TPDConnect December 2017 | Page 13

OCTOBER 19 & 20, 2017 Juan Carlos Trueba (2nd left, bac k row consultant at the Carniva l Cruise Line, Vicky Rey (2nd row of the Carnival Cruise Line) Meg , left to right) Vice President an Mollison (Training Manager-To urism Product Development Com front row) David Miller (Produc pany Limited) and (far right, t Quality Assistant- Tourism Prod uct Development Company Lim of the Ninety-Seven (97) Contrac ited) pause for a photo with som t Carriage Operators who ben e efitted from cultural sensitivity Development Company Limited sessions. The Tourism Product (TPDCo) in partnership with the Carnival Cruise Line conducted the sessions, as efforts are bein made to address and resolve g issues of visitor harassment. NOVEMBER 03, 2017 TPDCo handovers 170 bins to Montego Bay In a bid to ensure that Jamaica’s resort areas are kept clean, the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCO) handed over 170 gar- bage bins to the Municipal Corporation of St. James and the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to be placed around the St. James parish. The presentation was conducted on Friday November 03, 2017 by (from 2nd left) Kenya Keddo-Laing, TPDCO Regional Manager-Montego Bay to Councillor Homer Davis, Mayor of Montego Bay, while (far left) Garnett Edmondson, Regional Manager, NSWMA, and Norman Brown (far right) NSWMA board member look on. Hellshire based hand- craft artist, Rohan Lee (right) explains his handmade boat souvenir to (From left to right) Carl Bradshaw, Chair of the Portmore Community Tourism Project, Belinda Dowe, TPDCo Training Officer and Kym McCulley Canadian Consultant and volunteer at the Portmore Municipal Corporation. NOVEMBER 15, 2017 The Participants were eager to show off their products during the group shot. Hosted by the Portmore Municipal Corporation, TPDCO’s stalwart training officer, Belinda Dowe delivered a community tourism training session to Portmore based entrepreneurs as the town is being targeted as the next tourist destination. The participants were treated with an information laden session on the best practices for maintaining a community tourism business. The session featured the likes of well-known local actor and director, Carl Bradshaw who currently chairs the Portmore Community Tourism Project and Canadian based consultant and volunteer at the Portmore Municipal Corporation, Kym McCulley.