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PORT OF FALMOUTH RECEIVES PORT OF THE YEAR AWARD

The Port of Falmouth was presented the ‘Port of the Year Award’ at the Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards 2011, held at Seatrade Europe, Schmidts Tivoli Theatre, in Hamburg Germany on the 27th of September. Over eightynine (89) participants competed across six (6) categories. After an initial elimination process narrowing the group to eighteen (18), Falmouth emerged the winner from a group of three (3) finalists,
which included Port Akdeniz in Port of Antalya, Turkey and Port of Bergen, Norway.

The Port of the Year Award recognizes a port authority or port management company which has made significant improvements to its handling facilities/cruise-tourism infrastructure over the past twelve (12) months. Officially named the Historic Port of Falmouth, Jamaica, the cruise ship port was designed to highlight the town’s historic past and was strategically developed to enhance Jamaica’s cruise product. It was built as a joint venture between the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCCL). The facility’s berths can accommodate the largest cruise ship in the world. The Falmouth Port is the largest themed cruise port development in the history of the Caribbean costing in excess of US$220M.

Accepting the Award on behalf of the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), William Tatham, Vice President, Cruise Shipping and Mariana Operations, stated that he was extremely pleased and expressed that “not only was it a victory for the Falmouth Port, which met and surpassed global standards, but also a victory for Jamaica’s cruise shipping sector and the historic town of Falmouth.”

The Hon. Mike Henry, Minister of Transport and Works and The Hon. Noel Hylton, President and CEO, PAJ both expressed delight at the receipt of the Port of the Year Award. They are of the view that “the Falmouth Pier is now more poised to position itself as a world leading cruise destination.” Seatrade Europe is the biennial meeting place and trade platform of the European cruise industry, bringing together senior buyers and planners from the cruise lines with suppliers from all sectors of the ocean and river cruise industries.

Cruise Jamaica Sports a Brand New Look

Montego Bay, March 12, 2010—Cruise Jamaica celebrates the opening of their first new port in 20 years, with a new look modern vibrant brochure, advertising campaign and website.

Known for the catchy “Three Ports, Hundreds of Destinations” advertising slogan, the new campaign welcomes a fourth port, while still promoting the hundreds of exciting adventures that await.

According to William Tatham, Vice President, Cruise Shipping and Marina Operations, The Port Authority of Jamaica, with all the new developments and changes taking place in Jamaica, it was essential that a new advertising campaign be launched to reinforce the island’s developments. “This is our new look re-imagined, capitalizing on everything new we are bringing to cruise passengers,” he says.

Sleeping Beauty Awakes: Falmouth Set to Become Jamaica’s Fourth Cruise Destination

A forgotten 18th Century port and an English poet create the backdrop for Jamaica’s next generation of cruise experiences.
Falmouth, JAMAICA, October 29

The coastal town of Falmouth lies just 22 miles east of Montego Bay, Jamaica’s most famous resort. Falmouth today is noted as someplace you pass on your way to somewhere else, but the town has a wonderfully storied past; one in which astonishing wealth, politics and even love came crashing together in a heady history. And it is that glorious history that is set to propel the town to become one of the Caribbean’s most culturally vibrant cruise destinations.

Jamaica’s Cruise Industry Nabs Double Wins at World Travel Awards

Third Consecutive Nomination as the Caribbean's Leading Cruise Destination
PROVIDENCIALES, Dec 3, 2008

Once again Jamaica stands at the top of the cruise industry, after being named World’s Leading Cruise Destination for the third consecutive year at Tuesday’s gala for the 2008 World Travel Awards.

Jamaica Gets Fourth World Travel Awards Nod After Record Breaking Arrivals in 2006

Third Consecutive Nomination as the Caribbean's Leading Cruise Destination

Montego Bay, March 05, 2007

Jamaica has once again been nominated as the Caribbean’s Leading Cruise Destination in the World Travel Awards, recognised as the Oscars of the travel industry. Jamaica won the awards in 2005 and again in 2006. The destination was also named the World’s Leading Cruise Destination in 2006.

The nomination caps off a record breaking year for cruise shipping in Montego Bay, Ocho Rios and Port Antonio, in which a 10.8% increase in ship calls resulted in a 17.7% upswing in number of passengers, far outpacing the Caribbean average of 4.5%. At the end of January 2007, cruise arrivals numbered 143,728, a 7% increase over last year’s figures.