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Destination Jamaica on show at JAPEX 2019

Published:Wednesday | September 18, 2019 | 12:12 AM
Camile Glenister (right), deputy director of tourism marketing, checks out the offerings in the Artisan Village at the recent Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) 2019 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.
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Camile Glenister (right), deputy director of tourism marketing, checks out the offerings in the Artisan Village at the recent Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) 2019 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

The 29TH staging of Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) was the preferred place for local tourism partners and ­stakeholders to be from September 9-11. The engagements on and off the trade floor gave birth to numerous business deals, while ­re-establishing existing ones. In ­attendance were 81 buyer ­companies with 117 ­delegates, and 91 supplier ­companies with 220 delegates.

The Jamaica Tourist Board ­invited 20 international media from the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, USA and Canada to bring global visibility to Destination Jamaica. Their itinerary had them engaging tourism stakeholders and linkages partners, as well as gleaning meaningful insights from the island’s tourism leaders.

As the largest tourism tradeshow in the Caribbean, JAPEX exposes the depth, uniqueness and ­authenticity of Destination Jamaica. This augments the Jamaica Tourist Board’s marketing initiatives by bringing awareness to the diverse offerings of the destination.

JAPEX is a partnership between the Jamaica Tourist Board and the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association.