett. Jamaica’s Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre is scheduled to launch January 30, 2019 during the Caribbean Travel Marketplace, which will be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.
Above: Left to right: Hari Nair, Global Senior Vice President, Expedia Group Media Solutions; Francine Carter-Henry, Manager, Tour Operators & Airlines, Jamaica Tourist Board and Jennifer Andre, Senior Director, North America and Latin America, Expedia Group Media Solutions.
At this year’s HSMAI Adrian Awards, Expedia Group Media Solutions and Jamaica Tourist Board won a Silver Adrian Award for the Find Your Vibe Campaign in the Digital Marketing/Website User Experience category. Jamaica also won the Bronze Adrian for Integrated Marketing in the PR category for Join Me in Jamaica.
The Adrian Awards are presented by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI), an international organization of sales and marketing. Now it its 62nd year, the Adrian Awards recognize hospitality brands and agencies for creativity and innovation in advertising, digital marketing and public relations.
